Escape from HELL: Arctic villagers flee raging wildfires on boats as 35ft flames encircle remote settlement Residents in remote Svatay, northern Russia, fled on the Alazeya River Village is 140 miles above Arctic Circle and has been encircled by fires for weeks Fires fuelled by high winds have wiped out ancient trees and roasted live … Read more
Europe is facing a summer heatwave with river beds drying up in France and 14 cities on red alert in Italy while Germany suffers a month-long drought. Paris is set to reach 104F (40C) temperatures in the shade after several French cities hit record highs on Thursday ahead of a heavy holiday travel weekend. A … Read more
Europe is facing a summer heatwave with river beds drying up in France and 14 cities on red alert in Italy while Germany suffers a month-long drought. Paris is set to reach 104F (40C) temperatures in the shade after several French cities hit record highs on Thursday ahead of a heavy holiday travel weekend. A … Read more
Britain has an obsession with timber, leather and beef from Brazil, according to wildlife charities, who claim it is ‘having a heavy impact’ on rainforest wildfires. Brazil, home to two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest, is one of the riskiest countries from which the UK imports key agricultural commodities, say the WWF and RSPB. In a … Read more
Ravaging wildfires are burning further north in the Russian Arctic than had previously been recorded from space. Images captured by a satellite have shown an out-of-control inferno just 30 miles from the Arctic Ocean in the Yakutia region. It comes in a summer of unprecedented heat in northern latitudes in Siberia with locals sunbathing, with … Read more
Flaming April! Wildfires break out as temperatures are set to soar to 72F this weekend… making it hotter than Ibiza Firefighters are tackling a wildfire at in the Derbyshire Peak District which has been burning since Thursday Cause of the fire not yet been determined but conditions on moorland across the UK said to be ‘tinder … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
While parts of the world are experiencing a wet February, areas in California are ‘bone dry’. San Francisco and most of the northern state have received just sprinkles to no rain in what is usually its wettest month of the year – a first in 150 years of recorded history. Now, a new map from … Read more