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
As World Oceans Day approaches on June 8, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, is urging the global community to intensify its commitment to protecting the ocean. With
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As the seasons shift into spring and summer, flowers bloom, trees turn green, and the days grow longer and sunnier. However, for many, this time also marks the start of allergy season
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The high seas — vast, unclaimed expanses of international waters covering 43% of Earth’s surface — are the largest remaining wilderness on the planet, yet they are being pushed to the brink
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The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels. ~ David Suzuki Aviation leaders will meet
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in Down To Earth, a platform committed to transforming the way we manage the environment, safeguard public health, and ensure sustainable livelihoods and economic
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The world is now on track to surpass one of the most critical climate thresholds — 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures — by 2027, according to alarming new data released by
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As extreme weather events continue to escalate in frequency and intensity, communities around the world are grappling with the mounting pressure to prepare for and respond to disasters that not only threaten
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With the UN Ocean Conference set to take place next month in Nice, France, world leaders are being called upon to seize a rare and urgent opportunity to accelerate progress on ocean
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A harrowing video showing the execution of 13 security contractors at a gold mine in northern Peru has thrown global attention onto the country’s deepening crisis of illegal gold mining — a
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Nepal will host a symbolic funeral next week for the Yala glacier, a once-thriving Himalayan ice mass now in terminal decline due to climate change — an event that scientists say underscores
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