The impacts of climate change, associated sea level rise and extreme weather are amplifying as a result of record greenhouse gas levels and combining with urbanization, environmental degradation and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it has ...

Surviving a global disaster would take more than luck. It will require serious adaptability, resilience, and a little built-in toughness. While humans might struggle in the face of major world-ending ...

Nepal, June 4 -- Armed Police Force (APF) Inspector General Raju Aryal has emphasized the importance of community volunteers and early warning systems in disaster risk reduction. He stated that such ...

The day after President Donald Trump was elected in 2016, Eric Shonkwiler looked at his hiking bag to figure out what supplies he had. “I began to look at that as a resource for escape, should that ...

The Doomsday Clock is as close to midnight as ever as scientists warn the world is "perilously close to global disaster." ...

In recent years, climate-induced natural disasters have surged in frequency and intensity, disproportionately affecting countries with limited resources for recovery and rebuilding. In 2024, severe ...

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade, ...

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A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern Japan, offering rare insights into how ocean currents in the North Pacific ...