Hurricane Isaias strengthened from a tropical storm late Wednesday night and is expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend, threatening parts of Mississippi, Alabama and the western part of the Florida panhandle. It is the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency…
A remote island near Antarctica is no longer home to the world’s largest penguin colony as climate-driven changes to ocean food chains likely devastated its once-thriving inhabitants and caused a “population collapse,” researchers said Wednesday. Drone and satellite images showed that the volcanic island of Zavodovski lost more than 680,000 — or nearly two-thirds —…
A 15-year-old student lost a hand on Monday picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests in France over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week. Some students returned to classrooms but others maintained actions outside their schools, ahead of a day of larger demonstrations expected on…
Nadi, Fiji — Extreme heat is increasingly linked to problems such as premature births or underweight babies, the U.N. climate chief warned on Monday as Fiji hosted talks ahead of a major summit. This week’s meetings in the city of Nadi and on the atoll nation of Tuvalu are aimed at drawing the world’s attention to…
Money famously can’t buy you love, but be prepared to pay up for those Valentine’s Day flowers or chocolates this year. The average consumer is expected to spend roughly $200 — an all-time high and up from $188.81 last year — on the annual day of romance, according to the National Retail Federation. Virtually every…
An estimated 451,000 more people could die as a result of excessive heat in the first nine months of the current El Niño compared with a typical year, according to a report from the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab. “That’s on top of the impacts from droughts, wildfires and flooding expected from hotter temperatures…
The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which includes five categories based on the storm’s sustained wind speeds. It also estimates possible damage to property, ranging from “some damage” to “catastrophic.” So far, the 2026 season has been below average in…
It has been an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, and activity just hit a record low. No hurricanes have formed yet in the Atlantic basin since the 2026 season kicked off June 1. Although seasons often peak in September and October, it’s rare to reach Sept. 15 without any hurricanes developing at all. …
A surfer in his 50s was rushed to a hospital on Monday after being bitten by a shark at a popular beach in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said. Authorities said they received a report of a “shark incident” around 9:45 a.m. at Glenfield Beach, just over 400 kilometers (250 miles)…
The United States just experienced its hottest summer on record, officials said, after several months of exceptionally high temperatures and expanding drought across the country. According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, temperatures nationwide averaged 74.4 degrees Fahrenheit between June and August, which is the period known to climate scientists as “meteorological…
