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Extreme heat waves are longer and hitting the tropics hardest
Published on 30/05/2025
» Four billion people experienced at least 30 additional days of extreme temperatures over the past year as a result of climate change, with nations in the tropics the most severely impacted, according to a new study.
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2025
» SAO PAULO — Massive fires fuelled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, according to a report issued on Wednesday.
Brazil's Bolsonaro blasts election ban as 'denial of democracy'
AFP, Published on 17/03/2025
» RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL) - Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of backing an attempted coup, told a demonstration in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday that a ban on him seeking re-election next year amounted to a "denial of democracy."
We can't escape climate migration, it's inevitable
Oped, Published on 15/02/2025
» Not quite a quarter of the way through this 21st century and horrifying scenes of inferno are again broadcast across the world -- this time, from Los Angeles. Among the tens of thousands of dazed citizens forced to evacuate are the world's wealthiest climate refugees: business moguls and Hollywood stars.
The hitchhiker’s guide to the hummingbird
Published on 28/01/2025
» NEW YORK - Flower mites spend their lives slurping nectar and nibbling pollen in flowers throughout the tropics. To travel from one blossom to another, these tiny, eight-legged creatures hitch rides on the beaks of hummingbirds, taking shelter in the birds’ nostrils during flight.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: Jan 17-23
Guru, Published on 17/01/2025
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Spook season is here
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 26/10/2024
» It’s time to get your spook on! Guru By Bangkok Post’s best picks for Halloween events this year (or rather, those that were sent to us).
Guru's Weekly Buzz: July 5-11
Guru, Published on 05/07/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
Guru's Weekly Buzz: June 7-13
Guru, Published on 07/06/2024
» Guru By Bangkok Post's pick of the most exciting products, activities, food and travel to indulge in.
It's feeling a bit on the warm side
Roger Crutchley, Published on 07/04/2024
» It was Oscar Wilde who observed that "conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative". He might have had a point but it means there are a lot of unimaginative people in Thailand at present. I can hardly recall a conversation lately without a reference to the heat. It has definitely been "a bit on the warm side".