Environment

Denmark is set to inaugurate the European Union's first fully operational offshore carbon dioxide storage facility with the Greensand Future project, slated to begin commercial operations next year. The initiative transforms the depleted Nini oil field in the North Sea into a permanent CO2 reservoir,......

At least 33 people have died in severe flooding across southern Thailand following several days of torrential rain, the government announced Wednesday in a newly updated toll. Government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat told reporters that fatalities were recorded in seven provinces, caused mainly......

Mountain regions are now warming faster than the rest of the planet, disrupting water supplies, destabilising slopes and putting both local communities and billions of downstream residents at growing risk.​ Climate change in the mountains A major international review of “elevation dependent......

Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that the ash emissions from Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano have not impacted its atmosphere, despite the massive plumes drifting over parts of the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. Authorities assured the public that the Kingdom is fully prepared to respond if weather......

Fátima Bosch of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe 2025 during the 74th edition of the beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand. The 25-year-old emerged victorious after a dramatic month that propelled her into the global spotlight. A victory overshadowed by controversy Bosch became a public......

Heavy rainfall has led to unprecedented flooding across central Vietnam, resulting in at least 41 deaths and widespread destruction of homes, infrastructure, and farmland. Entire city blocks in key coastal areas, including Nha Trang and Quy Nhon, have been submerged, forcing residents to take refuge......

Morocco has intensified its call for stronger and legally binding climate finance commitments during a preparatory meeting for COP30 in Belém, Brazil. As the host nation works to close key divides before next year’s summit, Rabat......

Iranian authorities have launched cloud-seeding operations to induce rainfall as the country faces one of its worst droughts in decades, state media reported on Sunday. “Today, a cloud-seeding flight was carried out over the Lake Urmia basin for the first time in the current hydrological year,”......

The General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM) has announced that locally intense thunderstorms are expected across several northern provinces of Morocco on Saturday and Sunday. According to the weather alert issued at the orange vigilance level, rainfall amounts between 30 and 50 millimetres are forecast......

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit the northern Dutch province of Groningen early Friday, marking the strongest tremor in the region in several years, according to the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). The earthquake struck at 1:16 a.m. local time, with its epicenter near the village of......

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are projected to reach a record 38.1 billion metric tons in 2025, marking a 1.1% increase from the previous year, according to a report by the Global Carbon Project. This alarming milestone coincides with the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil,......

Morocco’s Ait Khabbash community, part of the traditionally nomadic Amazigh pastoralists in the Draa-Tafilalet region, faces mounting challenges from climate change, compounded by historical marginalization. A recent study by the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, authored by researchers......

Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leïla Benali, spearheaded discussions on climate finance and strategic investment at the Climate Leaders Summit in Belém, Brazil, held ahead of COP30. Her efforts highlighted Morocco’s growing role in advancing......