The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Panama Canal: falling water levels threaten world trade

More than 200 vessels are stuck waiting to pass through the Panama Canal, one of the world’s most important shipping routes, because of a dramatic fall in water levels.

The Week · Sep 1, 2023

London weather: ‘Iberian plume’ to bring sunny spells and temperatures to match Madrid

Londoners are set to enjoy a blast of hot sunny weather with temperatures tipped to soar above the likes of Madrid and Lisbon.

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2023

Swiss glacier watcher warns recent heat wave threatens severe melt again this year after record 2022

A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer and a heat wave last week could have caused severe glacier melt across Switzerland, threatening to make 2023 the second-worst year for ice loss after a record thaw last year

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Residents return to find homes gone, towns devastated in path of Idalia

Tropical Storm Idalia's path of destruction through four states has left behind it shattered towns and shocked residents, even as it missed many urban areas

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee

In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida, experts say its eye experienced a phenomenon that kept it from further intensifying

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Ofgem announces rise of storm power cut compensation cap to £2,000

The regulator says changes to storm compensation payments follow ‘lessons learnt’ in the aftermath of November 2021 Storm Arwen

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

Prosecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate dog deaths in uncooled rear of truck

Prosecutors have asked Indiana State Police to investigate the recent deaths of at least eight dogs from heat-related injuries while being transported in an uncooled box truck

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

2023 extreme weather events: What is causing a year of disasters, from Hurricane Idalia to Greek wildfires?

From Greece to Florida, extreme weather has caused chaos and displaced people around the world

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023

Storm Idalia: One dead in Georgia as Florida reels from hurricane damage

The man was killed after a tree fell on him, as recovery begins along Florida's Gulf Coast

Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023