Venezuela quake death toll rises to nearly 3,000
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No safe ground when quakes hit
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El Nino set to be strong, UN warns
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Climate crisis
Flood situation improves in Kurigram as Dudhkumar water recedes
1 July 2026, 11:50 AM
Bangladesh
France records 300 excess deaths during May heatwave
30 June 2026, 19:38 PM
World
Dudhkumar dyke collapse worsens flood situation in Kurigram
30 June 2026, 11:20 AM
Bangladesh
Aftershock hits Caracas as rescue efforts enter critical hours in Venezuela
29 June 2026, 19:43 PM
Natural disaster
Critical rescue window closing in Venezuela as quake death toll nears 1,500
29 June 2026, 08:25 AM
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Venezuela quakes kill 1,400 as time running out to find survivors
28 June 2026, 01:17 AM
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Venezuela earthquakes toll more than doubles to 589: president
26 June 2026, 20:10 PM
World
Cattle drugs ‘could fuel climate change’
Dosing farm animals with antibiotics increases greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung, research suggests.
25 May 2016, 05:10 AM
Global flooding ‘will threaten billion’
A British aid charity warns that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live in cities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change.
16 May 2016, 04:52 AM
Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study
Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that could provide valuable insights for future research.
9 May 2016, 03:57 AM
Global warming is now changing how Earth wobbles
Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new NASA study finds.
10 April 2016, 05:06 AM
Japan kills 333 Antarctic Minke whales for ‘scientific research’
In the name of ‘scientific research’, Japan kills 333 minke whales, including over 200 pregnant females, in the Antarctic in 2015-16 whaling season.
27 March 2016, 13:54 PM
Giant sheet of ice breaks off into the ocean
A roughly 2,000-square-mile block of ice just broke off in the Arctic Ocean.
17 March 2016, 05:16 AM
Darker ice causes Greenland to melt faster: study
Greenland’s snow-white ice is getting darker and melting faster, according to a new study, published in the European Geosciences Union journal The Cryosphere.
5 March 2016, 05:05 AM
Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study
The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday.
3 March 2016, 06:48 AM
Gas from thawing permafrost could add further to global warming: study
Arctic permafrost that is thawing due to global warming is releasing greenhouse gases, further compounding the problem of climate change, according to a study released on Thursday.
27 February 2016, 05:09 AM
Sea levels rising at fastest pace in 2,800 years: study
The world's oceans are rising at a faster rate than any time in the past 2,800 years, and might even have fallen without the influence of human-driven climate change, researchers say.
23 February 2016, 14:39 PM
Shark pulled out of water for a photo
A Florida man is filmed taking photos with a shark after dragging it out of the ocean, where it washed ashore.
22 February 2016, 08:47 AM
21st Century US 'dustbowl' risk assessed
US scientists have modelled how a 1930s-like "dustbowl" drought might impact American agriculture today, and found it to be just as damaging.
13 February 2016, 04:46 AM
Giant iceberg kills 150,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica
Around 150,000 Adélie penguins are killed after a giant iceberg larger than a country grounded at Commonwealth Bay, blocking access to the sea and forcing the penguins to travel considerably longer distances to feed.
13 February 2016, 01:52 AM
[WATCH] An Amazing Family of Big Cats
Watch Kevin Richardson in an amazing documentary first broadcasted by SKY TV about his animal conservationism, mainly lions and his acceptance into their pride.
7 February 2016, 11:10 AM
Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia’s Alatash game park
A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions is discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.
2 February 2016, 07:39 AM
Climate compensation schemes 'failing to reach poorest'
Remote communities are not receiving the compensation they are entitled to from schemes designed to conserve tropical forests, a study suggests.
27 January 2016, 13:35 PM
Cold wave may persist for couple of more days
The mild cold wave that started sweeping over parts of the country after a sudden temperature dip yesterday would
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Port city children worst sufferers of cold wave
With cold waves blowing over Chittagong for the last few days, cold-related diseases including bronchiolitis,
23 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Pakistan lifts Houbara bustard hunting ban
Pakistan's supreme court lifts a ban on the hunting of a rare bird, the Houbara bustard.
23 January 2016, 07:49 AM
Was 2015 hottest year on record? US to make big reveal
US government scientists are widely expected to announce Wednesday that 2015 was the planet's hottest year in modern times, amid mounting concerns over the pace of climate change worldwide.
20 January 2016, 05:24 AM