The first false-color image from ESA's newly operational Biomass satellite shows off a unique perspective of the rainforests, grasslands and wetlands surrounding a winding river in Bolivia.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 3, 16 February 2026.
This article by Mathew Barlow , Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell and Judah Cohen , Climate scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article . A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 left a mess in states from New Mexico to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power across the South as ice pulled down tree branches and power lines , more than a foot of snow fell in parts of the Midwest and Northeast, and many states faced bitter cold that was expected to linger for days. The sudden blast may have come as a shock to many Americans after a mostly mild start...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02528-2The authors consider the changing sensitivity of the leaf-onset date to temperature (ST) for boreal deciduous broadleaf forests. ST increased between 1982–1996 and 1998–2012—potentially linked to enhanced chilling accumulation—but this increase is underestimated in phenology models.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.
This special selection includes books on storytelling, science, and climate change. The post Six books to help you explore the role of storytelling in the climate fight appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming climate.
Using cutting-edge material licensed from NASA, a protective heat shield manufactured in-house by Varda Space Industries for the first time enabled one of its capsules to blaze through Earth’s atmosphere on Thursday, marking a significant milestone for the agency and America’s space industry. The material, known as C-PICA (Conformal Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator), provides a […]
In 2025, solar and wind surpassed coal as a global energy source. The post Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A mild La Niña caused greater rainfall over the Amazon basin, which offset rising sea levels due to record warming of Earth’s oceans. The rise in the global mean sea level slowed in 2025 relative to the year before, an effect largely due to the La Niña conditions that persisted over most of the year. […]
Scientists discover a tipping point that took place in 2000, where El Niño’s effect on sea ice loss in Siberia was amplified.
How much do you know about friction? Jennifer R. Vail's charming, if sometimes technical, "biography" of the force showcases its amazing and largely overlooked role in everything from climate change to dark matter, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
Winter weather has to push uphill in our warming climate, but this event could set records for total damage and in some areas for prolonged cold. The post This week’s Arctic onslaught and how it compares to blasts from the past appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05840F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hadi Rostamzadeh, Hamid Montazeri Self-heating interaction with ion migration induces scan-rate-dependent temperature and thermal hysteresis due to comparable thermal, electrical, and ionic timescales, reshaping transient performance and stability in perovskite solar cells. 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. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06986F, Paper Yiyang Hu, shao-jian zhang, Han Wu, Qianru Chen, Pengfang Zhang, Junnan Hao, Shizhang Qiao Aqueous zinc–iodine (Zn–I2) batteries are promising candidates for large-scale energy storage due to inherent safety and environmental compatibility. However, their application is hindered by serious polyiodides shuttling, limited iodine conversion... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian moon’s ocean. Data from NASA’s Juno mission has provided new insights into the thickness and subsurface structure of the icy shell encasing Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using the spacecraft’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR), mission scientists determined that the shell averages about 18 miles (29 […]
Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past.
Deep beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will monitor the planet’s interior and the movement of Antarctic ice
Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change, but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply, leading to greater damage than unabated global warming
Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those that cause ice ages
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 2, 28 January 2026.
Jan. 24, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.
Decades ago, Venezuelan researchers helped the oil industry thrive. Now they hope to be part of its reconstruction
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05863E, Review Article Suo Li, Libo Li, Hang Yang, Zhixuan Wang, Xiangrui Deng, Wenyi Lu, Wenhao Xu Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries promise exceptional theoretical energy density but face persistent challenges, notably polysulfide shuttling and sluggish redox kinetics. High-entropy materials (HEMs), leveraging their distinctive configurational entropy and unparalleled compositional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.
Global supply chains are systematically offshoring the physiological burden of climate change. To manage transboundary risks, regulators rigorously track indirect greenhouse gas emissions across a company’s value chain (1), but they overlook the human cost of heatrelated stress. To protect workers globally, trade and labor regulators in importing countries should monitor and penalize heat stress associated with international trade.
