Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ensuring that the carbon is kept out of the air for longer
A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth remained hot for millions of years
Learn more about the new hydrothermal feature that appeared last summer in Yellowstone National Park, and how, even though it went dormant over the winter, it could appear again this summer.
GPS positions were off by up to 230 feet during the Gannon Solar Storm in May 2024 in a disruption that lasted for up to two days, a new study has revealed.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01892G, Paper Lingshi Zhang, Zhongbao Wei, Chunxia Liu, Hongwen He, Kailong Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Yunhui Huang, Zhichuan J. Xu Thermal characterization and diagnosis are critical for the whole-life-cycle safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, conventional techniques are time-delayed and discontinuous due to the sealed structure and intricate mechanisms of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02997J, Paper Kangjia Hu, Jiahui Zhang, Xinrun Yu, Jin-Bao Wang, Xianluo Hu Silicon anodes promise revolutionary lithium-ion battery energy density, yet commercial viability remains constrained by catastrophic volume expansion and interfacial degradation under demanding thermal conditions. Here, we demonstrate engineered crack pinning... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
On 25 June, the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded its participation in a 36-hour nuclear emergency exercise organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The exercise was part of the IAEA’s Level 3 Convention Exercise (ConvEx-3), the highest and most complex level of its emergency exercises. These large-scale exercises are conducted every three to five years to test emergency preparedness and response capacities and identify areas in need of improvement. The last ConvEx-3 exercise took place in 2021 in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates. The exercise involved more than 75 countries and 10 international organizations and was based on a simulated accident at a nuclear power plant in Romania, resulting in the release of significant amounts of radioactive material...
Climate and ecosystem dynamics vary across timescales, but research into climate-driven vegetation dynamics usually focuses on singular timescales. We developed a spectral analysis–based approach that provides detailed estimates of the timescales at ...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00262A, Paper Jie Zhang, Dawei Yang, Canhuang Li, Qianhong Gong, Wei Bi, WEIHONG LAI, Shengjun Li, Yaojie Lei, Guangmin Zhou, Andreu Cabot, Guoxiu Wang Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have become the key to overcoming the inherent limitations of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries for their exceptional catalytic activity, high selectivity, and strong affinity towards lithium polysulfides (LiPSs).... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Australia has offered a lifeline to the people of Tuvalu, whose island is threatened by rising sea levels. But the deal comes with strings attached – and there will be millions more climate migrants in need of refuge by 2050
The Discovery A giant planet some 400 light-years away, HIP 67522 b, orbits its parent star so tightly that it appears to cause frequent flares from the star’s surface, heating and inflating the planet’s atmosphere. Key Facts On planet Earth, “space weather” caused by solar flares might disrupt radio communications, or even damage satellites. But […]
A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change. The post How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission lifted off at 23:04 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July. The satellite is now on its way to monitor Earth’s atmosphere from an altitude of 36 000 km. From this geostationary orbit, the missions can provide game-changing data for forecasting severe storms and air pollution over Europe.
Learn why a surge in the Southern Ocean’s salinity is an alarming sign for the future of Antarctic ice.
Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 13, 16 July 2025.
Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife
‘Losing so much all at once, I think it crippled the spirit of the people.’ The post One year after Hurricane Beryl, the Union Island community is trying to recover what was lost appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D4EE05704J, Paper Kaier Shen, Xuhui Yao, Huimin Song, Weize Shi, Chenxi Zheng, Xufeng Hong, Yingjing Yan, Xu Liu, Lujun Zhu, Yun An, Tinglu Song, Muhammad Burhan Shafqat, Chenyan Ma, Lei Zheng, Peng Gao, Yakun Liu, Mohammadhosein Safari, Yunlong Zhao, Quanquan Pang An electro-mechano-mediation strategy was developed to enhance charge transport kinetics and mitigate the chemo-mechanical degradation of P anodes, which enables stable cycling of high-areal-capacity, all-solid-state lithium batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The first ever geostationary satellite to provide 3D profiles for temperature and humidity for Europe launches today [1 July], in the latest phase of a multi-year project to transform weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible changes that could help scientists better predict potentially dangerous space weather events.
This is a re-post from the Climate Brink The WMO recently published their WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update that covers the period from 2025 to 2029. This is a regular assessment of near-term dynamic model projections that assess both the forced climate response and short-term natural variability (e.g. ENSO and AMV ). This new update forecasts relatively high global temperatures to likely continue through 2029, with the central estimate form most years similar to what was seen in 2023 and 2024. The figure below shows the 2025-2029 forecast in blue, as well as a “hindcast” of past model performance (green) compared to observations (black). Figure 4 from the WMO report . Despite the central estimate...
