Climate

When Rebecca Lindsey was fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last February, the first thing she did was stew. Then she worried about what was going to…

France is not prepared for the pace and scale of climate change, the country’s climate watchdog warned in a report that calls for a significant acceleration of both emissions reduction…

This report is based on findings from a nationally representative survey – Climate Change in the American Mind – conducted jointly by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the…

The Trump administration has tapped a climate science critic — who describes himself as a “professor in exile” — to lead the nation’s climate change office, according to a new…

3 min read The Paris Climate Accords in 2015 set an ambitious (and necessary) goal of keeping global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temps. But a study says…

Climate change will be at the center of a community conversation in Peekskill. On July 12, city residents will have the opportunity to attend The Real Crisis of Climate Change,…

Western Europe experienced its warmest June on record last month, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), following an extreme heatwave that broke temperature records,…

Cracked and parched farmland reflects worsening dry conditions amid an El Niño alert raised by the weather bureau. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR Climate experts warned that a strong El Niño…

The New Zealand government has proposed legislation to limit the ability of individuals to sue companies for the impacts of climate change. Similar proposals in the U.S. may be the…

A new mathematical model suggests that social norms may be just as important as economics in determining how the world responds to climate change. The research shows that efforts to…

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…