Scientists estimated how many lives the current super El Niño has already claimed — and how to save the rest
The University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab published a forecast of excess heat deaths caused by the current El Niño.
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Temperature record of 111 years broken in Kazakhstan
July 2026 will long be remembered in Kazakhstan's weather records: Kazhydromet reports temperature records broken in several regions, some standing for over a century.
Europe's agriculture in crisis due to abnormally hot summer
All summer we watched abnormal heat stop reactors, dry up rivers, and burn forests across Europe. Now it's clear it's also hitting the continent's food system at its core—crops, milk yields, even poultry farms.
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.
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.