The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, built a model of sea surface temperatures since 1940 that removed the heating the climate crisis has caused. The…Continue readingClimate crisis has tripled length of deadly ocean heatwaves
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Findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, come as nations prepare to battle again over a treaty to address plastic pollution after the last round of negotiations failed to…Continue readingGlobal plastic recycling rates ‘stagnant’ at under 10%: Study
Last week, analysts at First Street, a financial research firm in Manhattan that models the future of property values in a climate-damaged world, issued a report suggesting that home values in…Continue readingLetter to the Sun Belt
The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest year on…Continue readingDeadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024
Vast areas of habitat for animals including butterflies, beetles and falcons have been damaged, and some peat bogs may take “hundreds of years” to recover following one of the driest Marches…Continue readingWhole ecosystems ‘decimated’ by huge rise in UK wildfires
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Monitoring Laboratory on Monday released data showing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased by 3.75 parts per million in 2024. That…Continue readingIs the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change?
On his first day in office, the president signed an executive order that withdrew all parts of the outer continental shelf from new or renewed offshore leasing activity and suspended the…Continue readingTrump halts construction of big wind farm off New York coast: ‘reckless and overreaching’
British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, employs 2,700 people, about three-quarters of the company’s entire workforce. It is the last plant in the UK capable of producing virgin steel, which is…Continue readingWhy did the government take control of British Steel?
Last month, Parisians voted in a referendum to turn an additional 500 streets over to pedestrians. A year earlier, Paris had moved to sharply increase parking fees for SUVs, forcing drivers…Continue readingParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Sweden’s recycling centers are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility. The aim is…Continue readingSweden drowns in discarded fast fashion items
In a study published in One Earth, scientists report that, for the highly populated coastal country of Bangladesh, what was once a 100-year event could now strike every 10 years—or more…Continue readingHundred-year storm tides to hit Bangladesh every decade as climate change intensifies, scientists report
Nearly 2 million hectares of forests suitable for endangered koalas have been destroyed since the iconic species was declared a threatened species in 2011, according to analysis for Guardian Australia. The…Continue readingRevealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species
Papua New Guinea will “immediately” lift a ban on forest carbon credit schemes, the Pacific nation’s climate minister told AFP on Thursday, opening up its vast wilderness to offset global emissions.…Continue readingPapua New Guinea lifts ban on forest carbon credits
Water levels in the Caspian Sea—the world’s largest landlocked water body—are getting lower, as hotter temperatures cause more water to evaporate than is flowing in. Even if global warming is limited…Continue readingCaspian Sea’s rapid decline threatens endangered seals, coastal communities and industry, study warns
A dry winter is intensifying wildfires in Nepal, experts said Wednesday, as the capital Kathmandu continued to suffer from hazardous air quality that ranks it among the most polluted cities globally.…Continue readingNepal fights wildfires and pollution amidst drier winter
A National Science and Technology Council and Ministry of Environment report projected that Taiwan could stop experiencing winters by 2060 due to climate change. Taiwan summers could extend to over 150…Continue readingClimate change could erase winters in Taiwan by 2060
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed executive orders to “turbocharge coal mining” in the country, seeking to “more than double” electricity production to keep up with power-hungry artificial intelligence technology.…Continue readingTrump signs executive order to ‘turbocharge’ coal mining across the US
The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than…Continue readingLowest levels on record for Arctic winter sea ice
Donald Trump’s new tariffs are set to pummel the renewable energy industry, threatening to push up prices, disrupt supply chains and undercut US ambitions to lead the artificial intelligence revolution, clean-technology…Continue readingDonald Trump’s tariff blitz sparks turmoil for green energy sector
ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods received $44.1 million in pay for 2024, a 19.3% increase over the year before. Woods’ pay compares with the $32.7 million paid to Mike Wirth, boss…Continue readingExxonMobil chief’s pay rises 19% to $44.1mn
BP is shutting its low-carbon mobility team in the energy major’s latest retreat from its five-year-old attempt to diversify away from oil and gas. The unit was responsible for developing electric,…Continue readingBP’s low-carbon mobility team axed as company reverts to oil and gas
The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial sector unable to operate. The world…Continue readingClimate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Police have raided a Quaker meeting house and arrested six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand. Youth Demand describes itself as “a youth-led nonviolent civil resistance campaign…Continue readingMet raids Quaker meeting house and arrests six women at Youth Demand talk
Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south but experts question the sustainability of the project in the face…Continue readingMorocco ‘water highway’ averts crisis in big cities but doubts over sustainability
