Dans le nord de l’Alaska, des rivières autrefois cristallines virent au orange rouille, parfois en l’espace d’une seule saison. Selon l’équipe de Jon O’Donnell, du National Park Service, 75 cours d’eau de la chaîne Brooks ont ainsi changé de couleur,
L’AMOC pourrait bouleverser le climat mondial. Une étude révèle que presque aucun pays n’intègre ce risque à ses plans d’adaptation.
En 2003, un canal de 4 m creusé pour sauver Saint-Louis du Sénégal s'est transformé en brèche de 5,5 km. Découvrez son histoire et ses conséquences.
Brutal peatland wildfires in Indonesia illustrate one of several ways El Niño raises global CO2 levels.
Experts are warning that floods from this week’s record-high October tides in San Francisco herald the chaos to come once El Niño’s winter storms really hit.
China, India and Nigeria are are among the countries expected to be hardest hit, according to researchers at the University of Chicago
L'épisode méditerranéen se calme après 21 heures avec l'évacuation des orages vers l'Italie. Cette journée a été marquée par des pluies historiques en Corse. Le bilan humain et matériel est lourd. (Lire plus...)
A dangerous El Niño-driven wildfire cascade has reached the Amazon, and NASA scientists warn that the worst may still be ahead as hidden fires spread beneath the rainforest canopy.
Peru’s anchoveta have made up about a 10th of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, more than any other fish. A combination of warming seas and decades-long overfishing spells disaster
Nepal faces 27 deaths, 4 missing, 8 injured from heavy rains, floods, and landslides across multiple districts (Sept 24–29, 2026).
The strongest El Niño on record will shift weather patterns across the globe, but some places will be hit harder than others.
Nepal's recent flash flood represents a shared emergency the world over, as more and more communities become victims to a climate crisis they did not create
Le phénomène climatique, qui a continué de se renforcer en août, a désormais 75 % de chances de devenir le plus puissant jamais enregistré, selon l’Agence américaine d’observation océanique et atmosphérique. (Lire plus...)
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — At least four people were killed after heavy rains, floods and landslides inundated more than 16,000 homes in northern and central Vietnam, authorities said Friday. (Lire plus...)
JAKARTA, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Indonesia's wildfires could go on until early November with the rainy season expected to arrive late, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni told local media on Wednesday, as he urged people to stop using fire to clear land during an extended…
BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The European Union will create a "climate insurance alliance" to increase cover for extreme weather events, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as the bloc emerges from a summer of drought, wildfires and heatwaves. (Lire plus...)
In the six charts below, Carbon Brief provides a snapshot of the impact this summer’s extremes are considered to have had on crop production and yields across Europe.
Les secouristes s’affairent sans relâche, dans des conditions périlleuses et malgré les risques causés par une nouvelle montée des eaux. (Lire plus...)
Rescue teams and military helicopters are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border.
Des feux de forêt estivaux en Europe occidentale ont réactivé des obus et des mines des deux guerres mondiales enfouis
Health agencies caution that the toll is likely to rise further in August and September (Lire plus...)
Vegetable and grain growers call for urgent action, warning of ‘catastrophic’ harvests due to continent-wide drought
[VIDÉO] Le tourisme fluvial est normalement très prisé en cette période estivale. Mais avec 43% des cours d'eau à sec ou en passe de l'être, l'activité souffre de la sécheresse et certains professionnels sont en chômage technique.
Evacuation orders issued for 400,000 after flooding, landslide warnings and power outages in Chiba prefecture
Rain and flooding affects more than 1.3 million people across 10 regions
July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Alors que la France s’apprête à affronter une nouvelle vague de chaleur, près de 120 000 hectares de forêts ont déjà brûlé depuis le début de l’été. Ces mégafeux ont un coût : en termes de secours sur le moment, mais aussi a posteriori,
Climate change across Western Europe has brought a summer of heat, drought and wildfires to the region and put the combined average temperature from June through July at 21.62C – beating the 2022 record…
La province canadienne de Colombie-Britannique a décrété l'état d'urgence samedi 8 août 2026, face à un gigantesque feu de forêt. Le méga-feu a déjà ravagé plus de 10 000 hectares depuis la veille et…
England and Wales experienced their driest July on record, the Met Office said on Monday, citing provisional data. (Lire plus...)