Winter weather is now less dependable in many cities that have historically hosted the games. The post To survive warming winters, the Olympics will need to change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Photographer Frédéric Noy's shots give an insight into life around the rainforests of Udzungwa Mountains National Park – and efforts to protect it
Open access notables Mapping Europe’s rooftop photovoltaic potential with a building-level database , Kakoulaki et al., Nature Energy Individual building-level approaches are needed to understand the full potential of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) at national and regional scale. Here we use the European Digital Building Stock Model R2025, an open-access building-level database, to assess rooftop solar potential for each of the 271 million buildings in the European Union. The results show that potential capacity could reach 2.3 TWp (1,822 GWp residential, 519 GWp non-residential), with an annual output of 2,750 TWh based on current PV technology. This corresponds to approximately 40% of electricity demand in a 100% renewable scenario for...
Learn how a decade of monitoring reveals why Antarctic penguins are breeding earlier than ever, and what those shifts may signal about life in one of the world’s fastest-warming regions.
An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are extremely slim due to the age of the reactors, which were shut down over two decades ago
Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago
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 . Do solar panels release more emissions than burning fossil fuels? Solar panels produce far less emissions than coal or natural gas. “Lifecycle emissions” counts all aspects of raw materials, manufacturing, transport, installation, operation, and disposal. A major National Renewable Energy Laboratory review of thousands of studies found that while some emissions are generated when solar panels are manufactured and shipped, their lifetime emissions are much lower than fossil fuels. Coal’s lifecycle climate pollution is about 23 times higher than solar power, and natural gas about...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Recently there has been quite a debate online about the extent to which opposing near-term oil and gas infrastructure – pipelines, refineries, new production – is both necessary and politically effective as a strategy to reduce US emissions. These conversations have occurred in the context of a broader pivot toward affordability as a rallying cry of the left in the US, driven by concerns around the rapidly rising cost of housing, energy, and other goods. Matt Yglesias had a provocative piece in the NYT arguing that liberals should be less opposed to oil and gas, arguing that it might help make energy more affordable and win more conservative states and labor (without which there would be no climate policy...
Net zero wasn’t always the target – the consensus used to be that we could continue releasing greenhouse gases and maintain global temperatures. How did that change?
Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable power is crucial. The opening of Tesla's first "gigafactory", which used economies of scale to electrify our transport and energy systems, marked a turning point in this endeavour
New oil and gas leases could open more than a billion acres of U.S. coastal waters to development. The post U.S. public invited to weigh in on major offshore drilling proposal 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, January 11, 2026 thru Sat, January 17, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now "During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers" Comment is Free, The Guardian, Opinion by Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Jan 8, 2026. Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year "Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems." Science, Inside Climate...
Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.
The 1995 film depicts a U.S. president standing up for the common good. The post Rob Reiner’s ‘The American President’ shows the path we could have taken on climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Stacks and Joules training program partners with a social service agency to make sure students who struggle with poverty and homelessness have their basic needs met. The post NYC nonprofit trains people for energy efficiency jobs and does so much more appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02541-5Economists have spent a decade designing the perfect climate club, yet political reality has hitherto rendered these designs practically infeasible. The Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets offers a path forward, but only if its architects recognize that understanding political feasibility is crucial to turning a declaration into a functioning carbon pricing club that could close the emissions gap.
These overview articles and reports will help you catch up on the legal, scientific, and economic landscape for climate change and energy. The post 5 climate resources to get you up to speed for 2026 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As floods, droughts, and heat waves rise, growers face make-or-break seasons with an insufficient safety net. The post Small farms fight for survival in a warming Midwest appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Human-caused global warming pushed global temperatures to near-record levels despite the cooling influence of the La Niña phenomenon, which typically suppresses global temperatures. The post 2025 was Earth’s 3rd-warmest year on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests. This exacerbates the risk of catastrophic coastal flooding and land loss.