Melting Arctic sea ice—mostly in the summer—is making the polar bear population smaller, weaker and hungrier because they rely on the sea ice to hunt from, scientists said. And winter sea…Continue readingArctic sea ice hits record low for its usual peak growth period
By Dan Drollette Jr March 12, 2025. Carlos Afonso Nobre is a Brazilian scientist and meteorologist who is mainly highlighted in global warming-related studies. For roughly 65 million years, the forests…Continue readingCarlos Nobre on tipping points in the Amazon rainforest
Humans are driving biodiversity loss among all species across the planet, according to a synthesis of more than 2,000 studies. The study – which accounted for nearly 100,000 sites across all…Continue readingBiodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans
Wildfires driven by strong winds have devastated parts of South Korea’s southern regions, killing at least 24 people, destroying more than 200 structures, and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. The wildfires,…Continue readingWildfires kill 24 and displace thousands in South Korea
In late December, China approved the world’s largest hydropower project to begin construction. The Motuo Project is expected to generate three times as much energy as the Three Gorges Dam located…Continue readingChina authorizes controversial hydropower project in landslide-prone region of Tibet
Kemi Badenoch has said it is “impossible” for the UK to meet its net zero target by 2050 – a goal set by a previous Conservative government. In a speech, Badenoch…Continue readingNet zero by 2050 ‘impossible’ for UK, says Badenoch
The latest deadline for countries to submit plans for slashing the greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change has passed. Only 15 countries met it—less than 8% of the 194 parties currently…Continue readingOnly 15 countries have met the latest Paris agreement deadline. Is any nation serious about tackling climate change?
Today, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published its annual State of the Climate report, which found heat records kept being broken in 2024. It’s likely 2024 was the first year to…Continue readingSahara flooding, Amazon tributaries drying, warming tipping over 1.5°C—2024 broke all the wrong records
The WMO’s report on 2024, the hottest year on record, sets out a trail of destruction from extreme weather that took lives, demolished buildings and ravaged vital crops. More than 800,000…Continue readingMore than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN
The study, published in The Journal of Climate Change and Health, reveals alarmingly high levels of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness among adolescents in one of the world’s most climate-vulnerable regions. In…Continue readingClimate change fueling mental health crisis in areas most affected by climate crisis
The natural process of locking away carbon dioxide (CO2) appears to be in decline—and climate change will accelerate as a result, a University of Strathclyde study warns. Researchers found that the…Continue readingClimate change ‘will accelerate’ owing to decline in natural carbon storage, says study
Edelman, the world’s largest public relations agency, is in talks to work with the Cop30 team organising the UN climate summit in the Amazon later this year despite its prior connections…Continue readingCop30 in talks to hire PR firm that worked for lobby seeking weaker Amazon protections
Green energy stocks have fallen back to levels last seen five years ago ahead of an environmental, social and governance frenzy that pushed them to record highs, as uncertainty over political…Continue readingGreen energy stocks fall back to levels last seen 5 years ago
Extreme temperatures and severe droughts are ravaging Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, and taking a heavy toll on local harvests. Global demand, meanwhile, continues to surge, particularly in China. Now…Continue readingWhy is your morning joe so expensive? Brazil’s coffee farms have the answer.
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. The Amazon…Continue readingAmazon forest felled to build road for climate summit
Analysis of young sable shearwaters, a migratory bird that travels between Australia’s Lord Howe Island and Japan, has found that plastic waste is causing damage to seabird chicks not apparent to…Continue readingPlastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
South Australia’s Environment Protection Authority did not open a formal investigation into what may have killed dozens of birds in Port Pirie, despite tests showing some of the animals had been…Continue readingDead and dying Port Pirie birds and bats exposed to lead at 3,000 times acceptable levels
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment. The analysis estimates that between 4%…Continue readingMicroplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
US President Donald Trump’s administration has unlocked almost $5bn in funding for a liquefied natural gas project by France’s TotalEnergies in Mozambique, potentially restarting work on one of Africa’s largest energy…Continue readingUS swings behind TotalEnergies’ vast Mozambique gas project
India has passed legislation intended to encourage oil and gas exploration. “[It’s a] historic day in India’s quest towards energy security and energy self-sufficiency,” oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said after…Continue readingIndia approves legislation to boost oil and gas exploration
Lahore’s 14 million residents spent six months breathing concentrations of PM2.5—tiny particles that can penetrate the lungs and bloodstream—at levels 20 times or more than recommended by the World Health Organization.…Continue reading‘Really suffocating’: Pakistan emerges from record smog season
Nearly every country on Earth has dirtier air than doctors recommend breathing, a report has found. Only seven countries met the World Health Organization’s guidelines for tiny toxic particles known as…Continue readingOnly seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows
