Climate and Environment | Philstar.com

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week.

The number of tropical cyclones each year has not risen over the past four decades but their intensity has.

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

Russian scientists criticized Wednesday the effort to clean up oil that has washed ashore from two oil tankers, saying it lacks sufficient equipment.

Fewer tropical cyclones have struck the Philippines since 2021 compared to the yearly average of 21, yet fatalities have doubled or tripled. The culprit? The growing frequency of larger, more destructive storms.