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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
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

Indonesia charges 72 over fires as haze chokes Borneo and Sumatra

Naina Rao 25 Aug 2026
Koalas typically climb into the upper reaches of trees to escape fire

Rescue networks built by fire: Saving animals from Australia’s bushfires

Starre Vartan 24 Aug 2026

In Spain & South Africa, communities use restoration to ‘grow’ fire insurance (commentary)

Claire Patterson, Penelope Choussat 24 Aug 2026
An Indigenous man walks on a dried-up tributary of the Angat river in the Philippines. Rising temperatures and El Niño conditions have impacted the level of the Angat dam, which supplies water to the capital city of Manila. Image by Gigie Cruz/GHHIN-EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest 2025 via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

World must look to the past to prepare for likely unprecedented El Niño

Sean Mowbray 23 Aug 2026
A vendor cools herself with a portable electric fan as she waits for customers at her souvenirs store, in Beijing, China, Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Six things to know about Asia’s heatwave and the health impacts

Andrew Jeong 21 Aug 2026

Climate change drove extreme July heat in European seas, study finds

Naina Rao 20 Aug 2026

A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps

Associated Press 18 Aug 2026

Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

Associated Press 17 Aug 2026
Rainburst over the Amazon. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

New studies portray Amazon as surprisingly resilient, but tipping point looms

Amanda Magnani 14 Aug 2026

Infrastructure and land use behind devastating India monsoon floods

Naina Rao 14 Aug 2026
African savanna elephants in Namibia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

More people, farms, and drought could mean more elephant conflict in Southern Africa

David Brown 14 Aug 2026

UK firefighters out in force to tackle fires on hottest day of the year

Associated Press 13 Aug 2026

Indonesia’s wildfire season surges as haze spreads into Malaysia

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Aug 2026
Street trees shading an asphalt road in Málaga, Spain. While trees are the obvious go-to cooling solution, their upkeep can be expensive.

Urban heat islands have solutions; many tropical cities can’t afford them

Adam Litchkofski 13 Aug 2026

Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change

Mike DiGirolamo 11 Aug 2026

Wildfire ravages Indonesia’s Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park

Naina Rao 11 Aug 2026

Climate change doubled likelihood of Canada’s extreme fire weather, study finds

Naina Rao 10 Aug 2026

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