This event will give the world a taste of our future climate, according to a new analysis.
Possible cut from 80% down to as little as 50% could add millions of tonnes of CO2 to emissions and comes amid UK heatwaves Andy Burnham’s government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions. The government launched a consultation on Friday on cutting the target for new EVs to as little as 50% of all new cars in 2030, down from 80% under existing rules. The consultation will include several options, including leaving the headline target unchanged, or cutting it to 70%, 60% or 50%. Continue reading...
For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.
[Premium Times] Nigeria and other African countries will push for a legally binding instrument on drought management and increased financing to tackle desertification, land degradation and drought at the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) in Mongolia.
Millions of years ago, rapid global warming dramatically altered Earth's forests. Human-driven climate change is working 10 times faster.
Open access notables Methane Emissions From Wildfires: Trends and Anomalies , Zhu et al., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Wildfires emit smoke particles and trace gases including greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, impacting the environment and leading to detrimental impacts on human health and economy. The estimation of spatially and temporally resolved methane emissions from biomass burning (BB) provides critical information in developing measurement-informed methane inventories. The use of satellite active fire products (fire radiative power) is an effective pathway to investigate wildfire emissions around the world. In this study, the Global BB Emissions Product-eXtended algorithm is employed to estimate long-term temporal variation and geographic...
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by surging waters across Myanmar and Laos, with Thai farming communities along the Mekong River bracing themselves for difficult days ahead as authorities warn persistent heavy rains may bring flash floods. Each year monsoon rains bring extensive flooding across the region. Environmental campaigners say the damage is exacerbated by changing weather patterns and deforestation, as well as the string of dams across arterial rivers – like the Mekong –...
The agency has analyzed “disparate impacts” to ensure federal relief reaches disadvantaged communities. That concept might soon disappear.
Anna Turley backs up Andy Burnham’s suggestion that affluent areas should house more asylum seekers in future Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed. Sandra Laville has the story. On his visit to Stevenage, Andy Burnham also said he would visit the town on Remembrance Day to mark its 80th birthday. I’m going to come back to Stevenage on 11 November. We will pay our respects for Remembrance Day around that time, but I’ll be here because if I’m right, that will be 80 years to the day that the post-war Labour government created the first new town right here in Stevenage. Continue...
Hong Kong remained gripped by extreme heat on Wednesday with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in parts of the city, prompting labour representatives to urge authorities to introduce a district-level index to better protect outdoor workers. The Very Hot Weather Warning and the Amber Heat Stress at Work Warning have been in effect since Wednesday morning, with parts of northern Hong Kong including Yuen Long and Ta Kwu Ling already surpassing 35 degrees before noon,...
Met Office says this warning will likely cause ‘adverse’ health effects with travel and power generation also possibly affected The Guardian’s environment editor, Fiona Harvey , has written a useful explainer about the UK public services that are struggling in the extreme weather. You can read it in full here: There’s only one solution in the end to the drought now declared across most of England and that’s rain, says Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading. An important consequence of drought is that very dry soils can become less able to absorb rainfall when it does arrive. This can increase surface runoff and can even contribute to localised flash flooding, particularly if rain falls intensely over a short period. The current situation highlights the need...
[SNA] Khartoum, Aug. 10, 2026 (SUNA) - Dr. Anwar Ahmed Osman, a researcher in astronomy and space sciences, said in a statement to SUNA that people around the world, particularly residents of Arab countries, will be able to clearly observe heavy meteor showers in the Earth's atmosphere, known as the Perseids, beginning Tuesday evening and continuing for three days.
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 16, 28 August 2026.
The first two months of summer in western Europe have been the hottest on record, the European Union’s climate monitor said Monday, as the continent grapples with devastating wildfires and braces for yet another heatwave. The average temperature for June and July was 21.62 degrees Celsius (70.9 Fahrenheit), about 2.79 degrees above the average, and … The post Western Europe breaks temperature record in summer plagued by heatwaves and wildfires appeared first on Egypt Independent.
Jeremy Clarkson posted a screenshot of the weather forecast for Chipping Norton to Instagram on Sunday afternoon with the caption: 'Harvest already f*****. May as well just enjoy it now.'
