Solar storms to hit Earth, triggering northern lights: What we know
The United States weather agency has issued a G4 geomagnetic storm watch alert, implying severe storms expected.

The United States weather agency has issued a G4 geomagnetic storm watch alert, implying severe storms expected.



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Beijing imposed a two-year ban over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima plant

Japanese soldiers are helping in the fight against deadly bear attacks in the country’s north.
Despite Paris Agreement pledges, countries ‘have landed off target’ on climate goals multiple times, the UN warns.

Deep into the Amazon rainforest environmental agents are on the hunt for illegal goldminers.
More than 70,000 people ordered to leave their homes as torrential rains, strong winds and storm surges forecast.
A historic drought in the country has culminated in a ‘100 percent drop in precipitation’ in the Tehran region.

Hurricane Melissa slammed into Cuba destroying homes, flooding neighbourhoods and cutting off entire communities.
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Footage shows the smoldering remains of an airplane that crashed in Kwale, Kenya on Tuesday.
A deeply flawed vision of forest management persists within the provincial government.