Climate Change

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. More than 450,000 people could die from additional heat linked to the exceptionally powerful El Niño weather phenomenon during the next six months, according to a new estimate by climate scientists, highlighting the growing health risks created when a natural climate cycle develops on top of an already warmer planet. The projected deaths would come between September 2026...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The world’s tropical regions could remain among the last areas to experience the benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, according to new research suggesting that the unequal effects of climate change could persist for decades even after global emissions stop adding to atmospheric carbon dioxide. The findings highlight a significant geographical imbalance in the climate...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Solar and wind power supplied a record 80.4% of electricity demand on Australia's main national power grid over the weekend, marking another significant milestone in the country's transition towards renewable energy. The record was driven by strong solar generation, favourable winds, clear weather and relatively low electricity demand across much of the grid. For a period of about...

Published: 22 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Typhoon Dujuan has left at least four people dead and 22 others injured in Japan after powerful winds and exceptionally heavy rain triggered landslides, flooded streets and widespread disruption across the Tokyo region and surrounding areas. As the storm moved away from the country on Tuesday, emergency workers continued searching damaged homes for missing residents while authorities assessed...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Japan is preparing for another round of dangerous weather as Tropical Storm Dujuan moves close to the country’s Pacific coast and is expected to regain typhoon strength. The storm has already brought heavy rainfall to parts of eastern Japan, while authorities have warned of flooding, landslides, powerful winds and dangerous coastal conditions, particularly across the Izu Islands and...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Scientists in the UK are beginning a major programme exploring how biotechnology could help threatened wildlife cope with the rapidly changing conditions created by climate change, disease and other human pressures. The initiative includes experimental projects involving tree vaccines, gene-edited butterflies and genetically modified bacteria designed to protect amphibians from deadly infections. The projects are being funded by...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Europe is confronting a growing climate challenge after a summer marked by record-breaking heat, devastating wildfires, shrinking rivers and reservoirs, extreme rainfall and major damage to infrastructure and agriculture. The scale of the disruption has intensified questions about whether governments are moving quickly enough to address climate change and prepare communities for increasingly severe weather. European Commission President...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Access to parks, rivers, woodlands and other natural spaces remains uneven across England, with new research highlighting a significant gap between communities that can easily reach nature and those that cannot. The findings have renewed pressure on the government to move faster on its commitment to ensure people can reach green or blue space within a 15-minute walk...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A traditional farming skill once familiar across the British countryside is being brought back into use by a new generation of volunteers as English Heritage launches a programme to maintain meadows using hand-held scythes. The heritage organisation is training volunteers in the centuries-old craft of cutting grass by hand, with the first group beginning work at Muchelney Abbey...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The world’s rivers experienced another year of severe disruption in 2025, with large areas recording below-normal flows and global freshwater reserves continuing to come under pressure, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s latest assessment of the planet’s water resources. The report points to an increasingly unstable global water cycle in which drought and flooding are occurring with greater...