Climate change

Cooling rooms, more green spaces: Bangkok launches heat management plan for 2026 with 379 risk zones

The system will use a colour code based on the Heat Index – green for “monitoring,” yellow for “warning,” orange for “danger,” and red for “extreme danger.”

More snow in Florida than Utah? Why weird weather has dominated the US in 2026

The weather pattern has kept western US unusually dry and plunged the eastern two-thirds into bitter cold.

French duo reach Shanghai, completing year-and-a-half walk

TOPSHOT - France's Loic Voisot (R) and Benjamin Humblot speak to media and local residents at Changfeng Park, before completing the final leg of their walk from France to China, in Shanghai on February 7, 2026. Two French adventurers reached the end of an epic walk from France to Shanghai on February 7, after nearly a year and a half crossing 16 countries almost entirely on foot. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP)

Another cold blast to grip US North-east, testing power demand

Temperatures are forecast to fall to -15 deg C late on Feb 7 in New York City.

Heavy snowfall forecast in Japan on weekend, election day, could reach warning levels on Feb 8

A man walks through the snowfall amid piled-up snow at the Tottori Sand Dunes in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on Jan 22.

EU rethinks climate diplomacy after bruising COP30 summit, document shows

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators attend the Fridays for Future protest '#JustTransitionNow' next to the Brandenburg Gate during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) which takes place in Belem, Brazil, in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

Fewer storms, more heatwaves expected in Vietnam for 2026

Water floods a road next to residential buildings in Vietnam's Lam Dong province on Dec 5, 2025, following weeks of heavy rain.

AI to track icebergs adrift at sea in boon for science

This use of AI could also be adapted to aid safe passage for navigators through treacherous polar regions littered by icebergs.

IOC may move Winter Games to January to get more snow

Workers preparing the venue ahead of the Winter Games' snowboarding events on Feb 4, in Livigno, Italy.

Greenland shatters temperature record, redrawing economy from fishing to minerals

A man looks at floating ice at the old harbour of Nuuk, Greenland, January 29, 2026. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

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