While not everywhere across the UK will experience a heatwave, temperatures are building in the southern half of the UK.
Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.
Tax credits for EVs, rooftop solar, heat pumps, energy-efficient windows, and more are on the chopping block. Take advantage while you still can. The post Take advantage of these tax credits before Congress kills them appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01356A, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Carina Harpprecht, Romain Sacchi, Tobias Naegler, Mariësse van Sluisveld, Vassilis Daioglou, Arnold Tukker, Bernhard R.P. Steubing The iron and steel industry is not only responsible for up to 9% of global greenhouse (GHG) emissions, but also associated with other environmental impacts. Anticipated growth in steel demand... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 7, July 2025.
With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home
Open access notables Increased sea-level contribution from northwestern Greenland for models that reproduce observations , Badgeley et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The Greenland Ice Sheet has been thinning over the past several decades and is expected to contribute significantly to sea-level rise over the coming century. Ice flow models that make these projections, however, tend to underestimate the amount of mass lost from the ice sheet compared to observations, which complicates adaptation and mitigation planning in coastal regions. Here, we constrain a model of northwestern Greenland with a time series of satellite-derived surface velocity data and time-dependent physics to infer unknown ice properties. The model reproduces observed mass loss...
At ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, scientists have unveiled how the combination of different long-term, high-resolution satellite datasets from ESA’s Climate Change Initiative is shedding new light on the South American Gran Chaco – one of the world’s most endangered dry forest ecosystems. These data reveal, in remarkable clarity, that fire is the primary driver of widespread, accelerating deforestation across the region.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01472G, Paper Yinze Zuo, Zheng Wang, Mingquan Liu, Linlong Lu, Yidong Jiang, Jie Lei, Hao Yan, Hongwei Li, Wei Yan, Jiujun Zhang An innovative catalytic desolvation mechanism is proposed to manipulate the interfacial Zn 2+ solvation chemistry by engineering a π-electron-rich COP layer as an interfacial catalyst, thus achieving high-performance Zn metal batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01702E, Paper Xunan Wang, Chongwei Gao, Shuhua Zhang, Jiantao Li, Jiali Wang, Shengdong Lin, Sungsik Lee, Feiyu Kang, Dengyun Zhai Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are recognized as promising cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), particularly the low-cost and high-energy K 2 Mn[Fe(CN) 6 ](KMnF). However, conventional solution-based synthesis inevitably introduces [Fe(CN) 6 ] 4- defects and lattice... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and Rachit Dubey
Study provides first solid link between climate change and earthquake hazard
As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of human-driven climate change by absorbing roughly a quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity. However, this uptake is far from uniform across the global ocean. A new satellite-based product can now map the ocean carbon sink at unprecedented resolution, offering unique insights into this highly variable and complex component of Earth’s climate system.
While satellites have revolutionised our ability to measure sea level with remarkable precision, their data becomes less reliable near coasts – where accurate information is most urgently needed. To address this critical gap, ESA’s Climate Change Initiative Sea Level Project research team has reprocessed almost two decades of satellite data to establish a pioneering network of ‘virtual’ coastal stations. These stations now provide, for the first time, reliable and consistent sea-level measurements along coastlines.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02454D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Zhenjing Jiang, Zijuan Du, Kailin Luo, Yanfei Zhang, Hang Yang, Wei Zhang, Ruwei Chen, Jie Chen, Zhe Cui, Fuhan Cui, Rui Pan, Guoju Zhang, Shuangying Lei, Litao Sun, Kuibo Yin, Guanjie He Amorphous anion skeletons of zeolite-like Na 2 Zn 2 (TeO 3 ) 3 induce rapid and cation-selective ion flux towards stable aqueous zinc–iodine batteries. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Learn more about a sequence of increases in the carbon dioxide in our ancient atmosphere, which can tell us about our oceans’ future.
