Environment

Forests and other terrestrial ecosystems failed to curb climate change in 2023 as severe drought in the Amazon rainforest and record wildfires in Canada reduced

Heavy rains and flooding have killed four people and prompted the evacuation of thousands of people from homes in southern China’s Hunan province hit by

Some trees at Kew Botanic Gardens, which opened in 1759 and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are already in a state of irreversible decline.

China’s state planning authority said on Monday it had allocated 500 million yuan (US$69 million) from the central budget to support the recovery of five

Progress has been made in putting out fires in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper. The remaining fires are expected to be extinguished by the

Progress has been made in extinguishing the blaze in the Canadian resort town of Jasper and all pockets of the fire were out by late

Thousands of firefighters are battling a fast-growing wildfire in northern California after the blaze doubled in size within 24 hours. The fire had burned more

Continuing heavy rains from tropical storm Gaemi triggered a landslide that killed 12 people in southern China, caused flash flooding in the northeast and rail

The death toll from landslides in Ethiopia earlier this week has risen to 257 and is expected to nearly double, the UN said. Heavy rains

An oil tanker carrying industrial fuel sank Thursday in rough seas off the coast of the Philippines, killing one crew member and causing an oil