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An unusual 2026 hurricane season, a powerful El Niño, and a little-known source of heat beneath the ocean floor. Continue reading on Medium »
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Basic environmental benefits should not depend on where we live. Continue reading on Medium »

This is the visual power of multi-temporal satellite imagery: not a prediction, but a record. A confession written in ice. Continue reading on The Environment »

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Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfers The climate crisis is coming for some of the world’s greatest surf breaks, submerging some as sea level rises and wiping out others as classic breaks get crushed against coastal developments. Analysis of dozens of famous waves in world surfing reserves (WSR) found more than three-quarters were at high risk because of changing tide levels, hardened shorelines and shifting sands. Conti

Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up.

Natural gas is by far the cheapest form of residential energy, so of course Democrats want to ban it. Now their campaign is headed to the… Continue reading on Medium »

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‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in Fiji Wealthy countries should spend far more on dealing with the climate crisis than the 5% of GDP promised by Nato members for defence because “the climate issue is the security issue”, the host of the next UN summit has said. But, in comments that are likely to prove contentious, the Cop31 president-designate, Murat Kurum, hedged on whether countries should try to repeat a previous agreement to “trans

A community does not need to run out of water to lose reliable access to safe drinking water. Continue reading on Medium »

The strongest El Niño recorded is expected to bring a cascade of hazards to a state still facing wildfire and heat risks, while budget cuts have weakened disaster response agencies • Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Before this year, the US National Weather Service had never issued a September coastal flood advisory for the San Francisco Bay Area. In the past month, it has had to issue two. As flood water swallowed intersections and eroded beaches up and down the Cal

Kütle yoktan oluşmuyor. Eksik parçayı, motorun her saniye içine çektiği hava getiriyor. Continue reading on Medium »

Court filings reveal new details about Exxon's decades of internal climate deliberations.

A childhood among birds, butterflies, railway tracks and wildflowers — and the natural world that disappeared before my eyes. Continue reading on Medium »

Nine out of 10 people felt motivated to act after watching film outlining threats to food security, economy and public health The British government must be honest about the scale of the threat posed by climate and nature breakdown, researchers have said, after nine out of 10 people surveyed after watching a briefing on the issue felt more motivated to act. Last November, in the “first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing”, nine experts gave stark assessments in Westminster Hall in London of

Climate change does two things that can affect your daily life each year. First, it produces more natural disasters. Second, it makes most… Continue reading on Medium »
Your house is constantly receiving material from the outside world — and from you. Continue reading on Medium »

The state’s surging cancer rates have become a key campaign issue. Republican Ashley Hinson supports industrial farming. Josh Turek is… Continue reading on ILLUMINATION »

Parallel Systems raised $100 million to scale production of its autonomous electric rail vehicle, which can shuttle thousands of pounds of freight up to 500 miles.

A mix of natural disasters could all befall the state at once as it finds itself in the crosshairs of the climate phenomenon On a cloudless autumn afternoon, sunlight sparkled on the water that had quietly swallowed a busy intersection to the north of San Francisco, as the surrounding rush-hour traffic slowed to a painful crawl. There were no crashing waves or storm surges to blame for the flood. Marin county was one of many areas up and down the California coast affected by high tides last week

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Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high court Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here When Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan and a few of their neighbours in the New South Wales Hunter region decided to take on the expansion of a local coalmine, people thought they were “crazy” to engage in the David and Goliath battle. “When we started this, people thought we were crazy

How rising demand, drought, and climate change are draining the hidden freshwater reserves beneath farms, cities, and ecosystems. Continue reading on The New Climate. »

Guardian journalists Jonathan Watts and Gabrielle Canon will be online from 4pm BST (11am EDT) today to answer your El Niño questions. Sign in or sign up to join the conversation This year’s huge El Niño is causing climate chaos around the world. Temperate records have already been broken, with extreme heat reported from western Europe to California. Meanwhile, Bangkok is suffering massive flooding and the weather phenomenon is projected to cause a further 450,000 deaths globally by February.

‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed Scientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by the climate crisis are less likely to engage in civic action on the issue, according to a study. The report from the London School of Economics found they are 23% less likelyto sign petitions or take part in protests than peers who doubt that technology is the answer. They are also 18% less likely to make high-impact lifest

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Pernahkah kalian berpikir, “Kenapa aku melakukan ini?” atau “Kenapa aku tidak melakukan yang lebih baik?” setelah membeli jajanan dengan… Continue reading on Medium »

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Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.

Type One Energy is betting that its lean approach to fusion power will get a power plant on the grid faster, and investors have rewarded it with $200 million.

Prime minister tells delegates in Tuvalu and Fiji that ‘super El Niño’ brewing in the Pacific shows climate change is ‘here right now’ Anthony Albanese has warned Australia faces a hazardous summer, likely including floods, cyclones and extreme heat, due to the immediate threat of the climate change and a rising “super El Niño”. Speaker alongside national leaders at a climate summit in Fiji, the prime minister said the expected nasty summer and the demonstrated impact on Pacific island countries
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Three states counted what is left. One bloc told the court it cannot be divided. Continue reading on Southern Winds »

“Listening to the Earth” at Drawing Room brings together ten artists who work with the earth as both subject and material

Anthony Albanese joins about 4,000 people in Fiji for preparatory meeting for year-ending Cop31 UN climate summit Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has declared it is “important that Pacific voices are heard” after landing in Fiji on Monday to attend his first UN climate summit since becoming prime minister more than four years ago. Albanese joined about 4,000 people in Nadi for a preparatory

Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes Two or three nights each week, the smell descends. Residents of villages on the rural outskirts of Istanbul don’t know what the smell is, but they have been plagued by it for years: a smell so bad they have to sleep with their windows closed even during hot summer nights. They know the source, too: the huge Silivri municipal waste dump a few miles away that is belching out

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Urban wetlands can strengthen climate adaptation by storing water, slowing runoff, and supporting healthier waterways. Cities should… Continue reading on Mitidaption »

Planetary Health Check 2026 reveals growing pressure across seven breached boundaries — and the deeper risk lies in how they interact. Continue reading on Medium »

A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other states As a student at a high school not far from Denver’s main airport, Anthony Muñoz wondered whether the jet fuel from airplanes flying above his campus was harming living things. An avid gardener, Muñoz partnered with a local university to create a garden on the campus of his charter school, Vista Academy, filling it with native plants that could detect ground-level ozone pollution. He
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