3+ hour, 31+ min ago   (454+ words) Indonesian authorities have intensified efforts to combat a growing number of wildfires across the archipelago. Helicopters, hundreds of firefighters and disaster personnel have been deployed as blazes spread through a popular national park in East Java and peatlands in Sumatra…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (826+ words) OUTLANDER star Sam Heughan has hit out against Scotland's AI data centre boom and said that it "cannot be allowed". Heughan, alongside his acting career and distilling business, is a prominent campaigner, having worked with various environmental and wildlife charities…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (265+ words) Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists have said. The storms – called haboobs – occur throughout the US south west when strong downdrafts from…...

5+ day, 13+ min ago   (293+ words) A super-rare orange lobster was found in the Firth of Forth on Saturday by a fifth-generation fisherman and his crew. It’s estimated by Cornwall-based conservation charity the National Lobster Hatchery that one in 10 million of the crustaceans across Europe are…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (366+ words) An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu and caused part of a shopping centre to collapse on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people missing or injured, officials said. A tsunami advisory was issued but quickly…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (676+ words) El Nino, nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists said on Thursday. Experts said the El Nino, a natural warming cycle, should further heat a globe already…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (286+ words) A free event to support young people with STEM subjects was a success in Cowdenbeath. The Fife Family Fun Day was organised by Aberdeen Science Centre and Shell Fife NGL plant to support youngsters with science, engineering, technology, and maths....

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (376+ words) Parts of the UK could be warmer than Hawaii today (May 1) According to the Met Office, temperatures in London and East Anglia could climb to around 27C at the end of the working week, making Friday the hottest day of the…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) Pupils have helped plant more than 600 trees as part of a project to boost biodiversity in Cowdenbeath. The scheme took place at Bervie’s Brae in the Public Park and involved a partnership between Fife Council, the Fife Coast and Countryside…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (662+ words) Some parts of the country will be battered by gusts of up to 90mph and blizzard conditions as Storm Dave sweeps in over the Easter weekend. The Met Office has issued yellow severe weather warnings for wind covering the whole of…...