#environment

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2026 set to be one of the 4 hottest years on record

The year 2026 continues the protracted streak of exceptional global temperatures, melting ice and rising sea levels, with a very strong El Niño event set to unleash even more heat and extreme weather well into 2027, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It highlights the knock-on risks to the environment, economy and everyday life.

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Japanese Artist’s Thought-Provoking Kaiju Paintings Explore Human Overconsumption [Interview]

“I am interested in how this less tangible form of accumulation might also be understood as a contemporary form of waste, and how kaiju could embody the things we produce, consume, and eventually forget in our increasingly digital lives.”

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As War Roils Energy Markets, China Sees Its Emissions Drop

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Ozone Hole Reaches Its 2026 Maximum - NASA Science

The ozone hole ranked seventh largest by area in 48 years of monitoring, but it was not as deep as other large holes on record.

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High fossil fuel prices spread inflation ‘like a cancer’, UN climate chief tells Cop31

Simon Stiell makes opening address at summit in Turkey, where talks are under way about speeding up shift to electrification

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The Standing Rock protests launched one man’s renewable energy transformation » Yale Climate Connections

Ten years after the protest, Cody Two Bears reflects on how it led him to create energy alternatives for tribal communities.

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DRC residents sue Chinese mining company over alleged pollution in Kolwezi

Twenty-seven residents of Kolwezi, a major copper and cobalt mining hub in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have taken Chinese-controlled mining company COMMUS to court, accusing it of polluting their water, air and soil and putting their health and livelihoods at risk. The lawsuit against Compagnie Minière de Musonoie Global (COMMUS), controlled by Chinese mining […]

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Less rain, more intense storms: Climate change strengthens extreme urban floods

A new study reveals a troubling consequence of climate change: Even as rainfall decreases, cities could face increasingly severe flooding. The study was led by Ph.D. student Raz Nussbaum and co-authored by Dr. Moshe Armon and supervised by professor Efrat Morin from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

bbc.co.uk

How climate change worsens heatwaves, droughts, fires and floods

Rising global temperatures mean extreme weather events are becoming more common and more intense.

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Researchers warn that warmer weather is helping mosquitoes spread dangerous diseases like malaria and dengue

A century of data shows bed nets, drugs and growing cities explain much of why malaria and dengue went separate ways as the planet warmed.

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This riverside border town is fueling an illegal gold rush

Mongabay’s reporter Max Radwin went to Suriname’s Amazon to investigate the advance of illegal gold mining on Indigenous territories. Despite a government pledge to combat the activity, Indigenous Wayana communities are facing an influx of miners who cut down the forest and pollute rivers with mercury on the border of French Guiana. To learn more […]

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Scientists discover Europe's ancient forests were nothing like we imagined

Scientists have uncovered evidence that Europe was dominated for more than 20 million years by open woodlands, colorful meadows, and large grazing animals, not the dense forests long considered its natural state. The surprising discovery challenges modern reforestation strategies, suggesting that planting thick forests could actually harm the biodiversity conservationists hope to protect.

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Regional science summit emphasizes role of environmental surveyors

Some of Ohio’s most unsung heroes are environmental surveyors, said Rick Gardner, chief botanist of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of ...

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'Burning': Life under the world's dirtiest skies

On the outskirts of India's capital, a short motorbike ride through the urban area with the world's worst air pollution leaves salesman Kanwar Singh coated in toxic dust.

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Future warming events will outdo the extreme heat waves of the recent past, new study finds

The extreme heat waves we have seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change. A new study led by researcher Philipp Aglas-Leitner from Freie Universität Berlin, published in Nature Communications, finds that future heat waves could last longer, impact larger areas, and be much more severe.

earth.com

Methane emissions stayed stubbornly high despite a federal push to cut them

Satellite data show U.S. oil and gas methane emissions stayed nearly flat from 2019 to 2024, even as production grew and federal policies shifted.

theguardian.com

‘A new age of climate extremes’: Earth accumulating heat at accelerating rate

Increased heat will supercharge extreme weather events, warns UN agency as Cop31 climate summit begins

bbc.co.uk

What is net zero and is the UK on track to achieve it?

Reaching net zero carbon emissions worldwide is essential to limit global warming, UN scientists say.

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Peru’s drive for critical minerals threatens a disappearing glacier

Like many in the community of Phinaya, in southeastern Peru, Donato Bermúdez makes his living from alpacas. His flock of 500 roams the slopes beneath the vast Quelccaya glacier, the site of the second-largest tropical ice cap in the world. Reaching 5,600 meters (18,400 feet), its white peak is home to centuries of tradition. “We […]

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The Offshore Wind Industry Gave Him the Well-Paying Work He Needed. Then Trump Gutted It.

Massachusetts and Connecticut invested millions into offshore wind in the hopes the once-blossoming industry would jump-start local economies. But amid Trump’s multifront war on the industry, workers say they’re watching opportunity dry up.