Delegates at the the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt agreed to discuss whether rich nations should compensate poor countries most vulnerable to climate change for their suffering.
The waters of the Xingu River below the Belo Monte hydropower dam, in Brazil's Amazon, used to flood the river's forested islands during the rainy season, allowing fish to glide among the trees and gorge on fallen fruit.
Dhaka is losing $6 billion worth of labour productivity each year due to heat stress from extreme temperatures, said a study published yesterday.
The effects of climate change increase the social and economic vulnerabilities of Bangladeshi women by directly impacting their access to food, water, and income, found a national assessment.
The International Conference on Sustainable Fisheries-2022 is going to be held on September 16-18 at Sylhet Agricultural University.
Climate change is making it increasingly harder for coastal women to ensure reproductive health and tackle early marriages and domestic violence.
Weather variations in Bangladesh, caused by climate change, is leading to an increase in the spread of infectious diseases and affecting mental health of people, says a new World Bank Report.
Around 17% of Bangladesh will be submerged by rising sea levels, rendering 20 million people homeless, by 2050.
Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest in a blaze one official called the worst on record.
Low-lying areas along the river banks of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram were inundated as river water increased due to incessant rainfall and onrush of upstream water.
Around 500 families were marooned after four low-lying areas in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh were inundated today following flash floods due to upstream water from across the border.
An extreme heat wave that has already shattered temperature records across the US Southwest threatened on Friday to push power systems to the brink of failure as residents cranked up air conditioners.
Rivers are likely to erode about 28 square kilometres of land this year, which is more than the land eroded last year, according to a research body of the water resources ministry.
About 500 metres of Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach, the lone tourist attraction of the district, was washed away due to the tidal surge caused by recent Cyclone Yaas.
A second whale carcass washed ashore at Himchhari beach of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.
Analysing satellite images, Paris-based company Kayrros SAS has detected huge plumes of methane gas over Bangladesh, reports the Bloomberg.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh loses two percent of its GDP to extreme climate events every year.
The world is counting too heavily on soil and plants to soak up planet-ravaging carbon pollution, researchers cautioned Wednesday.