The world needs more planet-heating fossil fuel, not less, Donald Trump’s newly appointed energy secretary, Chris Wright, told oil and gas bigwigs on Monday. “The Trump administration will treat climate change…Continue readingWhat the world needs now is more fossil fuels, says Trump’s energy secretary
SUVs and huge utes have become the most popular vehicles in Australia. Of the 1,220,607 new vehicles sold in 2024, most were SUVs, with about 57% market share. Light commercial vehicles…Continue readingAustralians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Water is vital to a city’s growth and stability and is the backbone to healthy societies. But the threat of too much or too little water puts everything at risk. Right…Continue readingWater and climate: Rising risks for urban populations
Argentina’s port city of Bahia Blanca has been “destroyed” after being pummeled by a year’s worth of rain in a matter of hours, killing 13 and driving hundreds from their homes.…Continue reading13 die in Argentina after 1 year’s worth of rain falls in 8 hours
The first section of London’s Ulez scheme was launched in 2019 in the central part of the city. The zone was expanded across inner London boroughs in 2021 and enlarged again…Continue readingDramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion
In a two-day hearing last month, the activists, who were jailed for taking part in various disruptive protests in 2022, argued that their trial judges had erred by failing to offer…Continue readingJust Stop Oil protesters’ jail sentences shortened after appeal
“There is no peak demand on the horizon,” OPEC Secretary General Haitham al-Ghais said in the organization’s World Oil Outlook, which sees global thirst for liquid fuels increasing from 102.2 million…Continue readingFrom Sept 2024: OPEC raises long-term demand forecasts in rejecting peak oil
Drax’s former top lobbyist, Rowaa Ahmar, has accused it of “misleading the public, government and its regulator” over its sourcing of wood for biomass pellets, in a claim for unfair dismissal…Continue readingDrax ‘misled government’ over sourcing of wood for biomass, says ex-lobbyist
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, commonly known as Saudi Aramco, has announced a net income of 106.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, down from 121.3 billion dollars in the previous year.Continue readingSaudi Aramco records net income of 106.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2024
Wildfire season in Canada has historically spanned from late April to August—with the most damaging of these fires typically burning in June and July. But in recent years, we’ve seen a…Continue readingWildfire season is changing in Canada
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and NORCE Norway Research Center, have shown the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) slowing by around 20% by 2050 in a high carbon emissions scenario. The…Continue readingMelting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current, research reveals
Microscopic plastic pollutants drifting through the air are lodging in the lungs of birds, a new University of Texas at Arlington study finds. Researchers worldwide are increasingly alarmed by how pervasive…Continue readingHigh microplastic levels in bird lungs suggest widespread air pollution impact
Rich and developing countries on Thursday hammered out a delicate compromise on raising and delivering the billions of dollars needed to protect species, overcoming stark divisions that had scuttled their previous…Continue readingCOP16 countries strike crucial deal on nature despite global tensions
The low-lying island nation of 13,000 residents is planning a mass inland relocation as the human-caused climate crisis raises global sea levels, eating away at the country’s fertile coastal fringe. Nauru…Continue readingNauru sells citizenship to help fund relocations as sea levels rise
The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era rule that required oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has significantly contributed to climate change.…Continue readingUS congress is reversing a tax on this climate superpollutant
As Arctic ice melts, massive amounts of freshwater flow into the ocean. The seawater becomes diluted and less saline, a development that reduces its density and causes it to sink more…Continue readingLong-term costs of global warming: Weaker ocean circulation could cost trillions
A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) would have disastrous consequences around the world, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South…Continue readingTotal collapse of vital Atlantic currents unlikely this century, study finds
Dramatic rainstorms earlier this month brought more than 6in of rain to the California mountains – a full month’s worth of rain in little more than a day – but the…Continue readingCalifornia faces worsening drought despite recent heavy rainstorms
Oil major BP says it has slashed planned investment in renewable energy and would increase annual oil and gas spending to $10bn. Under Auchincloss’s predecessor, Bernard Looney, BP pledged in 2020…Continue readingBP drops climate targets in pivot back to oil and gas
Global demand for liquefied natural gas is forecast to surge 60 per cent by 2040 due to faster economic growth in Asia and the race to decarbonise industry, Shell has said.…Continue readingLNG demand to jump 60% by 2040, Shell forecasts
AIMS has been monitoring mass bleaching throughout the Great Barrier Reef since the early 1980s, and reefs in Western Australia since the early 1990s. Mass bleaching events on the Great Barrier…Continue readingFrom August 2024: New report on Great Barrier Reef shows increases of coral cover before onset of serious bleaching, cyclones
Since dry lightning ignited more than a dozen fires in Tasmania’s west on February 3, an estimated 94,000 hectares of diverse wilderness has been burned. The fires are expected to burn…Continue readingNearly 95,000 hectares of wilderness in Tasmania’s west lost to bushfires