Hong Kong has recorded the highest temperature since records began in 1884 on Sunday afternoon under the impact of Severe Typhoon Dolphin. According to the Hong Kong Observatory, the outer subsiding air associated with Dolphin brought generally fine and extremely hot weather to Guangdong province. By 1.30pm, the maximum temperature at the Observatory reached 36.8 degrees Celsius (98 Fahrenheit), the highest temperature on record since 1884. Meanwhile, Sheung Shui recorded 38.3 degrees, and Yuen...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.
Hong Kong’s weather forecaster recorded its highest temperature of the year at its headquarters as parts of the city exceeded 38 degrees Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) on Saturday. The Hong Kong Observatory said Severe Typhoon Dolphin’s outer subsiding airflow was driving extremely hot conditions across Guangdong and Hong Kong, with the heat expected to persist into early next week. “As of 4pm, the maximum temperature recorded at the Observatory was 34.7 degrees, the highest so far this year,” the...
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- At a time when Liberia is confronting mounting environmental pressures from illegal mining, deforestation, river pollution and growing threats to its marine ecosystem, a high-level engagement between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia and the United States Embassy has underscored a shift toward stronger international cooperation in environmental governance.
A man in central China has gone viral for a series of “second-hand brat recycling” videos that are splitting public opinion, with some praising them as vital educational tools and others warning that they cause childhood trauma. Yan Zhengjun, known by the nickname “Uncle A Jun,” hails from Henan province and has amassed 1.6 million followers on a popular platform. Since 2021, Yan has created hundreds of humorous videos centred around the theme of “recycling naughty kids.” In these videos, he...
Wisley in Surrey has recorded no rain for 50 consecutive days - with little rain on the horizon as Matt Taylor from BBC Weather explains.
Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict both a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. Researchers don't yet fully understand how it does this.
The ruling pauses California's effort to limit the recycling symbol to products that are actually recycled, setting up a new First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.
An agency is also preparing weather modification operations such as cloud seeding as an additional measure.
Global policy around climate and nature goals has evolved considerably over the last decade. Today, countries recognize that climate and biodiversity crises are profoundly interconnected, and that one cannot be solved without addressing the other. Elevating biodiversity and ecosystem collapse to the same geopolitical urgency as climate change is largely due to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). As the platform enters its second decade, and with the Convention on Biological Diversity Subsidiary Body on Implementation meeting in Nairobi this month to assess progress toward implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), focus will be on how countries integrate IPBES assessment findings into their national...
A new study finds that global warming made this summer's fire conditions more likely to occur — not Canadian forest management.
As NHS told to prepare for extreme weather, strain also felt in other areas including transport and farming NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper The NHS has been told it must become more resilient to increasingly frequent heatwaves supercharged by the climate crisis, as the UK government puts adaptation to extreme heat high on its agenda. But what other public services are already feeling the strain? Continue reading...
Operation Green Shield deployed more than 3,600 officers targeting illegal mining, logging, wildlife trafficking, fuel smuggling and land grabbing across the Amazon Basin.
As devastating wildfires continue to rage across Europe, millions of holidaymakers face an invisible threat in the form of hazardous air pollution.
Learn about the hidden microbial ecosystem that has been living within Antarctica's Blood Falls for over one million years.
South Korea recorded its highest temperature on Friday since modern weather observations began, as a prolonged heat wave pushed temperatures above 40 C for a third straight day in parts of the country.
Large parts of Germany were still in the grips of a heatwave on Tuesday, with high temperatures of up to 38C as well as severe storms scattered in the northeast and later in the southwest.
A Guardian investigation finds irrigation canals polluted with microplastics in Turkey, a major destination for UK waste • ‘Nobody cares’: Turkish farmers bear the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem High levels of microplastics and other plastic contamination have been discovered in a waterway close to a major recycling hub in Turkey supplied with plastic waste by British companies. The polluted waterway, which floods into agricultural fields after heavy rain, feeds into a larger canal used for irrigating crops on the Çukurova plain, in the city of Adana, in the south of the country. It is one of the largest and most fertile agricultural basins in Turkey. Continue reading...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 8, August 2026.
