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Behind AI's carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Behind AI's carbon footprint, a potential climate tool

Artificial intelligence has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint of the data centers powering the technology.
Vietnam could lose winter by 2100 as major cities face 100 more hot days, scientists warn

Vietnam could lose winter by 2100 as major cities face 100 more hot days, scientists warn

Lost shark becomes viral star in South Korea, boosts sales and named ambassador

Lost shark becomes viral star in South Korea, boosts sales and named ambassador

Thousands sleep in schools as floods hit 52,000 homes in Bangkok

Thousands sleep in schools as floods hit 52,000 homes in Bangkok

Thousands of Bangkok residents awoke in shelters on Sunday after flooding triggered by days of heavy rain in the Thai capital inundated homes and roads, with some starting to dry out their homes and belongings.
September 26, 2026 | 10:08 pm PT
August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor

August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor

The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.
September 10, 2026 | 12:57 am PT
Record rain floods Asian Games host city where athletes sleep in wooden huts

Record rain floods Asian Games host city where athletes sleep in wooden huts

Hundreds of Asian Games athletes in Japan were briefly evacuated from their accommodation as record rainfall lashed host city Nagoya, with competition beginning on Thursday.
September 9, 2026 | 04:18 pm PT
122-year record heat kills nearly a million farm animals in South Korea

122-year record heat kills nearly a million farm animals in South Korea

South Korea's record heat wave has killed close to a million farm animals and 1.83 million farmed fish, the agriculture and fisheries ministries said, with farmers reporting potato and watermelon crops rotting in the field.
August 14, 2026 | 03:03 pm PT
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save world's 100 most threatened species

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save world's 100 most threatened species

Foundations funded and co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched an initiative committing US$200 million to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species, including endangered lemurs, salamanders, pangolins, pigs and echidnas.
August 4, 2026 | 11:19 pm PT
Seoul issues first 'severe heatwave warning' under new advisory system

Seoul issues first 'severe heatwave warning' under new advisory system

South Korea's weather agency issued a “severe heatwave warning” for Seoul on Aug. 3, the first such advisory since introducing the designation in 2026 to alert the public about extreme temperatures.
August 3, 2026 | 04:50 pm PT
June heatwave cost UK economy more than $1.5B: study

June heatwave cost UK economy more than $1.5B: study

Britain's record-breaking June heatwave resulted in some 24 million lost hours of work, costing the economy £1.15 billion (US$1.5 billion), according to an estimate released Thursday by the London School of Economics (LSE).
July 22, 2026 | 07:56 pm PT
Typhoon Bavi forces school, office closures in Beijing, Taipei

Typhoon Bavi forces school, office closures in Beijing, Taipei

Authorities in Beijing and Taipei have shut down parks, offices and suspended in-person school classes due to the arrival of Typhoon Bavi, the most powerful storm in the area in years.
July 9, 2026 | 02:39 pm PT
Vietnamese residents struggle to stay cool as France swelters in 40C heat

Vietnamese residents struggle to stay cool as France swelters in 40C heat

As France sweltered in nearly 40-degree heat over the past two weeks, Vietnamese residents have improvised ways to stay cool, using aluminum foil on windows, staying late at offices and seeking refuge in air-conditioned supermarkets.
July 3, 2026 | 02:34 am PT
Island country's World Cup dream sinking due to climate change

Island country's World Cup dream sinking due to climate change

The island nation of Kiribati is racing against time to qualify for the 2030 World Cup amidst the existential threat of being wiped out by climate change.
June 18, 2026 | 02:00 am PT
Extreme heat is pushing daily life in India into the dark

Extreme heat is pushing daily life in India into the dark

On India's hot plains, scorching summers have become increasingly harder to endure, requiring adaptations and forcing life into the hours of dark before the sun turns punishing.
June 18, 2026 | 12:20 am PT
Hanoi's next big challenge: staying cool

Hanoi's next big challenge: staying cool

I still remember Hanoi in the 1980s and 1990s. Days would be hot, but at night breeze from the lakes and rivers drifted through the open corridors between old apartment blocks.
June 15, 2026 | 06:08 pm PT
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