More than half of Brits end up unhappy with renovations and extensions - new ...
Daily Express :by Helen Le Caplain·28 Aug 2026
More than half of British homeowners blow money on extensions and renovations they end up being unhappy with - which experts claim is often due to misjudging UK weather.
'Damaging the Antarctic damages us all'—scientists warn of the potential impacts of coastal freshening
Phys.orgby Alan Williams·28 Aug 2026
'Damaging the Antarctic damages us all'—scientists warn of the potential impacts of coastal freshening Many of Antarctica's smallest inhabitants have evolved over millions of years so that their...
New satellite images show China-Nepal border crossing wiped out in flash flood
The Independentby Maroosha Muzaffar·28 Aug 2026
New satellite images show a key border crossing almost completely wiped out, highlighting the devastation caused by the recent flash floods along the China-Nepal border.
Court orders survey of elephant corridors, seeks ban on fireball use
Mongabay Indiaby Simrinsirur·28 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court ordered the Union Environment Ministry to conduct a fresh survey of India’s elephant corridors and report the reasons for obstructions within them by October 14.
Nepal-Tibet flood death toll passes 500 as rescue resumes
DW Englishby Seerat Chabba·28 Aug 2026
Rescue workers have resumed a search for hundreds of people still missing two days after catastrophic flash flooding hit the border between Nepal and China.
Clean-up of Britain’s ‘biggest fly-tip ever’ costs taxpayers £6 million
Daily Express :by Ciaran McGrath·28 Aug 2026
The clean-up of one of England’s largest illegal waste tips has been completed at a staggering cost of £6 million to the taxpayer.
Is Nepal facing another devastating flood from a new lake?
Al Jazeeraby Sarah Shamim·28 Aug 2026
Two days after a glacier collapse sent a catastrophic flood roaring through parts of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, a newly formed river has broken the banks, and a renewed flood threat is looming.
Chennai to step up rainwater harvesting campaign, audit structures from September
The Hinduby K Lakshmi·28 Aug 2026
With the Northeast monsoon drawing closer, rainwater harvesting (RWH) is receiving renewed focus in the city.
The chefs turning down the heat by switching from gas to electric
World news | The Guardianby Fiona Harvey Environment editor·28 Aug 2026
Leaping flames, searing heat, copious sweat and scorchingly inventive swearing – restaurant kitchens are never a place for the faint-hearted, but this summer they have been sweltering in successive...
Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway - Longreads
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells·28 Aug 2026
Apparently, African wild dogs enjoy knocking around balls of elephant dung like a football. It’s this playfulness that has endeared them to researchers—but, as Helen Sullivan points out, they have...
Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya
The Guardianby Sunil Acharya·28 Aug 2026
As a Nepali citizen working on international climate policy for more than a decade, it is difficult to look at the harrowing images coming out of the catastrophic flash flood that thundered down...
Maps reveal glaciers at risk of a disaster similar to Nepal's flooding
Mail Onlineby Wiliam Hunter·28 Aug 2026
- READ MORE: Scientists blame climate change for Nepal's flash flood - See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source Hundreds of people have been killed, and more than 1,500 are...
Water supply cut: Minority-majority Kolkata colony alleges bias
The Siasat Dailyby Khadija Irfan Rahim·28 Aug 2026
Kolkata: Several hundred families in a minority-majority colony in West Bengal’s Kolkata have been living without water for nearly a month, with residents alleging links to Bharatiya Janata Party...
Monsoon rain continue in more parts of Luzon due to enhanced southwest monsoon
Rapplerby Jee Y. Geronimo·28 Aug 2026
AT A GLANCE - More provinces in Luzon are experiencing monsoon rain due to the southwest monsoon, enhanced by a low pressure area (LPA) located 560 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.
Jersey shepherds say GPS technology making lives 'much easier'
BBC Newsby Gemma Daubeney·28 Aug 2026
- Published GPS collars are changing the way animals grazing on Jersey's cliffsides are managed, local shepherds have said.
Baby Bear Nibbles on Photographer's Boot
PetaPixelby Matt Growcoot·28 Aug 2026
A baby bear took a nibble at a photographer after becoming curious about his boot. Wildlife photographer Bruce Robert Danz was in the Katmai Preserve in Alaska on August 2 with another shooter...
Here's the bad fuel price news for South Africa's motorists
The South Africanby Garrin Lambley·28 Aug 2026
Here’s the bad fuel price news for South Africa’s motorists South Africa’s motorists are facing a potentially painful fuel price increase in September, with the latest data pointing to sharp hikes...
Six cattle die at panchayat-run shelter in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur, overcrowding alleged
ThePrintby PTI·28 Aug 2026
Bilaspur, Aug 28 (PTI) Six cattle died at a panchayat-run shelter in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district over two days earlier this week, with the prima facie inquiry suggesting old age as the cause...
Algeria mourns wildfire victims as firefighters battle deadly blazes
RFI Englishby RFI·28 Aug 2026
Algeria mourns wildfire victims as firefighters battle deadly blazes Algeria entered a second day of national mourning on Friday as firefighters continued to battle wildfires in the north of the...
European summer just ended, but these five bikini trends are only just getting started here (Pics)
The South Africanby Nicole Burger·28 Aug 2026
European summer just ended, but these five bikini trends are only just getting started here (Pics) As Europe packs away its beach bags for the season, the trends that defined its summer are about...
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