Italy took the unprecedented step of putting all its major cities on the top level of health alert due to high temperatures on Thursday, while Hungary turned off the lights at some of its best-known buildings to save energy as (Lire plus...)
South Korea's heatwave is expected to peak over Seoul on Thursday, with the capital forecast to hit 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) in a spell of extreme weather already blamed for more than 20 deaths. (Lire plus...)
Italy has placed all major cities under the highest heat alert as Europe faces a severe heat wave. This extreme weather has set a national temperature record in Austria, fueled wildfires in France,
Austria and neighbouring Slovakia on Wednesday set new temperature records as a sweltering heatwave batters central Europe.
A record heat wave in Northeast Asia has gripped South Korea, North Korea and Japan. Among the 38 people who died in connection with a magnitude 7.1 quake in Japan are a woman who developed heat stroke while taking shelter in a car.
Wildfires and heatwaves sweeping France and Spain and other parts of Europe have already cost more than €3bn this year, according to FT analysis, highlighting the mounting toll of blazes driven by climate change. (Lire plus...)
Hungary and Romania face energy crisis as record-low river levels force atomic power plants to reduce output
Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, recorded a temperature of 42.5 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the highest ever measured in Korea since modern weath...
The effects of extreme weather, be it fires or drought, are all too real. The need for an environmental consensus is one that transcends politics
Le Rhin a atteint un niveau historiquement bas pour un mois de juillet en raison de la sécheresse et de la fonte des glaciers.
Heatwaves intensify deadly fires across Europe, killing three firefighters in Greece.
Experts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impact. Wildfires in Europe, Canada and the U.S. are high, and flirting with record levels in Europe.
As floodwaters begin receding, our focus is expanding from relief to restoration.Food, tarpaulins, cleaning supplies and other essentials are being distributed to help families return home and rebuild their daily lives.📍Sonari pic.twitter.
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown
The latest forecasts point to a gob-smackingly strong El Niño with possible $10 trillion impact, scientists say.
La vague de chaleur exceptionnelle qui touche le bassin méditerranéen, avec des températures de 50 degrés enregistrées au Maghreb, favorise les feux de forêt. Des incendies d'une ampleur inédite pour…
Au mercredi 22 juillet, 275 000 hectares ont brûlé en Europe depuis le début de l’année, dont plus de la moitié en Espagne et en France.
The La Mierla wildfire has scorched nearly 13,000 hectares and forced the evacuation of 16 villages in central Spain. Another 15,400 hectares have burned near Orés in northeastern Spain, bringing the country's wildfire toll to around 70,
Wildfire smoke from Canada is impacting air quality across the map as the Aspen Acres fire in Colorado and Babylon fire in Utah burn on this side of the border.
À peine sommes-nous à la mi-juillet que la France a déjà dépassé le bilan des surfaces brûlées de toute l’année 2025. Dans le même temps, les incendies et les vagues de chaleur se multiplient partout en Europe, avec des conséquences humaines,
DHAKA, July 11 (Reuters) - Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential monsoon rain have killed at least 44 people in southeastern Bangladesh and left over a million stranded as authorities raced on Saturday to deliver aid to devastated communities. (Lire plus...)
A local official said four of the victims may be British after a fire broke out near Los Gallardos, Almería.
En France, la mortalité des arbres a été multipliée jusqu’à 4 pour les essences les plus communes depuis 2015, affaiblissant le puits de carbone national. Un choc passé inaperçu dans les stratégies de neutralité carbone des entreprises,
Le changement climatique frappe le monde de plein fouet. En Europe, le mois de juin 2026 a d'ailleurs été le plus chaud jamais enregistré en Europe comme le dévoile ce jeudi 9 juillet Copernicus, l'observatoire climatique de l'Union européenne.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 8 (Reuters) - The floodwaters that ravaged southern China this week look set to expand to other provinces with the imminent arrival of Super Typhoon Bavi, with scientists warning extreme weather would only grow more frequent this year. (Lire plus...)
WELLINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Super Typhoon Bavi was crossing the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean on Monday, lashing Guam, Tinian and Saipan and blasting Rota with catastrophic winds, the U.S. National Weather Service said. (Lire plus...)
Scientists are raising alarms over the planet's warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers.
Alors que la France subit une vague de chaleur exceptionnelle et que plusieurs régions sont touchées par des incendies, la FNSEA fait état de pertes déjà importantes dans les cultures et l’élevage.
