Southeast Asia is a hotspot for oak trees, many under ‘dire threat’
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman·21 Aug 2026
- A recent report sheds light on Southeast Asia’s important oak tree diversity and underlines that many of these species are highly threatened.
Escape the heat with a summer in the city
Mail Onlineby Thomas Isacke·21 Aug 2026
- READ MORE: Is it 'coming home' after all? Amsterdam proves winning city break for England fans headed to Hockey World Cup - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source It may...
El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office
BBC Newsby Ben Rich; Mark Poynting·21 Aug 2026
- Published The El Niño event that is developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory, the Met Office has warned.
Trump's desperate move to stop looming midterm bloodbath
Mail Onlineby Phillip Nieto·21 Aug 2026
- Sign up HERE to our DC Insider newsletter - your guide to what's rocking Washington, rattling the White House and setting tongues wagging on the Hill - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as...
India started measuring climate readiness of cities, then stalled [Commentary]
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey·21 Aug 2026
- Indian cities face severe climate risks, such as groundwater depletion, flooding, and cyclones, and are central to India’s 2070 net-zero goal.
'An invisible avalanche': what happened in Cameroon's 1986 Lake Nyos disaster?
RFI Englishby RFI·21 Aug 2026
'An invisible avalanche': what happened in Cameroon's 1986 Lake Nyos disaster? On 21 August, 1986, 1,746 people died from carbon dioxide poisoning after gas escaped overnight from the bottom of...
3.2 Million Cars In America Are Under Orders To Park Outside Before They Catch Fire | Carscoops
Carscoopsby Brad Anderson·21 Aug 2026
- 17 park-outside fire recalls were issued in just seven months this year. - Roughly 3.2 million US vehicles now carry an open park-outside recall.
Spain proposes 23 new marine protected areas in the Canary Islands and Mediterranean
Mongabay Globalby Autumn Spanne·21 Aug 2026
- The proposal represents Spain’s latest effort to advance protection of 30% of its waters by 2030.
How will El Niño affect the weather in the UK?
BBC Newsby Ben Rich·21 Aug 2026
- Published El Niño is developing right now across the Pacific Ocean - thousands of miles away from the UK.
The Alps are crumbling: Scorching summer triggers record rockfalls
Mail Onlineby Wiliam Hunter·21 Aug 2026
- READ MORE: Scientists set off 8,000 EARTHQUAKES beneath the Swiss Alps - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Europe's scorching summer has created a deadly risk for...
UK government tells Muslims to use less water for ablutions
Middle East Eyeby Imran Mulla·21 Aug 2026
UK government tells Muslims to use less water for ablutions The United Kingdom's water industry regulator has advised Muslims in the country to use less water for religious ablutions - the act of...
Biggest El Niño for a century forecast to bring UK more autumn rain and storms
Environment | The Guardianby Matthew Weaver and Damien Gayle·21 Aug 2026
The El Niño event developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest for more than a century and make 2027 another record-breaking year for heat, the UK’s Met Office has said.
Lucknow’s gleaming Gomti riverfront symbolises urban progress, but what about ecological resilience?
Scroll.inby Amita Bhaduri·21 Aug 2026
At first glance, the Gomti Riverfront appears to be a triumph of urban transformation. Gleaming promenades, landscaped gardens, cycling tracks, and illuminated riverbanks have recast the Gomti as a...
40 years after the Lake Nyos disaster in Cameroon
DW Englishby Okeri Ngutjinazo·21 Aug 2026
"The Lake Nyos disaster took everybody by surprise. We had no warning signals before it ever took place," said Isaac Konfor Njilah, a Cameroonian geologist and head of a laboratory in the...
UK forecasts 'biggest' El Nino will smash records, spark hottest year
Channel News Asiaby CNA·21 Aug 2026
LONDON: This year's El Nino weather pattern will be the biggest in over a century and could make 2027 the hottest year globally, Britain's national weather agency predicted Friday (Aug 21).
What to do when wildfires trigger trauma
DW Englishby Jeannette Cwienk·21 Aug 2026
This year, wildfires have already burned more land than the annual average from 2006 to 2025 in Germany.
‘The Sun was dark and its darkness lasted for 18 months’ – what we can learn from worst volcanic eruptions in history
The Conversation UKby Alex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University·21 Aug 2026
Europe was plunged into darkness and suffered from intense crop failures and famines in the years AD536 and AD1258, after massive volcanic eruptions.
The world’s biggest trees could hold the secret to coping with drought
The Conversation UKby Amy Bennett, Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds·21 Aug 2026
Rising more than 70 metres above the rainforest canopy, a giant skyscraper of a tropical tree can seem almost invincible. Some have survived centuries of storms, droughts and competition.
Indian tycoon's giant Vantara zoo announces 'reset', rethinks imports
Channel News Asiaby CNA·21 Aug 2026
NEW DELHI: India's vast Vantara zoo, which calls itself the world's largest animal rescue centre, has announced a major reset under the former head of a global wildlife watchdog following sharp...
Trump says he’ll flood US market with beef as steak prices skyrocket
The Independentby Andrew Feinberg·21 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump is claiming to have struck a deal to flood the U.S. market with as much as 300,000 tons of beef imported from abroad and sold under price controls in a bid to lower prices...
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