Climate change is increasing temperatures and causing natural disasters, disrupting forests, wetlands, and marine ecosystems. This threatens the existence of many animal and plant species as they do not have enough time to adapt to the new environment and are at risk of extinction.
Europe is experiencing record temperatures amid relentless heatwaves and wildfires ravaging large areas in the Northern Hemisphere, forcing 1,200 people to evacuate children near a seaside resort in Greece. Health authorities have sounded the alarm from North America to Europe and Asia, urging people to stay hydrated and avoid the heat, highlighting the impact of global warming. (In the photo: A child stands in the yard of their home as a wildfire erupts nearby in the village of Agios Charalampos near Athens in July 2023. /Photo: AFP)
Flooding from record rainfall has struck many areas in southern Myanmar, inundating roads and farmland and forcing residents to evacuate to higher ground. (In the photo: A resident uses a float to navigate through a flooded house after heavy rains in Bago town, Bago Region, Myanmar, in October. /Photo: AFP)
A farmer stands beside the carcass of a buffalo that died from drought and salinity in the Basra marshes, Iraq. (Photo: Reuters)
Iris Hsueh, left, and her fiancé Ian Ciou take wedding photos in front of a garbage pile in Puli, Taiwan. The couple chose the location for their photos because the bride, an environmental advocate, wanted to discourage guests and the public from creating waste. (Photo: AFP)
Residents of a riverside community in Amazonas, Brazil, receive food and drinking water containers from state humanitarian aid efforts amid ongoing drought and high temperatures affecting the Solimoes River area. (Photo: AP)
The edge of the Larsen C ice shelf, on the left, and the western edge of the A68 iceberg in the far South Pole in November 2017. This iceberg broke away from the ice shelf in July 2017, becoming one of the largest icebergs in recorded history to detach from Antarctica. (Photo: AFP)
A man walks past construction vehicles engulfed in debris from a landslide caused by a glacial lake outburst in Rangpo, India, in October. (Photo: Reuters)
A house swept away by floodwaters in Steinhatchee, Florida, in August 2023, after Hurricane Idalia made landfall. Idalia struck the Northwest Florida region as a Category 3 ‘extremely dangerous’ hurricane, hitting coastal communities while officials warned of ‘catastrophic’ flooding in parts of the Southern United States. (Photo: AFP)
Climate change is impacting flora and fauna across the Arctic. Experts warn that many polar bears like this one are struggling to find food as the sea ice they once relied on is thinning and melting at an increasing rate. (Photo: National Geographic)
Climate change is severely affecting the livelihoods of people. (In the photo: Villagers on the dry riverbed in Bangladesh / Photo: The Guardian)
