Climate

May 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m. ET Greenland’s Ice Sheet is shrinking, and the difference is visible from space. Its rapid melting could lead to “catastrophic consequences” for the entire world,…

Emissions from urban areas account for about a tenth of the global methane budget, according to a new analysis of satellite data published in the Proceedings of the National Academy…

Al Gore’s climate documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” arrived in theaters 20 years ago, in May 2006. The film had a profound effect on the public’s awareness and understanding of climate…

As governments seek to limit air pollution, a new climate paradox has raised its head. Cleaner air means that clouds reflect less incoming solar radiation and the global temperature is…

New Orleans is facing one of the highest rates of sea-level rise in the world, with the city at risk of being surrounded by the sea within decades, making immediate…

Published on 08/05/2026 – 4:01 GMT+2 This April was one of the hottest on record for both the land and the seas. With the world’s oceans heating up again, scientists…

Environment / May 7, 2026 Like climate change in general, drought acts as a “threat multiplier,” and making the drought-climate connection helps audience grasp its wide-ranging impacts. Ad Policy A……

WASHINGTON — Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing, but the crucial and oft-overlooked world of plants is going to be…

Deforestation of 22-28% of the Amazon Rainforest, coupled with 1.5-1.9°C of global warming, could trigger a widespread shift of the Amazon Rainforest to degraded forest and savanna grassland ecosystems,…

The Amazon, often called the “lungs of the world,” is edging dangerously close to a point of no return. New research warns that if deforestation continues, large swathes of the…

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record by far, with 2025 almost tied with 2023 for second place. With that energy came extreme weather, from flash…

When Stalin wanted to get rid of someone, he didn’t just have them executed with a shot to the back of the head. He attempted to remove the offending person…

Urgent, decisive action is needed on how communities will pay for the costs of adapting to climate change, a major new report says. Climate-driven severe weather events were already causing…

We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s fortnightly…

A new long-term analysis of ocean data suggests that deep, warm waters in the Southern Ocean are shifting closer to Antarctica, a change that could quietly undermine the stability of…

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Pacific Ocean is a giant climate cauldron, with a…

Newswise — Ancient lake sediments on Kangaroo Island show that during a period when humans did not inhabit the island, since about 5,000 years ago, a drying climate and lack…

Microplastics in the atmosphere are heating the planet, magnifying climate change impacts, according to new research. Scientists in China and the US found that tiny, colored plastic particles absorb sunlight…

Within the next 80 years, some of the world’s most iconic vacation destinations may be swallowed by rising seas – and disappear completely from the map. By 2100, climate change…

The Trump EPA recently made the deeply damaging decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding — the foundational scientific determination that climate change harms public health and welfare. To justify that decision, it relied on new and deeply flawed analysis that the American public never got a fair chance to examine.   Environmental Defense Fund led a…

For generations, the mild and temperate climate of north-western Europe has been credited to one legendary force: the Gulf Stream. This idea is so deeply entrenched in our cultural identity…

After greeting his audience backed by the sound of birds chirping, Utah Sen. John Curtis described his journey toward realizing the influence humans have on the climate, before engaging in…

TOKYO – Fuminori Arita once farmed “iyokan,” a Japanese citrus variety, but about 10 years ago he switched to growing avocados, reveling in the challenge of producing crops of what…

A recent Lancet Countdown report uses data to show how heat is increasingly affecting Europe, especially its healthcare system. Causes of death intensified by heat are rising sharply. Enzo Campetella…

El Niño happens when surface waters in the equatorial Pacific stay about 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than average for at least three months. Its opposite, La Niña, occurs when those…

In the last few years, scientists have tracked a noticeable uptick in Earth’s average temperature. As experts investigate why warming is accelerating, a new study suggests that changes in ship…

Dealing with emissions could help alleviate effects of Iran crisis on global energy supply, says report. Published On 4 May 20264 May 2026 Tackling methane emissions in the fossil fuel…

Microplastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives, infiltrating the soil, water, and even our bodies. They’re in the air too, and a new study suggests they’re contributing to…

An EU framework for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential (GWP) of new buildings has been published today, aimed at ensuring EU countries use comparable methodologies for this calculation. However,…