[Capital FM] For much of the past two years, debate around the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has centred on risks. Exporters worry about rising compliance costs. Cooperatives fear the burden of collecting geolocation data from thousands of smallholder farmers. Policymakers question whether the regulation shifts the cost of environmental protection onto producing countries.
Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day South Korea has registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, as authorities warned people to “immediately” stop all outdoor activities in affected areas. The south-eastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5C on Sunday afternoon, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said, the highest temperature reported since modern weather observation began in 1904. Continue reading...
The Environment Agency believes the fish were killed as a result of the heat and drain water.
Nationwide actions seek to counter view that talking about climate crisis distracts from affordability messaging This summer, torrential rains have washed away Texas neighborhoods, dangerous heat has blanketed swaths of the country, and smoke from Canadian wildfires has choked communities as far south as Florida. Research makes clear that global warming is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe. Yet the climate crisis has largely disappeared from the political agenda, with many Democrats who once described it as an existential threat now shying away from talking about it. Continue reading...
Lung cancer is increasingly affecting non-smokers and young people in India. Environmental pollution and occupational exposures are significant contributing factors to this trend. Indoor air pollution also plays a role, particularly for women spending more time at home. Genetic mutations are identified as another cause, possibly triggered by lifestyle factors. Early symptoms are often overlooked, leading to delayed diagnosis and advanced disease stages.
Researchers explain how El Niño and global warming are combining to create "the haves and the have-nots."
Heat waves and smoke-filled skies are contributing to low donor turnout.
Pre-programmed flights gather data at different altitudes then return to bases to recharge and download Weather happens in the boundary layer, the atmosphere from ground level to a few thousand metres, but this can be difficult to study in detail: weather stations are too low, and aircraft are expensive. Instrumented weather balloons are the traditional solution, and thousands are released every day. But these are at the mercy of the wind and use irreplaceable helium. Drones offer an alternative and the US company Meteomatics has taken the idea further with Meteobase , a base station on the ground with a drone that can be launched and recovered automatically. It carries out a pre-programmed flight, gathering data at different altitudes, then returns to recharge and download data which the...
France has recorded its first known 'fire cloud' as extreme wildfires sweep across Europe. Also called a pyrocumulonimbus, the towering storm forms when intense heat pushes smoke, air and moisture high into the atmosphere. It can generate powerful winds, lightning and fresh fires, allowing a wildfire to influence, and sometimes create, its own weather.
European Forest Fire Information Service figures show conditions in EU 43% more severe than for same period in last 20 years Fire weather in the EU has broken records for severity for this time of year, new data shows, as firefighters race to extinguish blazes across the Mediterranean. Inflamed by carbon pollution, the hot, dry and windy weather across the EU since the start of the year has been 43% more severe than the end-of-July average over the last two decades, data from the European Forest Fire Information Service (Effis) shows. Continue reading...
Authorities ordered school closures in Doda and Kishtwar districts due to inclement weather. The Amarnath pilgrimage continued solely on the Baltal route with many devotees. Vaishno Devi yatra also proceeded but only via the traditional Ardhkuwari track. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained open for all vehicular traffic. The IMD predicted continued rain and potential flash floods across the region.
The Pear Lake wildfire, estimated at 66,000 hectares, received some reprieve from the cooler, wetter weather. However, the weather is warming up again.
Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes The closure of the strait of Hormuz has created conditions for an extreme global biodiversity threat, with scientists warning that thousands of stranded ships could spread invasive marine species across the world’s oceans once they begin sailing again. More than 1,500 commercial vessels have been stuck in the Gulf since the strategic waterway closed on 28 February after the outbreak of the US-Israel war on Iran . An international team of marine biologists said that with the stranded ships remaining motionless, their hulls were becoming encrusted with marine life – from microbes and algae to barnacles and other invertebrates – that could hitchhike to ports around the world...
