'NO SURVIVORS' AS BURNING IRANIAN OIL TANKER SINKS NEAR JAPAN

The burning Iranian oil tanker Sanchi has sunk in Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to Chinese state television. The head of the Iranian rescue team... READ MORE›

TRUMP SAYS US 'COULD CONCEIVABLY' REJOIN PARIS CLIMATE PACT

"So we can conceivably go back in," added the president, who announced his intention to pull out of the 2015 accord on curbing global warming emissions last June... READ MORE›

U.S. COULD 'CONCEIVABLY' RETURN TO PARIS CLIMATE DEAL

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States could conceivably return to the Paris climate accord, although he stopped short of signal... READ MORE›

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES STOKE CHAOS IN U.S. AND CANADA

The eastern United States and Canada froze Saturday under record-breaking low temperatures following a deadly winter storm as New York's flagship airport d... READ MORE›

AS U.S. FREEZES, RUSSIA'S STILL WAITING FOR WINTER TO START

Through Christmas and New Year's there were no flakes at all. That hasn't been great news for Russian landscape photographer Ivan Boiko... READ MORE›

MACRON IS 'PRETTY SURE TRUMP WILL CHANGE HIS MIND' ON PARIS CLIMATE PACT

Two years on from the Paris Agreement, Macron will meet with world leaders on Tuesday, this time to talk about money... READ MORE›

TESLA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTERY IN AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK

ADELAIDE, Australia AP -- The world's biggest lithium-ion battery has plugged into an Australian state grid, delivering on a promise by Tesla Inc... READ MORE›

CLIMATE ENVOYS STEP UP PACE OF WORK WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM TRUMP

We are 15 years or so away from busting the 1.5 degree Celsius budget, said Piers Forster, a professor of climate change at the University of Leeds... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE IS COSTLY FOR MANUFACTURING, STUDY SAYS

In aggregate, the study authors note, rising temperatures could cost the global market for manufacturing products billions by the middle of the 21st century... READ MORE›

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: INSIDE THE ARCTIC VAULT THAT COULD HELP KEEP HUMANITY ALIVE

Earlier this month, seeds stored inside the so-called Doomsday Vault were withdrawn for the first time... READ MORE›

AS TRUMP HEADS TO WASHINGTON, GLOBAL WARMING NEARS TIPPING POINT

Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS DIE IN HEAT WAVE IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN

The Pakistan Rangers Sindh, a paramilitary force that otherwise fights crime in Karachi, has set up 10 heatstroke relief centers across the city... READ MORE›

ETHIOPIA'S COFFEE INDUSTRY THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

Coffee plants ideally need mild temperatures between 15 to 26 degrees Celsius to thrive... READ MORE›

NORTHEAST IS WARMING FASTER THAN THE REST OF THE WORLD

The 2 degree mark is considered the point of no return for catastrophic effects of global warming... READ MORE›

JULY 2016 WAS WORLD'S HOTTEST MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN, SAYS NASA

The past nine months have set temperature records for their respective months and the trend continued this month to make 10 in a row, according to Nasa... READ MORE›

2 DEGREES CELSIUS: A CRITICAL NUMBER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

Framework Convention on Climate Change said in a statement... READ MORE›

AS ASIAN SCORCHERS MULTIPLY RECORDS FALL AND ATTENTION RISES

The attention paid to the temperature reading in Pakistan highlights how interest in heat records is growing across Asia alongside rising awareness of climate change... READ MORE›

PRE-MONSOON HEAT BUILDS EARLY IN INDIA

Bhubaneswar has recorded temperatures above 40C for some time now... READ MORE›

SNOWSTORMS HOLD MAINLAND EUROPE IN AN ICY GRIP AS SCORES SUCCUMB TO BITTERLY COLD WEATHER

The state-run Anadolu news agency reported that even the Bosphorus Strait running through Turkey's largest city was closed with ferries being halted... READ MORE›

NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE

It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›

HEAT IN INDIA SETS A RECORD 1238 DEGREES

India's former record high was 60 years ago, when temperatures reached 123 degrees Fahrenheit in Alwar, also a city in Rajasthan... READ MORE›

IT'S TOO HOT FOR SOME PLANES TO FLY IN PHOENIX

Was forced to cancel 50 flights so far this week--43 of them on Tuesday--from its Phoenix hub because the forecast high is 120 degrees Fahrenheit 49 degrees Celsius ... READ MORE›

9 WORLD CUP SLOTS FOR AFRICA APPROVED BY FIFA, AWAIT RATIFICATION

A proposed fully air-conditioned venue for the 2022 World Cup, the Khalifa International Stadium has been completed... READ MORE›

OUR SWELTERING CITIES WILL PAY A HEAVY PRICE

With temperatures touching 119 degrees Fahrenheit 48 degrees Celsius in the Arizona city, some jets couldn't generate enough lift... READ MORE›

'STOP CALLING ME EBOLA NURSE', SAYS KACI HICKOX

Stop calling me ebola nurse says kaci hickox... READ MORE›

YOUNG WOMAN 'FREEZES TO DEATH' IN CRYOTHERAPY CHAMBER

Officials have told the family of Chelsea Ake-Salvacion 24 of Las Vegas that she would have died in seconds... READ MORE›

'INFERNO WORLD': HOT JUPITER EXOPLANET IS 4 TIMES HOTTER THAN VENUS

Its atmosphere is estimated to have a temperature of a scorching 2,000 degrees Celsius... READ MORE›

AUSTRIA SEARCHES FREIGHT TRAINS IN NEW FRONTLINE ON ILLEGAL MIGRATION

In another recent case, a group of people had been locked into a freight train wagon in Turkey and were found barely alive in Austria... READ MORE›

'LUCIFER' HEAT WAVE KEEPS PARTS OF EUROPE IN RED ALERT

The high temperatures came as a shock to Australian Mira Balic, who was visiting Serbia at a time when it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere... READ MORE›

European summer temperatures have increased a lot over the last 10 or 15 years, he said... READ MORE›

SPAIN WILDFIRE FORCES EVACUATION OF 1,400 PEOPLE

The average temperature in Spain last month was 26.5 degrees Celsius 79.7 Fahrenheit, the agency said Wednesday... READ MORE›

5 TAKEAWAYS ABOUT THE CLIMATE DEAL

It also lists 1.5 degrees Celsius 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit as an aspirational goal, but leaves a lot of the decision-making for that goal until a future date... READ MORE›

BRUTAL HEAT WAVE IN INDIA PUTS 330 MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK

India is in the grips of a monstrous pre-monsoon heat wave that has killed more than 160 people in recent weeks... READ MORE›

ANIMATION SHOWS EFFECTS OF IMPACT AS PART OF DUTCH INVESTIGATION

It says Buk missile fragments struck the plane at speeds of 2 800-5 600 mph tearing off the cockpit and instantly killing the two pilots and the purser... READ MORE›

PARIS ROLLS OUT ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES AMID EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE

Heat slams Europe The rise in pollution was linked to a heat wave that was already breaking records across Europe... READ MORE›

US WOMAN ARRESTED FOR KEEPING HER CHILDREN IN A CAVE

A spokesman for the Jackson County prosecutor's office said Saturday that he didn't think Ms Mugrauer has a lawyer... READ MORE›

10 WAYS TO HELP YOUR BABY SLEEP ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT

If you would like to learn more about the realities infant sleep check out my Gentle Sleep Book... READ MORE›

GLOBAL WARMING: WHY MASSIVE ICE IN ASIA'S GLACIERS COULD VANISH,

Kraaijenbrink acknowledged that a scenario in which global warming remains under 1.5 degrees Celsius is optimistic... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: NEW YORK ASKS SEC TO FORCE CLIMATE VOTE ONTO EXXON PROXY

New York City officials have also launched efforts to force greater climate disclosure by Exxon... READ MORE›