To escape the cold I migrated south to the Canary Islands for a couple of weeks.

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June for the second month in a row.

Mother Nature is a cruel mistress.

Wars of the future are likely to be fought over water as climate change, the needs of growing populations, and the greed of politicians collide, writes Dan Buckley

AN article by Jessica Hamzelou in the February edition of New Scientist has some good news for men.

I HAVE always been fascinated by the large animals that roamed the world during and just after the last Ice Age.

A growing row over the cost of dealing with climate change led to developing nations today demanding that wealthy countries pay more.

THIS decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the UN weather agency reported yesterday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference.

DAIRY markets will remain demand-driven even after the present financial crisis, the former EU agriculture commissioner Franz Fischler said when he addressed the centenary celebrations of the Tipperary Co-op yesterday. The co-op has an annual turnover of €150 million.

PAUL FLYNN is adamant Waterford will not be undone by the weight of history in Sunday’s All-Ireland final meeting with three-in-a-row chasing Kilkenny.

Halfway through a 15-year global development plan, the world is failing to sufficiently cut hunger, maternal mortality and infant death rates, the United Nations said today.

TULLOW Oil has said exploration will focus on Africa and India this year to boost reserves.

TULLOW OIL said it was not aware of any takeover approach by a company and wouldn’t welcome a bid.

The European Union today said it planned to provide further emergency aid beyond the €3.6m it had already committed for the victims of the huge earthquake that struck southern Asia over the weekend.

The European Union today committed £2.5m (€3.6m) in primary emergency relief for the victims of the huge earthquake that struck southern Asia over the weekend.

Today’s powerful earthquake in southern Asia killed at least 250 people across Indian Kashmir, a senior state official said in the Himalayan region.

The boyfriend of one of the Irish people killed in December's tsunami in southern Asia has been giving evidence to an inquest into her death today.

Dublin City Coroner's Court has begun hearing inquests into the deaths of three of the four Irish people killed by December's tsunami in southern Asia.

Swedish police, under court order, made public today its list of nearly 600 Swedes who were reported missing or killed in the aftermath of the tsunamis that struck southern Asia.

THE future of the tsunami survivor known as “Baby 81” will be decided at a court hearing, with only one couple having lodged a formal custody petition out of nine original claimants.

The future of the tsunami survivor known as “Baby 81” is to be decided at a court hearing, with only one couple having lodged a formal custody petition out of nine original claimants.

The tsunami that ravaged southern Asia last month was God’s punishment for world support for Israel’s plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, a former chief rabbi has claimed.

Ministers from dozens of nations debated rival plans for a southern Asia tsunami warning system today, as the United Nations called on countries to make good on pledges of aid to sustain the massive relief effort for last month’s disaster.

French President Jacques Chirac warned today that “silent tsunamis” of despair, such as unemployment, were plaguing the world, and urged those at the World Economic Forum to help others.

IN Geneva, they read patriotic poetry. In Vienna, they drowned their sorrows and plotted their revenge. In London, they staged a candlelight protest outside the US Embassy.

In Geneva, they’ll read patriotic poetry. In Vienna, they’ll drown their sorrows and plot their revenge.

More than 70,000 people previously listed as missing in Indonesia are dead, the nation’s health ministry said, putting the worldwide tsunami death toll above 220,000 today, though the numbers still had to be confirmed.

Another earthquake and tsunami can be expected to strike the area of south Asia devastated on St Stephen's Day within the next 50 years, a British Government minister warned today.

Sri Lankan officials said today they expect the country’s tsunami death toll to exceed 40,000 people, as emergency workers pull more bodies from the rubble three weeks after the disaster.

INDONESIA increased its tsunami death toll by 5,000 yesterday, raising the overall number of people who died in the December 26 disaster to more than 162,000.

At least 150,754 people have been reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa’s eastern coast from an earthquake and massive tsunami that smashed coastlines on December 26.

An amateur video taken as a tsunami swept through Indonesia’s Aceh province and aired on national television for the first time today showed a roiling torrent of dark brown water engulfing a busy street, picking up cars and minivans and sending people scrambling up the sides of buildings.

At least 144,702 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa’s eastern coast, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines on December 26.

Camps for up to 500,000 tsunami refugees will be built on devastated Sumatra island, the UN said today.

World leaders and aid workers were preparing today to co-ordinate the distribution of billions of dollars in aid to countries hit by the worst natural disaster in decades.

At least 139,703 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa’s eastern coast, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9 earthquake off Indonesia’s coast December 26.

WORDS are left impotent by a tragedy such as has unfolded in southern Asia over the past week. The sheer scale of the devastation wrought and the number of people killed cripples the imagination.

LEADERS from countries devastated by the St Stephen's Day tsunami and major donor nations are gearing up for a major conference tomorrow to iron out problems in coordinating an unprecedented €1.5 billion global relief operation.

The main airport on Indonesia’s tsunami-battered Sumatra island reopened today after being closed for hours when a relief plane hit a herd of cows on landing.

The main airport on Indonesia’s tsunami-battered Sumatra island was closed today after a relief plane hit a herd of cows, hampering the world’s still-fragile efforts to get aid to victims of the disaster.

Florida Governor Jeb Bush said his experience in last year’s hurricanes will help him assess the damage in Asia’s tsunami catastrophe, but that the US disaster paled in comparison to the Asian one.

The tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunamis throughout southern Asia, according to their countries’ foreign ministries.

The following is a tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunamis throughout southern Asia, according to their countries’ foreign ministries.

Here is the latest tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunamis throughout southern Asia, according to their countries’ foreign ministries.