Climate and Environment | Philstar.com

The annual Feast of the Black Nazarene on Thursday, January 9, left piles of trash scattered around the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, where thousands of Catholic devotees gathered to venerate the centuries-old wooden statue of Jesus.

A quarter of freshwater animals, including fish, insects and crustaceans, are at high risk of extinction due to threats including pollution, dams and farming, according to a new study published on Wednesday.

Hong Kong's weather service said Friday that 2024 was the city's hottest year since records began 140 years ago, mirroring a global trend of rising temperatures and extreme weather sparked by climate change.

A powerful winter storm began hammering the central United States on Saturday, with meteorologists warning that millions in the east of the country would face blizzard conditions, treacherous ice, frigid temperatures and severe travel disruptions.

Last year was China's hottest on record and the past four years were its warmest ever, its weather agency said this week.