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Researcher Raquel Peixoto inoculating probiotics on bleached coral during a 2022 heat wave in the Red Sea. Image courtesy of Morgan Benett-Smith.

Probiotics prevented coral bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave: Study

Allessandra DiCorato 2 Oct 2026
An apartment demolition and remodeling worker pushes a cart loaded with rubble in Hong Kong on Sept. 18, 2026.

As Hong Kong heats up, calls grow for tougher rules to protect outdoor workers

June Wong 2 Oct 2026
A resident is extinguishing a fire at Talang Turunan Gajah using simple tools. Photo: Muhammad Akbar/Mongabay Indonesia.

As fires spread, Indonesia’s rubber growers draw on traditional ways to fight back

Taufik Wijaya 2 Oct 2026

Women shoulder the burden of expanding wildfires in rural India

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2026
A low tide on hermit crab amid mangrove roots.

Mangroves keep waves at bay. A new study helps scientists predict how

Isabel Gil 1 Oct 2026
Townsville city in Queensland suffered significant damage during Tropical Cyclone Yasi in 2011. Image by Bannon Keft via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Rising seas could cost Australia economic losses of $855 billion, study finds

Shreya Dasgupta 1 Oct 2026

Indonesia’s new peatland agency faces questions over what it will do differently

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Oct 2026
2015’s very strong El Niño triggered a prolonged drought and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.

Evidence builds showing climate change could be intensifying El Niño events

Sean Mowbray 30 Sep 2026

Tokyo records historic 35-day rain streak driven by El Niño and stalled fronts

Naina Rao 30 Sep 2026

Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees

Associated Press 29 Sep 2026

Rain eases in Bangkok but persistent flooding forces thousands to leave home

Associated Press 28 Sep 2026
A Malala drift area resident feeding his goats

Farmers in South Africa’s Limpopo face unpredictable rainfall, uncertain futures

Bernard Chiguvare 25 Sep 2026
Families are relocated due to flooding and landslides in the Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar.

Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps become increasingly vulnerable to landslides

Sadiqur Rahman 25 Sep 2026
Hurricane Melissa as seen from the International Space Station.

Earth life support systems are flashing red, warns 2026 Planetary Health Check

Sean Mowbray 24 Sep 2026
An adult orangutan drinking from a peat river in the Tanjung Puting National Park area, Central Kalimantan.

As fires spread in Indonesia, Bornean orangutans run out of forest to flee

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Sep 2026

Drought and state neglect deepen health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted Matsés

Mongabay.com 22 Sep 2026
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

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