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Earth’s global surface temperature in 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023 – but within the margin of error the two years are effectively tied according to an analysis by NASA scientists. Since record-keeping began in 1880, the hottest year on record remains 2024. Global temperatures in 2025 were […]
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator and climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description Global warming continues to ramp up, with 2025 one of the hottest three years we've ever observed, and probably the hottest in over 100,000 years. With these scorching temperatures, we've seen devastation in the form of natural disasters, like heatwaves, wildfires, floods, storms and droughts. So what will this year bring in terms of climate change? And how are climate scientists able to answer this before the year is even fully underway? Ultimately, though, the biggest questions for a our climate have us much to do with the political as the planetary...
A report warns that we may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming, which could damage economic growth
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06874F, Paper Mengxiao Li, Yu Li, Huijie Wang, Mingjun Hu, Jun Yang Aqueous alkaline nickel-based batteries are regarded as ideal candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high safety and inherent low cost, but they are plagued by the toxicity, side... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Mission to Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands reveals degradation of a sea ice haven
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 . Does clearing trees for solar panels release more CO 2 than the solar panels would prevent? Clearing trees to build solar farms does not negate their climate change benefits, because one acre of solar panels prevents far more CO 2 emissions than an acre of forest absorbs. In the U.S., replacing equivalent natural gas power with one acre of solar prevents about 175 to 198 metric tons of CO 2 emissions per year. In contrast, an average acre of forest sequesters less than 1 metric ton of CO 2 per year. An acre of solar cuts roughly 200 times more CO 2 than an acre of trees...
A new study reveals the dramatic decrease in lead exposure in the U.S. following the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency 55 years ago.
NASA's Artemis II simulated launch is scheduled for tonight after Arctic weather forced the mission to be delayed. The first crewed Artemis mega moon rocket could still leave Earth as early as this weekend.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 25, 2026 thru Sat, January 31, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (11 articles) Thailand’s endangered ‘sea cows’ are washing ashore – pointing to a crisis in our seas "The Andaman Coast has one of the largest concentration of dugong in the world, so why are numbers falling dramatically and what can they tell us about a biodiversity warning cry" The Guardian, Gloria Dickie, Jan 23, 2026. How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm The Conversation US, Mathew Barlow & Judah Cohen, Jan 24, 2026. Heat Dome Fuels Extreme Heatwave across Australia...
Dams in the U.S. are showing signs of damage that are worsening with age and climate change. Could satellites help prioritize repairs amid budget and inspection constraints?
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06207A, Paper Dengxu Wu, Ziqi Zhang, Lutong Wang, Lei Zhu, Hong Li, Liquan Chen, Fan Wu All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) face critical challenges in practical implementation due to excessive stack pressure requirements and interfacial degradation. To solve the solid-solid interfacial contact problem, we propose a dual... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Description This graph shows the rise in global mean sea level from 1993 to 2025 based on data from a series of five international satellites. The solid red line indicates the trajectory of this increase, which has more than doubled over the three decades. The dotted red line projects future sea level rise. A NASA analysis […]
Description This artist’s concept depicts a cutaway view showing Europa’s ice shell. It contains a shallow layer of small imperfections (cracks, pores, and voids) that extend down from the surface hundreds of feet. The icy moon of Jupiter is thought to harbor an ocean below its frozen exterior. Data used to generate a new result […]
Open access notables Are Hibernators Toast? Global Climate Change and Prolonged Seasonal Hibernation , Dausmann & Cooper, Global Change Biology This review examines the multifaceted implications of global climate change on mammalian hibernators, emphasizing physiological, ecological and phenological impacts. While high-latitude habitats are experiencing faster overall warming, tropical and southern hemisphere regions face more unpredictable and variable climate alterations. Increasing temperature can directly affect hibernators by elevating hibernacula temperatures, shortening torpor bouts, increasing arousal frequency, and depleting energy reserves crucial for survival and reproductive success. Conversely, cold anomalies due to climate change may cause disruptive...
Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to be thriving
Very wet—but very warm—weather in the western U.S. has left many mountainous regions looking at substantial snowpack deficits.