As Western Europe endured its worst-ever June heatwave in recorded history, the imperative for climate adaptation is now urgent as the continent accelerates beyond others to become the fastest-warming region in the world. In May temperatures began increasing to levels previously not experienced until mid-summer in July, and the impacts on human health and social […]
Indonesia faces a dilemma as it attempts a large-scale waste-management reform while also protecting the livelihoods of around 600,000 waste pickers.
Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use A coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast-track for approval for use in cooling datacenters, and would almost certainly pollute regions around the facilities. In formal comments submitted to the agency, the groups accuse Chemours of using bad science to downplay the chemical’s toxicity and climate risks. Approving Chemours’ application as it is would violate the law, the Earthjustice legal non-profit, a lead author of the comments, wrote. Continue reading...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink A graph has been making the rounds on social media showing the average number of days per weather station above 95F, 100F, and 105F across the contiguous US since 1895. It comes from CFACT analyst Chris Martz, drawing on raw data from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network daily dataset (GHCNd), and it shows the 1930s towering over everything since. The implication is that extreme heat in the US is nothing new, and that all the recent fuss about record temperatures is overblown. It is a compelling figure. The 1930s Dust Bowl really was an extraordinary period of extreme heat in the US, and no amount of correction for changes in measurement techniques over time makes it go away. But the graph is also a case study in why...
Southern and central states from California to Mississippi face heat indexes above 100F amid another heat dome At least 40 million people were under extreme heat warnings across central and southern parts of the United States on Sunday as high temperatures and severe humidity gripped large swaths of the country for a second straight day . Heat indexes well above 100F (38C) stretched from Minnesota down to Mississippi, extending west into southern California and Nevada. Parts of the south-west were expected to see highs of 120F (49C), according to the National Weather Service. Continue reading...
Guatemala's Maya Biosphere Reserve is showing that forests can be protected while supporting local livelihoods. Communities legally harvest a limited number of trees under strict rules, restore degraded land and grow new forests. Officials say these community-managed concessions have maintained near-zero deforestation while creating jobs, boosting incomes and increasing forest cover.
Following weeks of mainly dry weather, we can welcome some rain this weekend, but it is not going to be that much.
At least 90 active blazes in British Columbia in what PM says is one of the country’s most intense seasons on record How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse? Fresh wildfires have broken out in western Canada and forests continued to burn in Ontario as the country battled what the prime minister, Mark Carney, called one of the most intense wildfire seasons on record. Nearly 34,000 lightning strikes over the past week led to a series of fires and evacuation orders in southern British Columbia. There were 25 evacuation orders and 90 active wildfires in the province as of Friday morning, and authorities said warming and drying conditions could cause them to grow. Continue reading...
The whole planet is warming, but changes in weather patterns could help explain why the continent is suffering so many bouts of severe heat.
At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer
[The Conversation Africa] A long-standing idea in environmental research is that people are more likely to care about the environment, and do something to prevent environmental damage, once they earn enough to stop worrying about paying their bills. But what happens in rural communities with high levels of poverty, where money is scarce and environmental changes directly affect people's livelihoods?
Most owners would consider installing aircon as heatwaves lead buyers to focus on ability to stay cool, Rightmove says Searches for homes for sale in the UK with air conditioning have more than doubled this summer as heatwaves push staying cool up the list of priorities for homebuyers, alongside nearness to good schools and transport links. In the week of the UK’s fifth heatwave, in which temperatures in parts of England hit 38C , the property website Rightmove said the heat was influencing how Britons thought about their homes, with more people paying attention to how comfortable a property would be during hotter weather. Continue reading...
Hong Kong residents have borne the brunt of extreme weather this summer, with July rainfall exceeding the monthly norm by 23 per cent, followed by hot spells in August linked to Tropical Cyclone Dolphin’s influence. As of Thursday, the maximum temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory reached 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) or above for nine consecutive days, marking the longest streak of very hot days for the month of August. A green group warned in July that scorching days and hot...
The EPA's National Environmental Youth Advisory Council appears to have lapsed. California is now taking applications for its own council at the state level.
A plant aficionado in Nunavut recently came across a plant that's almost never seen in Canada's North. He says the plant's presence might be a sign of a warming Arctic.