The Atlantic’s first named storm of 2025 formed farther to the northeast than any June named storm on record, and is not a threat to any land areas. The post Tropical Storm Andrea forms in the remote central Atlantic appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01473E, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Seo-Yul Kim, Akriti Sarswat, Sunghyun Cho, MinGyu Song, Jinsu Kim, Matthew J Realff, David S. Sholl, Ryan Lively Direct air capture (DAC) of CO₂ is a key component in the portfolio of negative-emissions technologies for mitigating global warming. However, even with the most potent amine sorbents, large-scale DAC... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A week ago today, we published a blog post highlighting Sabin Rebuttal #33 , which answers the question " What is the effect of hot or cold weather on EVs?" . With that blog post, this phase of our effort to turn the report " Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles " into individual rebuttals was done and dusted. In this recap we summarize the happenings and provide some behind-the-scenes glimpses into the tasks needed to pull this off. The report was written by Matthew Eisenson, Jacob Elkin, Andy Fitch, Matthew Ard, Kaya Sittinger & Samuel Lavine and published by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School in 2024. Creating the rebuttals When we first spotted Sabin's report it looked...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 130, Issue 12, 28 June 2025.
For any space mission to launch, thousands of hours must have been spent iterating new technologies to make the spacecraft fly. The Biomass satellite, which today shared its first science data, is no exception. The probe, which carries just a single instrument on board, will perform a five-year census of all the trees on Earth to teach us more about how climate change and pests are affecting the world’s forests than we’ve ever learnt before.
Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its groundbreaking Biomass satellite mission – marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle. But these inaugural glimpses go beyond forests. Remarkably, the satellite is already showing potential to unlock new insights into some of Earth’s most extreme environments.
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 15, 2025 thru Sat, June 21, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Science and Research (6 articles) Climate Crisis 'Evil Twin' Is Coming for Marine Life Scientists have warned that the planet crossed the global boundary for ocean acidification around the year 2020, according to a new study. Newsweek, Thomas Westerholm, Jun 16, 2025. Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century A new paper describes how humans were influencing Earth's climate by cooling the stratosphere in the late 19th century. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, Ben Santer et al. , June 16, 2025. Study finds planetary...
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Is modern warming just a rebound from the Little Ice Age? Global temperatures are warmer today than immediately before the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a regional cooling phenomenon caused by internal forcings that mostly moved heat around within Earth’s climate system. This event affected North America and Europe from 1350 to 1850. While external forcings like volcanic eruptions and decreased solar activity occurred, it was a massive export of Arctic sea ice into the North Atlantic by warm currents that disrupted ocean circulation and triggered prolonged regional cooling...
Learn how air bubbles trapped in ice have inspired a special code that can improve communication in the Arctic and Antarctica.
Cuts, chaos, and climate change are converging to leave Americans more vulnerable to disaster than they were in 2005. The post FEMA is unprepared for the next Hurricane Katrina, disaster experts warn appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The feat has significant applications for military purposes and space-based solar power.
Every year on 21st June we encourage everyone to participate in " Show your Stripes Day " to start conversations about climate risks and solutions. Springboarding from a crocheted blanket created by fellow University of Reading professor Ellie Highwood, the "warming stripes" graphic was created in 2018 by Prof. Ed Hawkins , who explains the visualization's purpose in this video: The "warming stripes" have been embraced around the world as a clear and vivid representation of how the climate is changing-- a powerful appeal to urgency in addressing our climate crisis. From the website of the University of Reading : What is Show Your Stripes Day? Show Your Stripes Day is a global moment to share our concern about how the climate is changing and the need...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02369-zVideo games are a popular method for climate change communication, but current efforts undervalue the potential role of gaming communities. To empower gaming communities to take climate action, we suggest social strategies including fostering climate change conversations through games and in gaming social spaces, and organizing real-world gaming community events.
Trees would have to be planted on a vast proportion of global land mass to offset the carbon dioxide emissions from burning the world’s fossil fuel reserves
Groundwater records from the last ice age indicate that aquifers in the U.S. Southwest are more sensitive to global warming than aquifers in the Pacific Northwest.
In the last few decades, the Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the main drivers of this development is thought to be the warming of Atlantic water that flows from Europe’s Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean, passing through the Barents Sea and the Fram Strait in the process. However, not all the Atlantic water flowing into the Barents Sea reaches the sea ice. Part of the Atlantic water recirculates, i.e. by changing direction and flowing back into Europe’s Norwegian Sea as an independent current without coming into direct contact with the sea ice. To date, however, it has not been possible to sufficiently investigate the indirect effect of this current carrying inflowing Atlantic water back...
Europe will soon be taking another leap forward in its weather forecasting capacity as the first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, satellite arrives safely at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a pivotal moment on the road to launch.This new polar-orbiting weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument to deliver daily global data on air pollutants and other atmospheric trace gases.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 130, Issue 6, June 2025.