This is a re-post from the WMO Climate variability and long-term climate change are increasingly shaping the performance and reliability of renewable energy systems worldwide, according to the WMO–IRENA Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Resources and Energy Demand Review: 2024 Year in Review, released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Published in partnership with: International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Key messages WMO–IRENA 2024 Year in Review highlights growing impacts of climate extremes on clean power systems Climate variability is already shaping renewable energy supply and electricity demand worldwide Extreme heat is...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06010A, Paper Zhenwei Li, Zhiyu Zou, Hengyuan Hu, Jie Chen, Mengchuang Liu, Ping Liu, Wenhua Zhang, Chang Lu, Zhaoxin Meng, Yongqiang Ji, Jie Yu, Meisheng Han, Yuliang Cao Understanding and regulating the interfacial Na+-storage kinetics of MoS2 anodes remains a key challenge for sodium-ion batteries. Here, Co-doped MoS2 is employed as a model to elucidate, from the perspective... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05832E, Paper Huihui Hu, Yanhong Feng, Zhiwei Wang, Longchao Zhuo, cejun hu, Imran Shakir, Dingsheng Wang, Xijun Liu Layered manganese oxides (δ-MnO2) are regarded as promising cathodes for aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs), owing to their abundant resources, multiple electron transfer, and environmental benignity. However, their poor intrinsic conductivity... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of deforestation
Learn more about the new research that backs up the theory that the bluestones of Stonehenge were carried or dragged by Neolithic people.
The European Space Agency’s innovative Biomass satellite is now fully commissioned, opening free access to a powerful new stream of data that promise a step change in our understanding of forest dynamics and their role in regulating the global carbon cycle.
The world endured its costliest wildfire on record in 2025, its sixth-deadliest heat wave, and four floods or storms that caused at least 1,000 deaths. The post Earth was hit by 55 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2025 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, January 18, 2026 thru Sat, January 24, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (7 articles) Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change "Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance, according to a study from Scripps Oceanography." Inside Climate News, Johnny Sturgeon, Jan 15, 2026. ‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts "Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists" The Independent, Maria Butt, Jan 17, 2026. 2026 will likely be among...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07550E, Paper Zhe Zhang, Wenli Qi, Shiwan Zhang, Jiacheng Zhu, Linlin Wang, Yue Bai, Jiale Chen, Yifan Chen, Guangqiang Hou, Xiaogang Niu, Xuefeng Wang, Ji-Tao Chen, Xiao Ji, Yujie Zhu To advance the practical application of potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), the lack of robust electrolytes must be addressed, as the prevailing fluorinated solvents present a cost-prohibitive and environmentally unsustainable solution. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Children’s developing lungs make them vulnerable to air pollution. The post Wildfire smoke is a growing threat to kids appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?
Already recognised for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small prototype mission has succeeded in paving the way for a new constellation of similar satellites, known as EPS-Sterna.
Learn more about the climate events that may have led to food shortages and the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.
In fall 2025, more than 50 educators and over 1,500 young people across Maine and New Hampshire participated in NASA’s Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Green Down, a citizen science (also known as participatory science or community science) initiative that engages students and volunteers in tracking seasonal changes in plant life. By observing and documenting leaf color change and leaf drop, participants contributed valuable data used by scientists studying how ecosystems respond to a changing climate.
