Sea-level rise makes Wellington coastal floods far more frequent, study finds — once-rare 1-in-100-year floods now occur about twice a year, with scientists attributing most of the increase to human-driven climate change.

May 2026 ranks as second-warmest May on record globally, EU climate monitor says, with Western Europe hit by an unusually early heatwave.

May 2026 was the world's second-warmest May on record, with Western Europe experiencing an unusually early heatwave, the European Union's climate monitoring service said on Wednesday.

Scientists warn planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, threatening global warming tracking efforts amid funding cuts to Earth observation systems in the US and other countries.

Top scientists said Thursday that planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming.

Landslides linked to climate change killed nearly 1 in 10 Tapanuli orangutans on Indonesia's Sumatra island, with one storm alone killing 58 of the critically endangered apes, AFP reports.

Climate change-fueled landslides have killed nearly 10% of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island. One storm alone killed an estimated 58 Tapanuli orangutans, leaving fewer than 800 in the wild.