As meteorologists tracked Typhoon Dolphin's path toward China in recent days, a new generation of artificial intelligence weather models worked alongside traditional forecasting systems, highlighting China's emergence as a leading player in the race to improve weather prediction. - REUTERS
Exclusive: England ‘desperately unprepared’ for effects of crisis including water shortages and heatwaves UK heatwave live – latest updates Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed. The officials make up 0.3% of staff within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Continue reading...
Learn how Titan’s thick atmosphere, methane seas, and icy crust could support future explorers beyond Mars.
[SNA] Khartoum, Aug. 10, 2026 (SUNA) - The Supreme Council for Environment and Urban and Rural Development in Khartoum State has made the licensing of industrial and service activities conditional upon obtaining environmental approvals.
Prairie dogs were once viewed as pests but are now recognized as ecological assets. Their burrowing and grazing improve soil and water infiltration significantly. These small mammals help prevent grasslands from turning into shrublands. Areas with prairie dogs also provide more forage for livestock and store more carbon. The loss of prairie dogs diminishes crucial ecosystem services for both nature and people.
Hong Kong labour authorities have pledged to review the city’s heat stress warning system, a day after the weather forecaster issued the lowest-level alert for outdoor workers despite record-breaking temperatures, prompting questions about the index’s effectiveness. The pledge on Monday followed calls from experts for the government to adopt an international measurement that gives greater weight to direct sunlight, and to increase the number of heat stress monitoring stations so that all...
Drought and wildfires intensify across continent, while tropical storms bring heavy rain and disruption to east Asia Europe live – latest updates High pressure has dominated central and eastern Europe in early August, breaking temperature records across the region. Austria recorded a high of 41.2C (106.2F), while Slovakia reached 42.2C. Hungary hit a peak of 41.8C, surpassing a record set in 1905, while overnight temperatures remained above 28C in some areas, marking it as a tropical night. The extreme temperatures have been driven by a heat dome beneath the high-pressure system, which traps warm air close to the surface. Continue reading...
Denmark's River Skjern is undergoing a restoration project aimed at reversing the environmental impact caused by historical drainage efforts. The river now floods more of its floodplain, but artificial channels hinder its natural dynamics. While some aquatic species are bouncing back, the diversity from its past remains largely absent. The limited recreation of key backwater habitats suggests that further proactive restoration measures may be necessary for a truly ecological revival.
Shanghai’s Houtan Park showcases the remarkable transformation of a contaminated industrial site into a thriving wetland that effectively purifies river water daily. The design cleverly integrates recycled materials, honoring local heritage while addressing waste reduction. Its ecological contributions include carbon sequestration and supporting wildlife recovery, setting a benchmark for urban flooding solutions and enriching communal spaces with nature.
Mars presents unique seasonal experiences with surface and air temperatures differing greatly. This phenomenon occurs because the planet's thin atmosphere cannot effectively distribute solar heat. Nasa's Perseverance rover has directly measured these sharp temperature contrasts near Jezero Crater. Such extreme variations pose significant challenges for rover and future human mission designs. Understanding these differences is crucial for engineering equipment to survive Martian conditions.
On the distant moon Titan, intense methane rainstorms transform the icy terrain, creating striking alluvial fans that showcase the areas most affected by these rare deluges. Scientists leverage data from the Cassini mission to create models of these phenomena, which happen less frequently than once every Titan year—a period nearly equivalent to 30 Earth years. Understanding Titan's unique weather patterns offers insights into extreme rainfall events here on our planet.
Slovakia reaches new high of 42C as authorities in Poland forced to shut down Kozienice and Połaniec power plants Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures Temperature records have been broken in several countries across central and eastern Europe as the extreme weather that has caused wildfires and droughts across the continent continues. Countries including Slovakia, Austria and Hungary registered record temperatures. On Thursday, the Slovakian hydrometeorological agency said a new high of 42C (108F) had been reached in Dolné Plachtince. Continue reading...
Team evacuated a patient from McMurdo Station after landing plane in total darkness and temperature of -43°C.