Après l'Europe, voilà que la canicule gagne la côte est des Etats-Unis. Plusieurs grandes villes sont touchées, dont New York, et les autorités appréhendent les conséquences de cette "vague de chaleur dangereuse et record".
This preliminary estimate underscores the growing threat of deadly extreme heat events despite efforts to adapt to a warming world.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order that aims to protect people who work outdoors. Temperatures this week could exceed 100 degrees. (Lire plus...)
En Italie, 25 des 27 villes, de Bolzano au nord à Palerme en Sicile, sont placées en alerte rouge canicule. (Lire plus...)
June 29 - A powerful El Niño is building at a dangerous moment for global food security. It is arriving as the world is already facing record heat, driven by climate change, and as shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz roil fertiliser markets just…
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that Europe is not prepared for high temperatures.
The idea is intriguing, especially as climate change exacerbates the threat of extreme weather. But numerous hurdles stand in the way of implementation.
New research suggests high-severity wildfires are overtaking California's forests and killing some of the world's oldest trees.
Floods that historically had a 1% chance of striking a coastline in a year are now about 12 times more likely, on average.
HONG KONG, June 12 - China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall, and rapid glacier melt. (Lire plus...)
JAKARTA, June 10 (Reuters) - Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed. (Lire plus...)
Iran is experiencing "water bankruptcy" that stems from decades of broken water governance and aggressive policies, and the current war is exacerbating the crisis.
Europe has been hit by a searing heatwave this May, which has shattered temperature records across France, Spain and the UK.
En proie aux phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes, la Chine coule sous des pluies diluviennes depuis quelques jours. (Lire plus...)
Alors qu’un retour du phénomène climatique naturel El Niño au cours de la seconde moitié de l’année 2026 est envisagé, des chercheurs se sont récemment demandés s’il pourrait, comme celui de 1877, menacer la sécurité alimentaire mondiale. (Lire plus...)
Despite a drop in the size of deforested areas, the number of wildfires in the region increased by more than 30 percent. (Lire plus...)
Several models predict Pacific sea surface temperatures will rise more than 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) above average by the fall (Lire plus...)
Researchers are pushing for more aggressive emissions reductions to minimize the threat of concurrent extreme weather events. (Lire plus...)
Emerging Pacific Ocean heat, combined with ongoing human-caused global warming (Lire plus...)
“Weather whiplash” is fueling blazes across Florida and the region. (Lire plus...)
Every year during the rainy season, Mombasa braces for a familiar stretch of unrelenting downpour. (Lire plus...)
L’Inde suffoque au-delà de 45 °C, avec une concentration inédite de villes parmi les plus chaudes du monde. La demande d’électricité atteint un record de 256 GW, au moment où la guerre en Iran fait flamber les prix du gaz. Résultat :
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say (Lire plus...)
A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat. (Lire plus...)
Dans les Landes, les récentes intempéries ont causé de gros dégâts et ont fait reculer la dune qui borde la plage. La ville tente de longue date de s'adapter au phénomène. (Lire plus...)
Des températures glaciales, jusqu'à - 35 degrés, attendent les Américains dans les prochaines heures, vendredi 23 janvier. Une tempête hivernale touche actuellement le nord du pays. Neige, grêle, verglas… (Lire plus...)
Climate change is increasing the likelihood of massive hurricanes and typhoons in the western Pacific, North Atlantic, and Gulf regions. (Lire plus...)
A new study reveals that wildfires on Alaska’s North Slope have reached levels unseen in the past 3,000 years. (Lire plus...)
Face à l’une des pires sécheresses de son histoire, l’Iran se retrouve au bord de la « faillite hydrique » : Téhéran, sa capitale de 15 millions d’habitants, pourrait devenir inhabitable.(Lire plus...)
More than 80 people were killed in the disastrous floods that roared through Central Texas on Friday. Dozens, including 10 young campers, were still unaccounted for. (Lire plus...)
Toutes les plus grandes villes côtières du monde s’affaissent progressivement dans le sol. Pour la majeure partie d’entre elles, la disparition complète semble même inévitable dans quelques dizaine...
New FAO report shows that about $3.8 trillion worth of crops and livestock production has been lost over the last 30 years (Lire plus...)
