2026 European wildfires claimed dozens of lives and reached Germany
Europe's extreme heat has fueled one of the worst fire seasons in years, with casualties reported.
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Cloud seeding in Kazakhstan — dispute with neighbors persists three months later
Kazakhstan's drought-fighting program, launched in May, still sparks controversy three months later.
Romania has for the first time completely shut down its only nuclear power plant due to the Danube's shallowing.
The Danube energy crisis has reached its logical limit. On August 13, 2026, both reactors at Romania's only nuclear plant, Cernavodă, were fully shut down.
Europe's heatwave could cost the EU economy 180 billion euros
All summer we covered Europe's heat — halted reactors, dried-up rivers, water limits. Triodos Bank tried to sum it all up in one number.
Another major European river has shrunk to a record low.
The list of major European rivers hitting historic lows this summer keeps growing. This time, the Po—Italy's largest river, supplying the industrial north and the famed Food Valley around Parma—set a new record.
Jellyfish halt France's largest nuclear plant for second straight year
French nuclear reactors have a new summer shutdown cause: not just heat, but jellyfish clogging cooling systems.
Super-El Niño threatens California with record sea levels.
Climatologists warn California faces its highest sea levels ever recorded along the state's coast.