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Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 02:50:42 +0000

Accumulation on Switzerland’s glaciers from last winter expected to all be gone by Monday amid ‘enormous’ melt rates across Alps

Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe, according to the head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland (Glamos).

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland’s glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday, marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.

Call for inquiry into Alligator Alcatraz’s ‘abuse of Everglades’ despite closure

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:38:07 +0000

Environmentalists and immigrant-rights advocates seek accounting of damage done by notorious detention center

While they welcome the recent closure of the controversial Alligator Alcatraz migrant detention center, leading environmental groups and their allies say they want an independent investigation into the environmental damage the facility inflicted on the surrounding wilderness during its 12 months of operations.

From pet to pest, goldfish can wreck entire ecosystems

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:45:17 +0000

A new study reveals that goldfish can do far more than survive in the wild—they can fundamentally reshape freshwater ecosystems. Researchers found they cloud water, damage food webs, and hurt native fish populations, sometimes triggering major ecological shifts.

Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 17:04:30 +0000

Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress

The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four toddlers and more than 55 drownings, as the brutally hot conditions sweeping Europe were forecast to shift east, choking 150 million people under 35C (95F) temperatures.

Judge declares mistrial in arson case against man accused of sparking Palisades fire

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:40:02 +0000

Jurors in California deliberated for over 13 hours, before announcing that they were deadlocked

A federal judge declared a mistrial in the arson case against the 29-year-old man accused of sparking the deadly 2025 Palisades fire in Los Angeles, after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict.

Martin Rowson on the UK’s record-breaking June temperatures – cartoon

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:34:14 +0000

Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:31:05 +0000

Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads

It was hardly a perfect film, but I keep thinking of Don’t Look Up. In its depiction of a world that stubbornly refuses to heed the warnings of an imminent planetary disaster, it was perhaps too on the nose. But these days, reality itself is too on the nose.

Great Britain’s grid operator warns again over power supplies in heatwave

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:02:27 +0000

Neso asks generators to provide extra electricity on Friday evening to meet demand from fans and air conditioning

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Great Britain’s energy system operator raised the alarm over electricity supplies for the second time this week as the heatwave continued to test Europe’s energy markets.

‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 15:00:14 +0000

As temperatures soar across Europe, cities are struggling to adapt, further exacerbating socioeconomic divisions

Why is alcohol dangerous in a heatwave, and should I cut it out completely?

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:57:42 +0000

Those partial to a pint may be relieved to know a modest of amount of weak beer may actually be beneficial

European heatwave live – latest updates