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The renowned and iconic vineyards along California’s Central Coast may be the next target of the effects of global warming and wildfire hazards, a new study has shown. Researchers found…

Mack, E. A. & Wrase, S. A burgeoning crisis? A nationwide assessment of the geography of water affordability in the United States. PLoS ONE 12, e0169488 (2017). Article  Google Scholar …

Credit: Pexels The oceans just crossed a line scientists had expected from scientific models, but still dreaded seeing happen. On June 21, 2026, global sea surface temperatures outside the polar…

July 8, 2026 PHNOM PENH – The Ministry of Environment has launched a new national policy framework that will serve as the country’s guiding roadmap for environmental diplomacy over the…

Carbon accounting shapes how climate responsibility is allocated, and expanding existing frameworks could provide a stronger basis for effective and equitable climate action. Greenhouse gas emissions can be accounted for…

Newswise — Scientists have long recognised the Arctic as a final sink for many persistent pollutants, but the precise ways in which microplastics influence the region’s fragile climate balance have…

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Dr Roxy Mathew Koll, one of India’s leading climate scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, discussed the severe weather events impacting…

Welcome to Cited, your essential guide to new climate research. ‘HEAT ALERT’: At least 25 people died as a “heat dome” smothered the eastern half of the US, reported the…

By Anna Barnes  In Michigan, sugar maple populations are rising and eastern redbud trees are making their way north, while coniferous trees, like the black spruce, continue to decline.  Conservationists suspect a multitude…

People jump in the Trocadero Fountain near the Eiffel Tower during a heatwave in Paris on June 22, 2026. The latest bout of exceptionally high temperatures to hit Europe has…

You may have heard that some pests and diseases are moving north. Wonder why? One of the least discussed impacts of global warming and related trends is how they affect…

6 July 2026 Bonnie Waycott Expanding wakame south: A subtropical seaweed aquaculture cultivation breakthrough has been reached in China

Europe is in the middle of something that no longer feels exceptional. Temperature records have broken across the continent, hitting 40°C and above in Germany, France, Hungary and Spain –…

July 6, 2026, 10:23 a.m. PT Up to 100% chance marine heat wave persists off California through 2026, with El Niño expected to reinforce warming. Ocean heat threatens fisheries, kelp…

imagee: ©WANAN YOSSINGKUM | iStock The Climate Adaptation Law in Germany calls on the federal states to actively support counties and municipalities in developing and implementing climate adaptation strategies Climate…

Researchers from the University of Arizona found that climate change is causing more species to go extinct in temperate regions than tropical ones. Temperate regions are now warming faster. Researchers…

[Annie Cabeckstany, longtime member of XRPDX, delivered this speech at a Palestine Solidarity/Abolish ICE rally in downtown Portland on July 4, 2026.] There is so much evil and trauma around…

Last week it was Europe’s turn, with a slow-moving “heat dome” that gave almost everybody from the United Kingdom to Poland three consecutive days of record-breaking temperatures. In Germany it…

European cities are having to face the dilemma of conserving their heritage and adapting to the effects of a warming climate. This week was London Climate Action Week, an international…

Many countries across Europe have experienced the hottest June on record, as heatwaves sweep the region. Countries in Northern Europe that are not used to weeks of 30°C-plus heat are…

Swedish activists said Friday a government agency had given them permission to sue the state for infringing their human rights by failing to tackle climate change. Activist groups around the…

In 2020, when I moved to Paris from London to start a PhD at the Sorbonne, I had not heard of the word “canicule”. My French was rudimentary. Besides, during…

Climate change discussions usually focus on what is happening above the water: rising temperatures, heatwaves, melting glaciers, sea-level rise. But roughly a quarter to a third of all the carbon…

United States politicians, even Democratic ones, no longer mention climate change, according to a recent report by Grist. Evidently, after their 2024 election losses Democrats concluded that global warming isn’t…

Temperature across the globe is rising, and Europe, too, is now bearing the brunt of global warming. Recent years have seen some of the highest numbers of warm days globally….

The differing opinions in recent letters to the Review-Journal from Al Marquis and Mike Edens deserve further consideration. Both gentlemen recognize the seriousness of the lingering 25-year drought facing the…

  #19,233 While most of our infectious disease discussions center around viruses and bacteria, from time to time we delve into fungi (see CDC: Candida auris Update & Fungal Awareness Week…

Spain and France are bracing for a severe heatwave in the coming days, prompting urgent warnings regarding the dangers of direct sunlight exposure, particularly for vulnerable groups at risk of…

Sydney has officially experienced its hottest June since records began, after a winter month of spring-like warmth. While early weather data suggested the month was merely among the warmest, the…