by Our Correspondent in Colombo Updated Story 2: The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that the death toll from the severe weather gripping the country has risen to 47, with 37 of
At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a rapidly deepening drought are already being measured in extra barges, reduced cargoes and rising costs. With water levels on the Rhine at
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As governments and industry accelerate plans to deploy nuclear-powered merchant vessels to help decarbonise global shipping, a commentary published by Nature argues that the technology’s success will depend not only on advances
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“Farming is not just a way of life; it is a way of thinking about our relationship with the earth.” This idea, echoed by generations of agricultural pioneers, captures a growing global
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Sri Lanka is sitting on the fourth rarest gemstone on earth, and instead of turning that into national leverage, it is letting individual traders smuggle it out through informal channels because the
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On Wednesday morning, Anant Ambani, heir to one of the world’s largest fortunes, was on his way to work with his wife when he spotted an injured crow by the road. He
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South America has recorded the highest level of forest loss worldwide between 2015 and 2025, according to a new United Nations assessment that warns global efforts to halt deforestation are failing to
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Sir David Attenborough turns 100 at a moment when his voice has never felt more globally resonant. Across more than seven decades of broadcasting, he has become the defining interpreter of the
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Researchers in Switzerland have discovered that beaver activity can turn stream corridors into net carbon sinks, drawing in more carbon than they release over the course of a year. Eurasian beavers (Castor
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In a world experiencing increasing climate uncertainty, the call to take a time out—even for an hour—carries profound global significance. The recent call by the Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, to join Earth
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The past 11 years have marked an unprecedented streak of extreme global temperatures, with 2025 ranking as the second or third hottest year since modern observations began, according to the World Meteorological
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