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Climate change is pushing many mountain tree species toward cooler elevations, but a new study suggests the story is far more complicated than a simple uphill migration. While some trees…

As leaders gather for Climate Week NYC, progress on methane, groundwater and wildfire preparedness shows how international cooperation can strengthen — rather than replace — local action.  By Angela Churie…

Vehicles drive around an abandoned car on a road in Sakura, Chiba prefecture on August 14, 2026. Agence France-Presse TOKYO — Japan’s meteorological agency said Wednesday it plans to start…

A new and concerning report published by the UN climate agency presents a worrying forecast. According to the report, over the next five years, the Earth is expected to repeatedly…

Hundreds of pastoralists are in Mongolia for the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification, or UNCCD, from Aug. 17 to 28, 2026. They want stronger protections for Indigenous pastoral traditions,…

The world’s oceans simmered to their hottest temperatures on record over the weekend and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in…

There’s an old joke. A traveler stops and asks a local old timer for directions. The local scratches his chin, thinks a while, and says: “Well, I wouldn’t start from…

Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images The number of data centers is rapidly increasing across the United States as investment in artificial intelligence grows. Although data centers can generate economic benefits,…

More than 80 million people are under an Extreme Heat Warning or Heat Advisory through this week, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters at the service’s Weather Prediction Center…

NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical grid…

Link: Climate Opinion MapsLink: Climate Opinion Factsheets The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts nationwide surveys twice a year, tracking Americans’ views on climate change since 2008. The data…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Just as scientists predicted, this year’s “super” El Niño, a natural global weather…

Droughts hitting major wheat-growing regions at the same time are increasingly shaping global prices and raising new concerns for food security. A drought in one wheat field barely moves the…

An iceberg melts in the Southern Ocean. Credit: Michael Miller Melting permafrost 304 million years ago may have released vast amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. A warming episode 304…

Global warming is supposed to have one obvious effect on frozen ground: it melts.And this is what is happening across most of the world’s cold regions, from the Arctic to…

A potentially historic El Niño is gathering strength and likely to peak between Nov. 2026-Jan. 2027. Latest projections suggest the event could become the strongest ever measured. Countries around…

What triggers the chain reaction? Scientists explain that while volcanic ash settles relatively quickly, the key factor driving long-term climate impact is the release of sulfur into the upper atmosphere….

The fossil record preserves this same fragmented leaf litter. Comparing the shapes of thousands of epidermal cells with the leaf area index we measured revealed a remarkably strong relationship: The…

Scientists have long established that the current rise in global temperatures is caused by human activity. But showing how that warming appears across different parts of the world has been…

Washington – China is mulling a bid to host U.N. climate talks in 2028, two sources familiar with the matter said Friday, as it seeks to burnish its reputation as…

As Arctic ice recedes, a sea passage that was long barely usable is drawing interest from shipping companies as a quicker connection between Asia and Europe. Environmental advocates see that…

Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the Oceans & Head of Earth System Analysis at the Potsdam Institute Stefan Rahmstorf is Professor of Physics of the Oceans & Head of…

The study accounted for the effects of ageing on the body’s ability to tolerate heat, revealing a higher level of heatwave risk for older people worldwide. The findings come as…

Global warming has shifted into a faster gear, and scientists now have the data to prove it. A landmark study published in Geophysical Research Letters in August 2026 has delivered…

By Sasha Abramsky This article was originally published by Truthout Scientists are preserving vital climate-related information amid the Trump administration’s attacks on climate science. Since June 23, a group of…

Reform UK-led Barnsley Council has announced its intention to withdraw its climate emergency declaration. The party said a review of all climate and net-zero activity was under way, saying programmes…

South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate…

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GDANSK: Global warming is expanding the geographical spread of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and chikungunya, with warmer temperatures and milder winters helping disease-carrying ticks and mosquitoes move into new regions, the……