Middle East and Africa
Chileans search rubble for wildfire victims as death toll rises to 131
By Alexander Villegas VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) – Lower temperatures on Tuesday brought relief to central Chile where firefighters tried to extinguish the remnants...
Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. That...
New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
BALTIMORE (AP) — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change...
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s
At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The...
Climate Glimpse: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather extremes
Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del...
Canada leaps to top spot in BloombergNEF battery supply chain ranking
For the first time, Canada has surpassed China to lead BloombergNEF’s annual ranking based on an analysis of 46 metrics in five categories...
China drops to second in BloombergNEF’s Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain Ranking as Canada comes out on top
The fourth edition of BNEF’s ranking finds Canada’s raw material resources, strong integration with the US automotive sector, and clear policy commitments have...
Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category
A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts...
Protesting farmers have France’s government in a bind
PARIS (AP) — Farmers have captured France’s attention by showering government offices with manure and besieging Paris with traffic-snarling barricades of tractors and...
South Africa evacuates small coastal communities near Cape Town as wildfires burn out of control
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents were evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires swept down...
