By 2024, more than half of summers in eastern China will be as hot as in 2013, when the region was hit by a record-busting heatwave and devastating drought.
Powerful Typhoon Vongfong churned towards Japan, injuring at least a dozen people as it pounded the southern Okinawan islands with ferocious winds and driving rain.
Woman survives 17 days lost in Australian rainforest
A woman missing for more than two weeks in a rugged Australian rainforest has stumbled out alive after surviving a chase by a crocodile and eating small fish.
Thousands march worldwide for rhino, elephant protection
Thousands marched in Africa to pressure governments to do more to stop the poaching industry that many fear is driving rhinos and elephants to the brink of extinction.
'Vaccinated' mosquitos released in Rio to combat dengue
Thousand mosquitos immunized against dengue fever have been released in Brazil as part of an innovative attempt to curb the spread of the tropical sickness.
Kazakhstan in effort to stop disastrous desertification
The United Nations has recognized desertification as one of the global environmental problems. Kazakhstan has joined the efforts to fight desertification but there is a long way to go and many obstacles to overcome.
World greenhouse emissions threaten warming goal: report
Emissions of greenhouse gases are rising so fast that within one generation the world will have used up its margin of safety for limiting global warming.