This is a re-post from the WMO Press Office The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2025 was one of the three warmest years on record, continuing the streak of extraordinary global temperatures. The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record, and ocean heating continues unabated. Key messages Past 11 years have been 11 warmest on record Temporary cooling by La Niña does not reverse long-term trend Ocean warming continues unabated WMO consolidates eight datasets for single authoritative source of information International data exchange underpins climate monitoring The global average surface temperature was 1.44°C (with a margin of uncertainty of ± 0.13°C)...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06121K, Paper Xueming Dang, Shuai Wu, Qian Li, Xiaorong Gan, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Dangyuan Lei, Huimin Zhao An oxygen spillover strategy achieves O* transport from metal atoms to couple with OH* on carbon atoms, then formation of OOH* in peroxy–ether intermediates for H 2 O 2 synthesis by Ni-CDs/COFs from H 2 O. 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. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05739F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hyun-Wook Lee, Woojin Jeong, Seong Soo Park, Ho-Jeong Ji, Ji-Su Woo, Juhyun Lee, Ye-Jin An, Yu-Chan Hwang, Dong-Ha Kim, Hongjun Chang, Minseok Kim, Mikang Jeong, Moonsu Yoon, Dongsoo Lee, Jongsoon Kim, Zheng-Long Xu, Taeseup Song, Janghyuk Moon, Junghyun Choi, Won-Jin Kwak Dry-processed thick electrodes are a key strategy for increasing the energy density of batteries. However, thick dry electrodes, especially anodes, suffer from limited ion mobility, causing non-uniform solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm yesterday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and large parts of Europe. The storm broke a record that had stood for more than two decades.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06908D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Siddhartha Nanda, Andrei Dolocan, Ayrton Yanyachi, Saurabh S. Satpute, Doosoo Kim, Kami Hull, Donal P Finegan, Ofodike Ezekoye, Hadi Khani Potassium(K)-ion batteries are an attractive alternative to lithium-ion due to their resource abundance, graphite-anode compatibility, manufacturability, and reduced reliance on critical metals. Yet their thermal safety remains poorly defined. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Trump administration canceled a grant meant to help city residents pay for insulation and new heating systems. The post Milwaukee pushes ahead on energy efficiency despite lost federal funds appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07175E, Paper Quan Zong, Xuelian Liu, Keyi Chen, Qi-Long Zhang, Haoran Yuan, Shuang Zhou, Guoying Wei, Gongxun Bai, Anqiang Pan Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising candidates for large‐scale energy storage owing to their high safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the practical application of ZIBs remains challenged by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
Although we’re on course to cross 1.5°C of warming, the alliance of small island nations that revised our goal down from the 2°C threshold transformed global climate policy
The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K.
Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, but a model of Earth’s ancient carbon cycle suggests this is a relatively recent phenomenon
Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one of Earth’s largest mass extinctions.
From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs decisions that aim to reduce risk.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00134C, Review Article Madhusudhana M Devadiga, Subham Sarangi, Anushree S Bhat, Magdalena Osial, Kuruvilla Joseph, Sunday Olusegun, Jagdeep Singh, Nannan Wang, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, Jr., Santosh K. Tiwari Despite decades of research on CO 2 capture and conversion, translating laboratory advances into products for widespread public use remains elusive. This review argues that the persistent emphasis on incremental... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The map shows diverse geological features shaping Antarctic glaciers from below, which can improve climate models of ice melt.
Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.
Iraq is highly affected by climate change and its consequences (1), with rising temperatures surpassing the global average (2). As a result, the country is facing both droughts and flash floods, a devastating combination that threatens its water, food, and social security. To address the challenges associated with climate extremes, Iraq needs an urgent strategic plan.
More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater extraction and urban expansion, compounding the threat they face from sea-level rise
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06668A, Paper Xinran Fu, Yicai Pan, Zhixiang Chen, Fulong Li, Yongqiang Yang, Min Chen, Haoran Tu, Tianyu Qiu, Zhenyue Xing, Peng Rao, Zhenye Kang, Wenjun Zhang, Xiaodong Shi, Lutong Shan, Xinlong Tian The applications of Zn-I2 batteries are plagued by severe side reactions, including the polyiodide shuttle on the cathode and parasitic by-products on the zinc anode. Herein, we introduce an amino... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
Learn more about the Norris Uplift Anomaly at Yellowstone National Park and how advanced monitoring systems helped researchers spot it again.
It was the first year in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall - but it still ranked third for billion-dollar disasters. The post 2025: The fourth warmest year in U.S. history was full of deadly weather extremes appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future
A 2025 satellite image shows a series of ghostly ice swirls sculpted on the surface of Lake Michigan by strong winds during an extreme cold snap that covered Chicago in a blanket of snow.