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Peru's national weather service said wind gusts reached up to 50 kilometers per hour in the Ica region, about 400 kilometers south of Lima

Caught by surprise

Sand and dust storm sweeps across southern Peru

Microplastics are everywhere, but data is still lacking about how they could be affecting our brains

What are all these microplastics doing to our brains?

Nepal is especially vulnerable due to unstable geology, shifting rainfall patterns and poorly planned development

Rainfall and ground movement data

Landslide-prone Nepal tests AI-powered warning system

Lima, a city with over 10 million inhabitants, is home to more than500 archaeological sites

Archaeological find

Gas workers uncover 1,000-year-old mummy in Peru

Hello, is it me you're looking for? Male leopard seals sing to woo mates, scientists believe

Songs last up to 13 hours

Seals sing 'otherworldly' songs structured like nursery rhymes

Climate change is making heatwaves stronger and longer, putting lives at greater risk during summertime

Underestimated threat

'Silent killer': the science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves

Swathes of northern China endured deadly rains and floods since last week that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands

Tens of thousands evacuated

Beijing officials admit 'gaps' in readiness after rains kill dozens

People look at a dead sperm whale on Heisaura Beach in the Japanese city of Tateyama, Chiba

Alert downgraded

Japan lifts tsunami advisory after Russia quake

Russian authorities said a tsunami hit and flooded the port town of Severo-Kurilsk following a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the country's Kamchatka peninsula

Nations on high alert

Millions return home as Pacific tsunami warnings lifted

A streak of super-hot tropical nights broke a century-old South Korean weather record, according to official data, as the peninsula bakes in a prolonged heat wave

Accumulating heat

Seoul breaks century-long record with 22 'tropical nights' in July

Locals in Silopi are struggling to stay cool in an extreme heatwave

Turkish city calls for help after heat tops 50C

This aerial view taken on July 9, 2023 shows former logging areas in Romania's Tarhaus Valley

Dramatic decrease

EU urged to act on forests' faltering absorption of carbon

This NASA image obtained on July 29, 2025 shows part of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite, which was designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces

US, India launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite

A Chinese submersible has found creatures thriving at nearly 10 kilometres below sea level in the Mariana Trench

Worms and molluscs

Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea

Quantum mechanics have led to the development of vast amounts of tech, such as lasers or transistors used phones

Nature's mysteries

Physicists still divided about quantum world, 100 years on

Strong winds and high temperatures pushing 40C in parts are expected to pose a challenge to firefighters

Portugal gains control of some wildfires

Europe sees worst early-July drought on record with 52% of soils affected

Pedestrians use umbrellas to shelter from the sun as they cross a street in the Kabukicho entertainment area of Shinjuku in central Tokyo

Amid tsunami alert

Japan sees new record high temperature of 41.2C

The complex Port Lands project installed wetlands and marshes to absorb excess water during extreme storms

Prevention project

Canada project reclaims 'foul' industrial area to contain floods

Authorities said many fires started at landfill sites, where the improper disposal and management of waste is a long-standing issue

Long-standing issue

Toxic Balkan wildfires ignite in poorly managed dumps

Vebjorn Bjelland Berg, first on the right, has staged climate protests

United by shared trauma

Norwegian cousins battle over oil, climate policy

A firefighter is seen battling a wildfire burning in Gondomar, northern Portugal on July 29, 2025

Evacuations ongoing

Portugal battles to contain wildfires

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks, as he tours Nucor Steel Berkeley with US Vice President JD Vance, in Huger, South Carolina, on May 1, 2025

Likely to trigger fierce legal battles

US pushes to revoke scientific ruling that underpins climate regulations

The Trans Alaska Pipeline near Delta Junction, Alaska. The EU has promised to buy more US fossil fuels to secure a trade deal with President Donald Trump

Colossal amounts to be purchased

Fossil-fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fears

A man rides his vehicle past debris along a flooded street following heavy rain in Miyun district, on the outskirts of Beijing

Over 80,000 evacuated

Heavy rain, landslides kill more than 30 in northern China

Insurers took almost $80 billion of losses from natural disasters worldwide, Munich Re said

Worth $80 billion

LA wildfires push insurance losses to highest since 2011: Munich Re

Swathes of northern China have been hit by torrential downpours and flooding, forcing tens of thousands to be evacuated, killing over thirty people

Torrential downpours and flooding

'Once in a hundred years': villagers clean up after deadly China floods

New sections of the mountains that were once capped in ice are melting fast year after year

Turkey's glaciers fall victim to climate change

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