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Copernicus data showed exceptional wildfire emissions and hazardous smoke across parts of western Europe after prolonged heat and dry conditions.
Fire crews in Spain and France are battling serious blazes as another heat surge strains southern Europe, while officials warn the risk remains high.
European resort wildfires have forced evacuations in Croatia and Greece, turning summer travel areas into emergency zones under intense heatwave pressure.

Wildfires and heat waves are making it harder for countries to clean the air, the World Meteorological Organization warned in a new bulletin released on September 7 for the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies…

Spanish authorities are working against a tight and unforgiving clock, with officials warning the country has only two crucial days to bring raging wildfires under control before rising temperatures make containment…
Climate change is driving record heat in Europe's seas, scientists say, with the Mediterranean warming nearly 2 degrees Celsius because of human activity. The Express Tribune world feed reported that peak temperatures…

Europe faces critical choices regarding AI technology, absent from vital safety debates amid fears of dependency on U.S. and China solutions

Oregon’s unusually active wildfire season is creating a new pressure point for ranchers: keeping cattle safe while fires spread through grazing areas critical to their livelihoods. According to NPR News, some of the…

British Columbia declared a province wide emergency after the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000 people from communities near Okanagan Lake.

Residents of Le Porge, a village west of Bordeaux, returned home after 13 days away to find destruction waiting for them. According to The New York Times, the community had fled France’s worst wildfire in decades, only…
Residents across the northeastern United States found themselves squeezed between two very different but equally dangerous weather threats this weekend, as flash flood warnings and lingering wildfire smoke combined to…
Rising temperatures are making a classic summer trip less comfortable, and even travelers sticking with Europe say better air conditioning would improve the experience.
Millions of Americans faced air quality alerts from Minnesota to New York as smoke from Canadian wildfires spread across 20 US states, with authorities urging people to stay indoors.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has added another layer of uncertainty to the World Cup final set for the New York area, where organizers and spectators are already dealing with a mix of logistical and political…
109 million people faced another day of poor air quality as smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario drifted over the US, affecting the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.
Europe s most effective tool to cut greenhouse gas emissions is at the centre of a new policy dispute in Brussels after the European Commission proposed changes to the European Union emissions trading system, the bloc’s…
Retailers across Great Britain have been ordered to stop selling single-use barbecues temporarily as drought and heat drive severe wildfire conditions.
Golf-ball-sized hailstones have been reported in French villages as extreme thunderstorms strike across Europe amid an exceptional record heatwave, while deadly monsoon rains continue separately in Bangladesh.
Three firefighters have died tackling blazes in Greece as a fourth heatwave of the summer begins across Spain and France, raising fears that recently contained wildfires could reignite.
Air quality warnings remain in place across parts of the US as wildfire smoke continues to move east, leaving large areas under caution and prompting uncertainty over conditions in the days ahead. Smoke from fires in…
As the climate crisis fuels more intense wildfires and pushes them into new parts of the world, firefighters tackling them are forced to ration resources and decide which fires to fight and which to let burn.
As wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota sends air quality indexes to record levels for millions of people, a simple box fan air purifier offers a low-cost way to breathe easier indoors.

China urges Europe to settle commercial disputes through dialogue as Wang Yi and Germany's Johann Wadephul discuss trade and security.
Europe’s biggest defence contractor says the risk of attack is growing, adding urgency to Britain’s debate over readiness, resilience and military investment.