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The climate superfund would support projects aimed at protecting communities from climate-related hazards such as floods and heat waves.

A tropical disease has spread across most of Europe, sparking fears that it could soon be detected in the UK. Once contained to Africa and Asia, mosquitos have transmitted the disease throughout our ...

A new scientific analysis warns that chikungunya, a tropical virus known for causing intense and long-lasting pain, can now be spread by mosquitoes across much of Europe. Rising temperatures linked to ...

In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear to be plants. Each coral polyp houses microscopic algae that convert ...

The virus was first detected in 1952 in Tanzania and has historically been confined to tropical regions, where millions of infections occur each year.

‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries ...

President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin should be applauded for actually following the science and respecting the rule of law ...

In 2024 extreme rain and floods hit the Spanish region of Valencia, killing at least 230 people. Now a new study shows ...

Trump 2.0 is waging all-out war to obstruct and delay 140 gigawatts (GW) of renewable expansion, even where it receives no federal subsidy and even though data centres need all the power they can get.

ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen's closest friends were his stepfather's sled dogs. Most of his classmates were dark-haired Inuit; he was ...

There are multiple genetic, environmental, microbial and social factors that can play a part in the development of food allergies in children, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.“Our ...