Even if agricultural practices adapt in response to higher temperatures, five of the world's six main staple crops will suffer severe losses due to climate change
After reaching hurricane strength early Wednesday, Erick could become the earliest landfalling storm so strong along Mexico’s Pacific coast. The post Hurricane Erick could make history with a powerful early season landfall in Mexico appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
At least 27 deaths were confirmed in central Texas, with dozens of people still missing. The post Devastating flash floods slam Texas Hill Country; Tropical Storm Chantal heads for Carolinas appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Learn more about some of the microbes found in Yellowstone National Park hot springs and how they may hold the secrets to how life evolved on Earth.
Forest-based carbon-offset projects need a buffer to guarantee their climate benefits will last – but they may not have nearly enough in reserve
Using data from ESA’s SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean – surface waters around Antarctica are growing saltier, even as sea ice is diminishing rapidly. This finding defies the norm because melting ice typically freshens ocean surface water.The implications are far-reaching as changes in this remote region can disrupt global ocean currents, affect climate patterns, and alter ecosystems far beyond the Antarctic.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02663F, Paper Wenhe Zhang, Chengbing Wang, Lu Wang, Fan Wang, Puxin Tan, Jinchi Ma, Jingjing Jin, Zhongrong Geng, Hongyao Xie, Li-Dong Zhao Solar-powered simultaneous electricity and freshwater production is a promising solution to address energy and water shortages. However, current technologies are limited by their reliance on sunlight and have yet to... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Open access notables The Emergence of Near-Permanent Marine Heat wave State in the Tropical Indian Ocean During 2023–2024 , Soumya, International Journal of Climatology In 2023/24, global mean surface temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, and the Tropical Indian Ocean (TIO) experienced a record-breaking basin mean anomalous warming of 0.88°C. This unprecedented warming in the TIO is linked to the severe and long-lasting marine heatwave (MHW) events ever recorded in the region, reconciling with the ongoing long-term warming and internal climate variabilities. The MHW events of 2023/24 were primarily centred in the Arabian Sea (AS) and southwestern TIO regions, with mean intensities of 0.73°C and 0.89°C, respectively...
Recent polling shows that nearly 80% of registered U.S. voters want government agencies to keep researching and sharing global warming data. The administration is dismantling both. The post Trump’s climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republicans appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01118C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Patricia Mayer, Florian Joseph Baader, David Yang Shu, Ludger Leenders, Christian Zibunas, Stefano Moret, André Bardow The chemical industry's transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is particularly challenging due to the carbon inherently contained in chemical products, eventually released to the environment. Fossil feedstock-based production... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington Republicans in the U.S. Senate are working to pass their version of the budget reconciliation bill before Congress goes on holiday for July 4. As it stands, the bill would terminate most clean energy tax credits long before their original phase-out date in 2032. The tax credits, which include money back on electric cars, electric appliances, energy efficiency improvements, and more, have a lot of public support. In a December 2024 survey , researchers at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, the publisher of this site, found that 91% of liberal Democrats, 70% of moderate or conservative Democrats, 42% of liberal or moderate Republicans, and 28% of conservative Republicans support tax rebates...
On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next two months, an international research team will analyse the feedback effects between global warming and sea ice retreat in the Arctic Ocean. The investigations will focus on the differences in the melting of various sea ice types – representing the Arctic of the past decades, the present and the future. A parallel airborne campaign will complement the measurements and, at the outset of the expedition, the Polarstern will support the first ice testing of the new French Tara Polar Station research platform.
It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient
Find out how some animals at Yellowstone National Park make fatal mistakes, and learn about the real reason why hot springs are so dangerous.
