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Residents of Bielsko-Biała, Poland, walk through sprinklers to stay cool during a heat wave.

Rooftop rainwater sprinkler systems could help cool warming cities, study says

Nick Ruggia 18 Sep 2026
A Tapanuli orangutan. Image © Bert Harris via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Tapanuli orangutans face mining, landslides, and fire threats — with no recovery plan

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Sep 2026

Heavy rain and floods in northern Vietnam submerge homes and disrupt economy

Associated Press 17 Sep 2026

Rescuers race against time as fires ravage orangutan habitat inside Indonesian oil palm concession

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Sep 2026
Haze blankets Pontianak, a city in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province, on Sept. 3, 2026.

In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze

Choo Ching Yee, Oliver Samson, Irfan Maulana, Krismes Santo Haloho 17 Sep 2026

EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave

Associated Press 16 Sep 2026
A forest and land fire burning in the Bukit Soeharto protected forest area in Sepaku, North Penajam Paser regency, Sept. 1, 2026.

Wildfires on doorstep of Indonesia’s new capital as environmental and health crisis flares

Niken D. Sitoningrum 15 Sep 2026

Ituna/Itatá invasion escalates as Indigenous Land faces fires and illegal clearing

Aimee Gabay 12 Sep 2026

Angolan communities return to seasonal migration amid severe drought

Elodie Toto 11 Sep 2026

Japan deploys equipment to Indonesia’s Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze

Associated Press 10 Sep 2026
Tombong Barrow in his rice field rice at Kiang Jifarong, the Gambia. Image by Yero Bah for Mongabay.

As saltwater advances, Gambian farmers rethink how to protect rice fields

Yero S. Bah 10 Sep 2026
Raina accompanies her only son, Muhammad Raihan (5), who is undergoing treatment at the Banjarmasin Islamic Hospital after experiencing respiratory complaints amid the haze from forest and land fires

Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Riyad Dafhi Rizki 10 Sep 2026
This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan.

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

Rendy Tisna 9 Sep 2026
Lila Devi uses a traditional sickle to demonstrate how locals craft a jhapa.

Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires

Swati Thapa 8 Sep 2026

Comparing green space for urban cooling, study

Bobby Bascomb 4 Sep 2026
The riverside in Kuching city center, Sarawak state, Malaysia, is shrouded in thick haze, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Image by AP Photo/Xpin Voon.

As Indonesia’s wildfires rage, haze spreads farther across Southeast Asia

Yenni Kwok 4 Sep 2026

Trading food for medicine and crossing the river by zip line are part of life in Nepal flood zone

Associated Press 3 Sep 2026

Repeal of US Roadless Rule could threaten drinking water for 25 million people

Liz Kimbrough 3 Sep 2026

During Nepal floods, decentralized, community-based warning saved lives

Abhaya Raj Joshi 3 Sep 2026
A drone view shows a major section of Pasang Lhamu highway washed away along swollen Trishuli river by recent flash floods. Image by AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh.

Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test

Rudra Pangeni 2 Sep 2026

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

Associated Press 2 Sep 2026
From July 25-26, 2026, the Matsés held their bimonthly community assembly in the San Mateo village, which Mongabay attended, along with leaders from all 29 Matsés communities in Peru. Image by Aimee Gabay/Mongabay.

Drought is deepening a health crisis among Peru’s recently contacted Indigenous Matsés

Aimee Gabay 2 Sep 2026
Commuters wade through heavy floodwater after a downpour in Lagos. Image courtesy of Folakemi Olaoni.

Rapid wetland loss and ‘real estate boom’ increasing flood risk in Lagos

Kingsley Charles 2 Sep 2026

Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge

Associated Press 1 Sep 2026
A woman lifts a jug she filled with water from a tanker truck amid rationing caused by drought, in the Cupey sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Climate change parches Puerto Rico and Jamaica in rare early wet season drought

Naina Rao 1 Sep 2026

Coastal Texas and Louisiana warned of tropical storm as a potential hurricane moves toward Hawaii

Associated Press 31 Aug 2026
Around 2,000 people gathered for the “Maju for the people” rally on Aug. 16. Image by Ada Cheong.

Singapore spending billions to adapt to climate change, but deforestation continues

Robin Hicks 31 Aug 2026

Global sea surface temperatures reach a record high, again

Bobby Bascomb 28 Aug 2026

Why a newly formed lake is sparking fears of more flooding along the Nepal-China border

Associated Press 28 Aug 2026

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas

Associated Press 27 Aug 2026
The Belo Monte hydropower dam on the Xingu River in Brazil’s Pará state. Image courtesy of TV Brasil.

Brazil relaxes Belo Monte water rule amid El Niño-fueled Amazon drought risk

Shanna Hanbury 26 Aug 2026

At least 75 killed and hundreds missing after flash floods in Nepal and China

Associated Press 26 Aug 2026

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