Unison says many emergency workers are expected to work in conditions 'harmful to their health' and wants NHS trusts to do more to protect members during increasingly hot summers.
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has launched an investigation into whether the chief of Mu Ko Similan National Park improperly allowed an adviser to the parliamentary committee vetting the 2027 budget bill to stay overnight on the Similan Islands despite a long-standing accommodation ban, after the adviser criticised park conditions during a budget debate.
Isachsen station was part of the weather observation program created by Canada and the U.S. during the Cold War. It operated for two decades and shut down in 1978 as weather reporting automated and the station became obsolete.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A pioneering California law meant to sharply limit use of the familiar “chasing arrows” recycling symbol has been blocked by a federal judge who said it probably violates the First Amendment. In a preliminary injunction issued last month, US District Judge William […]
Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn.
At this rate, we could breach the warming limit set by the Paris Agreement before 2030.
Extreme heat, smoke, floods, and storms are disrupting education across the country. The post 9 million U.S. students lost school time for weather in the 2024-2025 school year appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
For the first time since its discovery in 1920, Pluto is entering the outer solar system—a journey that’s slowly thinning out its atmosphere.
Global warming has significantly accelerated, with the past decade warming faster than any comparable period. Researchers removed natural climate fluctuations to reveal this underlying warming trend. Five major global temperature datasets confirm this acceleration with high statistical confidence. This observed increase suggests the world may approach key climate thresholds sooner. The long-term trend could cross the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C limit before this decade ends.
Illegal land grabbing, cattle ranching and expanding infrastructure continue to put heavy pressure on the Amazon.
The Environmental Protection Agency is using data more than two decades old to develop the first nationwide drinking water standard for a toxic chemical.
Unusual whale and seabird sightings in the Southern Ocean suggest changing ocean conditions. Marine heat waves are affecting waters around Australia and Antarctica. These warming events disrupt food webs and push marine life off course. Limited monitoring hinders understanding of these significant ecosystem shifts. Better long-term data is urgently needed to track these accelerating changes.
A remote research station in Antarctica has recorded Earth's lowest temperature in 14 years.
[UN News] As much of the world faces grapples with above normal temperatures and major rainfall changes, the UN Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday that El Niño, a powerful climate pattern shaping global weather, will intensify starting next month.
Tiny fossils reveal ocean acidification caused a major planktic foraminifera extinction. Massive volcanic eruptions released carbon dioxide, making ocean waters more acidic. This chemical shift hindered shell formation for these vital marine organisms. Researchers used calcium isotopes in shells to find this missing evidence. The findings offer insights into modern ocean acidification's potential impacts.
Icelandic coast guards and special forces seized a ship operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and detained its crew, officials in the Arctic island nation said Saturday.
While the Toyota Tundra has a reputation for reliability, some model years suffer from engine problems. Here are the ones you should steer clear of.
As much of the world faces grapples with above normal temperatures and major rainfall changes, the UN Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday that El Niño, a powerful climate pattern shaping global weather, will intensify starting next month.
A super typhoon named after Hong Kong’s Chinese white dolphins is set to bring very hot weather to the city in the latter part of next week, according to the Observatory. Kong Yu-chau, a senior scientific officer with the forecaster, said on Friday that Super Typhoon Dolphin, which is currently over the western North Pacific, was expected to move towards the waters south of Japan in the next few days. But he added that its subsequent trajectory remained uncertain. “We expect it will have a...
These species are now heading toward France and Spain after entering the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese satellite imagery analysis challenges US-Iran war claims Chinese scientists have used detailed satellite imagery analysis to examine damage to US military bases in the Middle East, uncovering discrepancies in both Washington...
Open access notables Observed Multi-Decadal Acceleration of Globally Averaged Abyssal Ocean Warming , Johnson, Geophysical Research Letters Given sparse historical data in the deep and abyssal ocean, previously only multi-decadal temperature trends have been estimated from observations there on a global scale. Full-depth CTD sampling started circa 1970, with the first decadal global ship-based survey occupied in the 1990s, and the first regional pilot array of Deep Argo floats started circa 2016. Here we fit second-order polynomial functions versus time to all available full-depth CTD profile temperature data in local spatial bins to estimate changes in the rates of these multi-decadal temperature trends. We find a statistically significant increase of the heating rate of...