An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in the U.S. and taking the world by surprise. Two days earlier, the Sun blasted a coronal mass ejection (CME) — a cloud of energetic particles, magnetic fields, and solar material — toward Earth. Space scientists […]
Image: A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Are human CO 2 emissions driving current global warming? While many natural factors influence Earth’s climate, human emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide are driving today’s global warming. Scientists have conducted detailed studies of climate “forcings,” or the factors impacting global temperatures, especially with the past 50 years of satellite data. Long-term natural forcings, such as changes in Earth’s orbit or tectonic movement, take tens of thousands of years. They cannot explain the pace of recent warming. More immediate, smaller-impact changes occur...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 01 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4Literature produced inconsistent findings regarding the links between extreme weather events and climate policy support across regions, populations and events. This global study offers a holistic assessment of these relationships and highlights the role of subjective attribution.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01964H, Paper Xiang Li, Kun Fan, Jingyi He, Siyuan Sun, Yinan Chai, Zhi-Min Dang, Xiangyang Liu Dielectric polymer films often suffer from poor energy-storage level in harsh-environment electronic devices, circuits and systems. In this work, a molecular engineering strategy is described to synergistically achieve high mechanical... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
We're also watching a threat area near Florida that could spawn a tropical depression over the Fourth of July weekend. The post Tropical Storm Barry has come and gone appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 22, 2025 thru Sat, June 28, 2025. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) Heatwave in England to bring temperatures above 32°C (89.6°F) – study finds climate change made this 100 times more likely Science Feedback, Editor: Darrik Burns, June 20, 2025. Wildfires: climate change cause and effect Canadians think about a recent object lesson on climate change. Winnipeg Free Press, David McLaughlin, Jun 21, 2025. It's hot. Fossil fuels made it hotter. And it'll still be the coldest summer of your life if Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" passes this week. HEATED, Emily Atkin, Jun 23, 2025...
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium came to a close today, concluding a week of networking, discussions and meeting of curious, scientific minds. Today, one of the focal points was thermal imaging instruments, which are critical for monitoring land-surface temperature – and will be carried on upcoming missions such as the upcoming Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Mission. ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission celebrated passing its 15-year milestone in orbit – the mission has helped improve weather and climate models. Three new contracts were signed for ESA’s InCubed programme, which is central to the agency’s efforts to turn promising concepts into successful Earth observation services, strengthening Europe’s position in this rapidly evolving sector.
The ideal places to grow them could get too hot for the fruit. The post Climate change could take a bite out of the banana industry appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01919B, Paper Tonghui Zhang, Ying Xiao, Shunshun Zhao, Yu Han, Gang He, Shimou Chen The kinetic conflict between accelerated Na⁺ desolvation and durable interphase construction remains a bottleneck for sodium metal batteries (SMBs) operating at low temperatures. Herein, we propose an electrolyte engineering strategy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The fourth day of ESA’s Living Planet Symposium was busier than ever. Today, ESA signed an agreement on integrating satellite data into global environmental reporting frameworks as part of ESA’s Fundamental Data Records Framework. A contract with the Finnish government and the Finnish Meteorological Institute was signed to establish a calibration and validation ‘supersite’. ESA and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures paved the way to integrating satellite data into environmental reporting frameworks. And the New Space Scout missions were also in the spotlight as ESA signed a contract with ISISPACE to development of the Tango mission. Four new Scout mission concepts were also announced.
The recent erratic behaviour of the polar jet stream isn't out of the ordinary, researchers have found by compiling data from the past 125 years
Less accurate forecasts and reduced federal support may make local officials more skittish about calling lifesaving evacuations. The post Two major ways the Trump administration is making hurricane evacuations more difficult appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The "heat dome" hovering over the eastern half of the U.S. now has a thunderstorm "ring of fire" erupting along its edge. Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, the first tropical storm of the season has been named.
Learn why a lichen found in the Mojave Desert has become key evidence in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Cities from Philly to Boston break the 100-degree mark, in some cases way ahead of schedule. The post Unprecedented June heat along the Northeast urban corridor, brought to you by climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say.
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2025 finds that almost 92% of the world’s population now has basic access to electricity. Although this is an improvement since 2022, which saw the number of people without basic access decrease for the first time in a decade, over 666 million people remain without access, indicating that the current rate is insufficient to reach universal access by 2030. Clean cooking access is progressing but below the rates of progress seen in the 2010s, as efforts remain hobbled by setbacks during the Covid-19 pandemic, following energy price shocks, and debt crises. Released today, the latest edition of the annual report that tracks progress towards Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 highlights the role of distributed renewable energy (a combination...
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Since President Trump took office in January 2025, he's declared war on climate change research. In this video, I speak with three expert scientists, who explain the devastation caused by Trump's attacks on climate researchers, institutions and reports. These assaults aren't just a huge deal in the USA, where they limit our ability to forecast extreme weather disasters. But they'll also affect our ability to be safe from climate extremes the world over - now and in the future. Support ClimateAdam on patreon: https://patreon.com/climateadam
Learn more about the discovery of a giant possum in Big Bend National Park and how it’s connected to early primate evolution.
