TANGERANG, INDONESIA – SEPTEMBER 6: Citilink passengers queue for ticket refunds after their flights were cancelled on safety grounds following volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, at Terminal 1C of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, September 6, 2026. (Photo by Firdaus Wajidi/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images…
The El Niño climate event is intensifying into a “supersized” phenomenon that will persist until February 2027, raising the risk of floods, droughts and extreme heat in many countries, the United Nations warned on Thursday. It “has the potential to deliver a massive blow to communities and economies across the world,” Celeste Saulo, secretary general…
In an aerial view, farmers use combine harvesters to harvest a wheat field near the city of Bila Tserkva on August 4, 2023 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Ed Ram | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia and Ukraine continue to attack one another’s port infrastructure, blocking shipments from the “breadbasket of Europe” and driving…
Harvesters pick grapes in vineyards during the 2025 Champagne harvest in Hauvillers, north-eastern France on August 28, 2025. Francois Nascimbeni | Afp | Getty Images Sweltering summer temperatures look set to spur the earliest Champagne harvest on record and potentially one of the most challenging. The French region’s winemakers face lower crop yields, weaker consumer…
An aerial view shows a former eel fishing boat covered in dried mud among on low water among the banks of the river Rhine near Neuss, western Germany, on July 30, 2026, as the water level in the Rhine is falling to a record low following exceptionally hot weather. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty…
On the Eurostar platform at St Pancras International station in London, Great Britain, on 1 November 2025. Stephane Mouchmouche | Afp | Getty Images Gripped by drought, raging wildfires and a summer of weather extremes, countries across Europe are scrambling to address the widely underestimated climate challenge of extreme heat. Supercharged by the climate crisis,…
A forest fire rages in Saint-Jean-d’Illac, some 30km from Bordeaux, on July 26, 2026. Romain Perrocheau | Afp | Getty Images A monster wildfire engulfing parts of France’s Bordeaux region has claimed hundreds and thousands of acres of land and forced one of the largest evacuations in the country. The fire began in the Southwest…
COTIGNAC, FRANCE – JULY 21: Bystanders watch the smoke and flames from a wildfire on July 21, 2026 in Cotignac, France. Over 1,000 firefighters were called in to control the fast-moving wildfire that has burned more than 2,500 hectares in southern France. (Photo by FBM Media/Getty Images) Fbm Media | Getty Images News | Getty…
The industrial-scale sand battery in Finland’s Pornainen can cover almost one month of the town’s heating demands in the summer and as much as one week in the winter. Polar Night Energy A small town in southern Finland has turned to the world’s largest commercial sand battery to fix what many see as the most…
Jaen city and surrounding Olive groves and trees, Jaen is known as the Olive Oil capital producing around 25% of global supply and over half of Spain’s olive oil production. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil company, says a period of unprecedented volatility has unequivocally given…
