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Shaggy recounts his relief mission to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa and shares how you can help
As Hurricane Melissa intensified to a Category 5 storm pointing right at Jamaica, Shaggy knew he had to help, he just wasn't sure how. So he asked ChatGPT.
Rockefeller Christmas tree is harvested from upstate New York and begins trek to Manhattan
The towering Christmas tree that will light up Rockefeller Center this holiday season is on its way to New York City.
Fishermen missing in Vietnam as Philippines mourns dead from Typhoon Kalmaegi
Typhoon Kalmaegi lashed Vietnam with fierce winds and torrential rains as it made landfall on Thursday after leaving more than 100 people dead and dozens missing in the Philippines.
Leaders of world’s biggest polluters are no-shows as heads of state gather for U.N. climate summit
World leaders descending on the United Nations annual climate summit in Brazil on Thursday will not need to see much more than the view from their airplane window to sense the unfathomable stakes.
Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds
Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released Thursday.
A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30
A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call "the death of the river," they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.
Munich’s famous river wave has vanished after a cleanup. Surfers hope it will return soon
Germany's famous river-surfing wave in Munich has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Bavarian surfers high and dry for the first time in decades.
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 85 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 85 people dead with 75 others missing in the central Philippines, many in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday.
EU agrees on new emissions targets before global climate summit in Brazil
The European Union said Wednesday it would slash carbon emissions by 90% by 2040, in an agreement widely seen as a weakening of the 27-nation bloc's previous climate goals, after an overnight debate ahead of the U.N. climate conference in Brazil.
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves 52 dead, mainly in Philippine province still recovering from deadly quake
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 52 people dead with 13 others missing in the central Philippines, mostly in widespread flooding that trapped people on their roofs and swept away scores of cars in a hard-hit province still recovering from a deadly earthquake, officials said Wednesday.
Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far short, U.N. says
All nations of the world had homework this year: submit new-and-improved plans to fight climate change. But the plans they handed in "have barely moved the needle" on reducing Earth's future warming, a new United Nations report finds.
Afghanistan earthquake survivors spend the night in the open; the quake damaged historical sites
Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan that killed more than 25 people and injured nearly 1,000 were digging through the rubble of their homes Tuesday, trying to salvage what belongings they could after spending the night outside in the bitter cold.
Hurricane death toll rises to 43 in Haiti as aid pours in across the northern Caribbean
Haiti's government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing.
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 26 dead in Philippines, with survivors trapped on roofs and in cars
Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said. Floodwaters trapped scores of people on their roofs and submerged cars.
On eve of U.N. climate talks in Brazil, a call for less talking and more doing
For 30 years, world leaders and diplomats have gathered at United Nations negotiating sessions to try to curb climate change, but Earth's temperature continues to rise and extreme weather worsens.
Give caterpillars a ‘soft landing’ under your trees. The ecosystem will thank you
If you're like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the "right" plants to nourish pollinators and other wildlife, with nectar, pollen, seeds and fruit. But have you given much thought to those animals' habitat?
Much like a nursing home, penguins at a Boston aquarium can age with dignity
When Lambert started losing his vision and slowing down a few steps, it became clear that he needed to be relocated to a place where he could age safely and still be with his friends.
More than 150,000 evacuate in the Philippines as typhoon approaches
More than 150,000 people evacuated to safer ground in eastern Philippine provinces Monday as a typhoon approached from the Pacific, with authorities warning of torrential rains, potentially destructive winds and storm surges of up to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet).
Powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake kills 20, injures 640 in northern Afghanistan
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, 25 critically, a disaster management official said. Health officials said the numbers could rise.
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers
The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck.
