Climate
A container ship carrying chemicals has been burning off Sri Lanka’s coast for more than 10 days, spilling tons of microplastics across the beaches and killing marine life, becoming the country’s worst ever environmental disaster.
Climate
Zhu Keming, a shepherd in northwest China, saved six runners from a 100-kilometer ultramarathon where 21 runners died due to extreme weather.
Climate
Mount Nyiragongo, a volcano in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted on Saturday night, causing torrents of lava to pour into villages and leaving at least 15 people dead and thousand to flee.
Climate
Taiwan has been experiencing its worst drought in more than half a century for 18 months now after no typhoons hit the island last year.
Activism
In a landmark ruling, Germany’s top court found the government’s current legislation for reducing greenhouse gas emissions was not enough in protecting younger generations from the effects of climate change.
Climate
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes on the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent, after the island’s largest volcano has been erupting for more than a week.
Climate
At least 140 people across several islands in Indonesia have been killed by flash floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Seroja, with dozens more missing.
Activism
Voters in Greenland have elected the main opposition left-wing environmentalist party in general elections on Tuesday Apr. 6.
Activism
Ilmira Bagautdinova, a ballerina from the prestigious Mariinsky Theatre in Russia, danced on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in a graceful protest against the construction of a port.
Climate
China’s capital Beijing was hit by the worst sandstorm in a decade on Monday Mar. 15 that swept across northern China, leaving the city covered in an orange haze.
Activism
Volunteers in New Zealand have successfully managed to save 28 pilot whales that had beached on Farewell Spi by refloating them at high tide.
Climate
A massive fin whale carcass recovered off the coast of Sorrento in southern Italy is believed that this is one of the largest specimens ever to be discovered in the Mediterranean.