NEW YORK (AP) — Some countries’ leaders are watching rising seas threaten to swallow their homes. Others are watching their citizens die in floods, hurricanes and heat waves, all exacerbated …
T he warming of Hunza and the recent glacial lake outburst flood devastation in Ghizer are stark indicators of a shifting climate in Gilgit-Baltistan. In August 2025, floods displaced over 3, 000 residents of Talidas village, where three new glacial lakes have formed sincethe Rawshan.
A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world’s oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the marine ecosystems. Valuable, fragile marine areas Environmentalists say marine ecosystems in the high seas must be protected because they are sources of oxygen and limit global warming by absorbing a significant portion of carbon dioxide emitted through human activities.
