One ship paid a staggering $4 million this month to jump the line at the Panama Canal, a vivid sign that drought and a strengthening El Nino are tightening one of the
Australians have been warned to prepare for a super El Nino event that forecasters describe as the strongest since 1950, with rising temperatures threatening drought, bushfires, and the country’s food supply. The
A fishing crew based in the Yorkshire port of Whitby has made a rare catch. Within days of each other, they landed two bluefin tuna, each weighing over 300 kilograms. The last
Trump declares Strait of Hormuz "New U.S. Territory" on Truth Social as 60-day ceasefire with Iran expires. Oil prices rise for third session as UAE detects Iranian missiles.
A Pennsylvania father and his 11-year-old son have recovered one of New Jersey’s rarest paleontological specimens: a massive tooth from a megalodon, the largest shark ever to live on Earth. Michael Bowers,
On August 16, 2026, Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the United States, reached a water level of 3,519.91 feet—breaking the previous record low set just 16 months earlier. What sounds like
Toñi is one of fewer than 40 Iberian orcas known to exist in the world. At approximately 60 years old, she is the oldest and most photographed individual of an extremely fragile
In May, a German company won an international design award for creating something that shouldn’t exist: a concrete-free foundation for buildings. GLAPOR UMB1 is made entirely from recycled glass, and it cuts
The line between art and activism got blurrier in June when the United Nations opened its doors to something most people wouldn’t expect in its hallowed lobbies: a climate displacement exhibit powered
Hurricane Lala Brushes Hawaii’s Big Island Without Landfall, Brings Record Rain and One Death — Hurricane Lala swept past Hawaii’s Big Island on August 15-16, 2026, as a Category 1 hurricane with