HSBC had planned to hit net zero targets for its own operations – arguably a much easier goal than cutting the emissions of its loan portfolio and client base – by…Continue readingHSBC net zero goal delayed 20 years, as CEO offered 600% bonus
The studies were conducted independently by researchers in Europe and Canada. They tackled the same basic question: is a year above 1.5°C global warming a warning sign that we’re already crossing…Continue readingEarth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show
Fires that have razed 90,000 hectares of Tasmanian wilderness, including parts of the famous Overland walking track, could burn for weeks as firefighters battle to contain blazes in remote terrain. By…Continue readingTasmania fires destroy huge swath of wilderness and could ‘burn for weeks’
For the past few years, scientists have watched, aghast, as global temperatures have surged — with both 2023 and 2024 reaching around 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial average. Two new…Continue readingScientists have a new explanation for the last two years of record heat
China’s coal plant construction surged last year to the highest level in almost a decade, conflicting with President Xi Jinping’s promise that carbon emissions would peak before 2030, researchers have said.…Continue readingChina’s construction of coal-fired power plants reaches highest in a decade
Reykjavik, October 2024: Science increasingly confirms that the Arctic region is a “ground zero” for tipping point risks and climate regulation across the planet. In this region, the Greenland Ice Sheet,…Continue readingOpen Letter by Climate Scientists to the Nordic Council of Ministers
The Burrup Peninsula, in Western Australia’s northwest, known as Murujuga to traditional owners, contains the world’s largest and oldest collection of petroglyphs. Disrupt Burrup Hub claims Woodside’s operations in the area…Continue readingClimate activists fined over protest outside Woodside boss Meg O’Neill’s Perth home
The climate crisis drove weeks of high temperatures in the west African region responsible for about 70% of global cacao production, hitting harvests and probably causing further record chocolate prices, researchers…Continue readingClimate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown
Insurers paid out a record £585m for weather-related damage to homes and possessions in Britain last year, after record-breaking rain and storms hit the country. The data, from the Association of…Continue readingUK insurers paid out record £585m last year as climate breakdown intensifies
Colorado’s forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees—mostly due to insects and disease—have caused the state’s forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, according…Continue readingColorado forests are releasing more carbon than they capture each year
BMW has pledged to continue investing in combustion engine and hybrid technology as it warned of a “rollercoaster ride” in the US transition to electric vehicles following the return of Donald…Continue readingBMW bets on petrol cars as it warns of US ‘rollercoaster’ EV transition
U.N. officials have for several years reminded countries of a crucial looming opportunity to improve the planet’s climate trajectory — by submitting new national-level plans for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The…Continue readingMost of the world’s big polluters just blew off a major climate deadline
Last month was the hottest January on record, blitzing the previous high and stunning climate scientists who expected cooler La Niña conditions to finally start quelling a long-running heat streak. The…Continue readingJanuary smashes heat record, surprising scientists
Warm-water coral reefs are facing unprecedented human-driven threats to their continued existence as biodiverse functional ecosystems upon which hundreds of millions of people rely. These impacts may drive coral ecosystems past…Continue readingConsiderations for determining warm-water coral reef tipping points
States trying to build a network of EV chargers are reeling after the Trump administration abruptly ordered a halt to a $5 billion program to build the chargers on highways nationwide.…Continue readingTransportation Department suspends EV charger program
Greenland has been behind approximately 14 mm of sea level rise since 1992. This is due to increased melting from the ice surface in response to warmer air temperatures, and increased…Continue readingCracks in Greenland Ice Sheet grow more rapidly in response to climate change
Both the North and South Pole regions have warmed by some three degrees Celsius compared to late 19th-century levels, much faster than the global average. The US National Snow and Ice…Continue readingArctic sea ice levels second lowest on record for January
An international group of scientists, led by King’s College London, has revealed how continued global warming will lead to more parts of the planet becoming too hot for the human body…Continue readingHalf a degree rise in global warming will triple area of Earth too hot for humans
Airbus has delayed plans to fly a hydrogen-powered aircraft by 2035 in a setback for the aviation industry’s hopes to achieve net zero. The decision to abandon the deadline for the…Continue readingAirbus pushes back plans to fly hydrogen plane by 2035
German sports-car maker Porsche plans to overhaul its product portfolio to include more combustion engine and plug-in hybrid vehicles, putting additional strain on its already squeezed profit margins. The Stuttgart-based carmaker…Continue readingPorsche margins set to fall with greater combustion engine and hybrid investment
The Norwegian state-backed energy group that dropped oil from its name as part of a push into renewables is pivoting back to fossil fuels in the hunt for shareholder returns. Equinor,…Continue readingEquinor scales back renewables push 7 years after ditching ‘oil’ from its name