Thirty years after wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, researchers say aspen trees are showing stronger signs of recovery. The findings add to growing evidence that restoring a top predator can reshape an entire ecosystem.
Recently, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations put out an alert, warning countries around the world about an impending new El Niño phase that is expected to significantly increase the likelihood of drought, heat waves, storms, and flooding and pose major risks to agriculture across multiple regions. But this is not surprising, […]
Lightning kills a New Jersey man as rescues, power outages and travel disruption hit region Bands of deadly, extreme weather including torrential rain and high winds sparked flash flooding and tornado warnings in several north eastern US states Tuesday night and into Wednesday, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people and playing havoc with travel. A 32-year-old man was killed on Tuesday afternoon in a lightning strike in Monroe township, New Jersey, authorities said. Continue reading...
5 Near-term Decisions Will Affect the Ocean for Years to Come wil.thomas@wri.org Tue, 07/28/2026 - 16:08 The last year has been a consequential one for ocean conservation, as well as a reminder of how much work remains to protect the world’s largest ecosystem. First, the good news: Ocean conservation now features more prominently in national and international policies than ever before. For one, the High Seas Treaty (also known as the “ BBNJ Agreement ”) entered into force at the beginning of 2026, transforming years of negotiations into an operational framework for protecting and sustainably managing nearly two-thirds of the ocean. For the first time, countries agreed to establish marine protected areas in international waters and strengthen environmental governance...
As well as pushing up temperatures, the building El Niño is expected to worsen drought and strain food production in some parts of the world.
From BBC drama The Rapture on the climate crisis to Apple’s Criminal Record on the rise of the far right, culture often sees what politics fails to In the BBC’s new apocalypse drama, The Rapture , the UK is engulfed in a terrifying heatwave. I watched a preview of the programme in May, while preparing to interview the lead actor Ruth Madeley. I thought at the time: “This will be much more frightening when it chimes with the real life weather, bad luck for them that it’s not coming out for a couple of months.” But, by the time of meeting Madeley the following month, we were already in the middle of a heatwave that would lead to the highest ever recorded June temperature in the UK. The whole encounter made the show feel even more prophetic. She was in a central London hotel, air-conditioned...
High pressure will bring dry, fine and increasingly warm weather for many this week.
Wind and record-breaking heat are fuelling the continent’s explosive fire season, with Spain and France among worst hit Explainer: what is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe? Europe wildfires live – latest updates A combination of an unusually wet winter, very low rainfall since spring and repeated record-breaking summer heatwaves is likely to explain why wildfires have ignited, spread and resisted control so readily across France and Spain in recent days . About 90% of wildfires are started by human activity, typically igniting “fine fuels” such as vegetation grass, pine needles, litter and twigs. And recent weather has almost certainly made ignition far easier. Drought in western Europe has turned this vegetation – which normally dries after only...
Fires displace people on massive scale and trigger one of the largest peacetime civilian evacuation operations ever carried out in France More than 250,000 people flee wildfires in France and Spain As my colleagues note in this story , scientists say climate breakdown is triggering more frequent and more extreme weather events, evaporating soils and waterways, fuelling wildfires and leading to thousands of excess deaths . Europe is heating at about twice the global average rate. Spain’s environment ministry has said that 32 major forest fires have been recorded so far this year, compared with seven over the same period in 2025. Continue reading...
On a sunny July afternoon along the shores of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island, the receding tide revealed an unassuming patch of greenery that scientists describe as the “ultimate underwater superheroes” for boosting marine biodiversity. Seagrass – an easily overlooked marine plant – can lock away climate-warming carbon 35 times faster than tropical rainforests. But levels of this vital vegetation in local waters have fallen by 60 per cent over the past two decades, while sightings of local green sea...
Orbital data centers can alter climate, degrade the ozone and create major health complications down below.
They're following the Trump administration's request to scrap federal approvals for stricter emissions mandates.