Ozone high in the stratosphere protects us from the Sun’s ultraviolet light. But ozone near the ground is a pollutant that harms people and plants. The San Joaquin Valley has some of the most polluted air in the country, and NASA scientists with the new Ozone Where We Live (OWWL) project are working to measure […]
Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will have to up its decarbonisation efforts
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE00467E, Paper Zhuang-Chun Jian, Wenjun Shi, Yifeng Liu, Xueyan Li, Jia-Yang Li, Yan-Fang Zhu, Xu Zhu, Yongchun Li, Peng Tan, Peng-Fei Wang, Shuangqiang Chen, Shilin Zhang, Jianfeng Mao, Guangmin Zhou, Xiao-Dong Guo, Jiazhao Wang, Shi Xue Dou, Yao Xiao Triggering anionic redox reactions (ARR) offers a powerful route to enhance the energy density of low-cost manganese-based layered oxides for rechargeable sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, the ARR process often results... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract Plankton, a diverse group of aquatic organisms, make Earth livable, regulate aquatic life, and provide benefits to human societies such as access to clean water, food security, and well-being. They also support economies and inspire biotechnological innovations. This article aims to raise awareness of the value of plankton to humanity and serves as an informative guide for aquatic professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in plankton. We present the value of plankton across six themes of human interest: biogeochemistry; ecology; climate; the evolution of science; economy; and culture, recreation, and well-being. Guided by the 2022 Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services values assessment, we introduce the six themes under the Life Framework...
Geoengineering comes in many forms and the risks and potential benefits vary widely. But many researchers now feel it’s time to investigate this controversial idea
Sea spiders living near deep-sea methane seeps appear to cultivate and eat bacteria on their exoskeletons
Record carbon emissions mean that the planet's carbon budget could be exceeded in as little as three years, according to a new report.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE02217G, Paper Shengyu Tao, Ruohan Guo, Jaewoong Lee, Scott Moura, Lluc Canals Casals, Shida Jiang, Junzhe Shi, Stephen J Harris, Tongda Zhang, Chi-Yung Chung, Guangmin Zhou, Jinpeng Tian, Xuan Zhang The reuse of second-life lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) retired from electric vehicles is critical for energy storage in underdeveloped regions, where power infrastructures is weak or absent. However, estimating the relative... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE01457C, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Xiang Ao, Linfeng Li, Yong Ding, Gyutae Nam, Bote Zhao, Chundong Wang, Meilin Liu The development of robust and electrocatalytically active catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a significant challenge in advancing electrochemical energy technologies. Here, we report a Fe-Cu dual-metal catalyst... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
It’s the first major hurricane on record to strike the Americas so early in the year. The post Hurricane Erick crashes into Mexico at category 3 strength appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Open access notables Human influence on climate detectable in the late 19th century , Santer et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences When could scientists have first known that fossil fuel burning was significantly altering global climate? We attempt to answer this question by performing a thought experiment with model simulations of historical climate change. We assume that the capability to monitor global-scale changes in atmospheric temperature existed as early as 1860 and that the instruments available in this hypothetical world had the same accuracy as today’s satellite-borne microwave radiometers. We then apply a pattern-based “fingerprint” method to disentangle human and natural effects on climate. A human-caused stratospheric...
Asking AI reasoning models questions in areas such as algebra or philosophy caused carbon dioxide emissions to spike significantly.
Robert Bullard calls for climate action that repairs past harms and uplifts neglected communities. The post Climate justice advocates fight for fairness in the face of climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Science can help to target climate finance at better-quality adaptation
A new analysis of the ancient human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico offers more evidence that they are around 23,000 years old.
Researchers detected mysterious radio waves in Antarctica that seem to defy the rules of particle physics. Now they're searching for a cause.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Over at Carbon Brief I have a new detailed explainer on aerosols. They have a major (but poorly constrained) cooling effect on the climate, masking about 0.5C warming from CO2 and other greenhouse gases that would otherwise have occurred. However, we are rapidly reducing both aerosol emissions and their resulting climate cooling effect. Global emissions of SO2, the most important aerosol, have fallen by 40% since the mid?2000s. China has cut its SO2 emissions more than 70% over the same period. This is a good thing; SO2 is a major precursor to PM2.5, which is responsible for millions of deaths from outdoor air pollution worldwide. But reductions to clean the air are quickly unmasking more warming from our...