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Humans Are Wiping Out Water Bodies That Life Depends On, New Report Says
A landmark report for the global agreement on wetlands paints a dire picture of the state of the world’s water bodies that underpin all life on Earth. The report, released Tuesday by the secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands, says that since 1970 more than one-fifth of wetlands have been lost, meaning they have shrunk […]
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:
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Drought declared in Midlands after hot, dry weather takes its toll
The East and West Midlands join the North West and Yorkshire in an official state of drought.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Illinois Communities Grapple With ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Their Drinking Water
The warnings came in the mail this spring to 47 community water systems serving more than 400,000 Illinois residents: Elevated levels of harmful PFAS, better known as “forever chemicals,” had been found in their drinking water. The notice, mailed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in April, was triggered by a tighter federal PFAS standard […]
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists
It opens up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between plants and animals.
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:The fate of the Sycamore Gap tree has shed light on a deeper concern
The felling has prompted calls for stricter legal protections for other trees and drawn attention to wider issues
Published on: July 15, 2025 | Source:Bessemer, Alabama, Could Face Legal Action Over Environmental Impacts From a ‘Hyperscale’ Data Center
BESSEMER, Ala.—Do not move forward without more information. That’s the advice representatives of the Center for Biological Diversity have provided to Bessemer City Council members ahead of a Tuesday vote to green light a $14.5 billion data center project that could cause significant environmental harm. In a letter sent to the council members on Monday, […]
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:New Research Shows More Extreme Global Warming Impacts Looming for the Northeast
A pair of new climate studies suggest an intensification of strong storms called nor’easters and other disruptive extremes affecting the East Coast of North America on an overheated planet. Nor’easters generally form within about 100 miles of the East Coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts, often when cooler air from Canada meets warm, moist air […]
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging
Delaying the aging process is a huge business, with anti-aging creams and brain health supplements claiming to slow physical and mental aging contributing to a multibillion dollar industry and researchers examining how video games can slow cognitive decline. But identifying external stressors that speed the aging process is just as important as finding ways to […]
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:To help people prepare for extreme heat, we must communicate better
As a new report shows a dramatic increase in the hottest days in the UK, closing gaps in public understanding of the risks and how to stay safe is urgent The post To help people prepare for extreme heat, we must communicate better appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Chicago Was Supposed to Warn Residents About Toxic Lead Pipes. It’s Barely Started
This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News and WBEZ. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Beatriz Salazar was sifting through her usual pile of mail this spring when an envelope from the city of Chicago caught her […]
Published on: July 14, 2025 | Source:Observatory marks 230 years of recording weather
The building holds the longest sequence of continuous weather data anywhere in the UK and Ireland.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Extreme weather is the UK's new normal, says Met Office
The UK has a notably different climate compared with just a few decades ago, the Met Office says.
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks
BALTIMORE—Gravel crunched underfoot as Brad Rogers and Andrew Forbes stepped onto a narrow strip carved along a portion of the Patapsco River shoreline that’s slated to be a 9-acre tidal wetland. At the site, just south of the Hanover Street Bridge, crews had been at work since last September, constructing a gravel sill that would […]
Published on: July 13, 2025 | Source:Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations
Groups submitting comments on the latest stage of the Line 5 oil pipeline project in Michigan argue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has failed to complete adequate analyses of climate change impacts and greenhouse gas emissions. On May 30, the Corps’ Detroit district released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Enbridge Energy […]
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:As Deadly Floods Hit America, a Meteorologist Looks Ahead
From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill with meteorologist Sean Sublette. In recent days, multiple catastrophic flooding events have hit rural communities in the U.S. Heavy rain in New Mexico triggered historic flooding in the mountain town of Ruidoso. Parts of central North Carolina also […]
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:Water Utility Says It Can’t Meet Demand for Alabama Data Center Without ‘Significant Upgrades’
BESSEMER, Ala.—Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the United States: water. Public documents obtained by Inside Climate News reveal that the Warrior River Water Authority, the utility that serves the area where the […]
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces
Texas’ independent electric grid has transformed in recent years with the significant addition of wind, solar and battery storage facilities, and faces new risks as large load users like data centers request to be connected. These changes, plus increasing threats from extreme weather events and security issues, are among those risks for the reliability of […]
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:California Congressman Vows to Challenge Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’
A week after the Republican-led House sent its $4 trillion budget bill to President Donald Trump, California Rep. Mark DeSaulnier vowed to fight the most harmful provisions of what he and other Democrats are calling the Big Ugly Bill. One of 22 California members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, DeSaulnier held a virtual town hall […]
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial
In the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding in Texas last week, government officials from President Donald Trump to the governor of Texas to county representatives have sought to deflect blame and shift public focus away from questions of responsibility. The White House press secretary called the flooding “an act of God”: “It’s not the administration’s […]
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Mystery interstellar object could be oldest known comet
Scientists have been racing to discover the origins of 3I/Atlas since it was spotted last week.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Limit Carbon Sequestration Near a Major Aquifer
A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in particular, for projects located near an aquifer that is the sole source of drinking water in some communities. If Gov. JB Pritzker signs the law, hundreds of thousands of residents in central Illinois who rely on the Mahomet […]
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Brazil’s Last Asbestos Miners Are Switching To Rare Earth Minerals. Can They Offer a Brighter Future?
This report is a partnership between Agência Pública and the Guardian. Read it in Portuguese here. Minaçu, a small city in inlandBraziland home to the only asbestos mine in the Americas, is set to become the first operation outside Asia to produce four rare earths on a commercial scale—a group of minerals key to the […]
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Rich nations accused of delaying loss and damage fund with slow payments
Wealthy countries have handed over less than half of what they promised to the loss and damage fund for victims of climate change The post Rich nations accused of delaying loss and damage fund with slow payments appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas
Long-term drought persists in Texas despite catastrophic flooding that hit parts of the state last week. The torrential rainfall, which killed at least 120 people, alleviated the dry spell in some areas and boosted dwindling reservoir levels, but it didn’t wash away a broader water supply problem. “Despite the heavy precipitation there’s still that long […]
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change
At least 120 people have died after a devastating flash flood swept through homes and... The post Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:China Briefing 10 July 2025: New sector targets; Overcapacity dressing-down; Adaptation scorecard
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 10 July 2025: New sector targets; Overcapacity dressing-down; Adaptation scorecard appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats
Islanders can become more resilient to rising seas and extreme weather by protecting marine habitats and adapting farming methods The post Pacific islands push back against growing climate threats appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin
Nuclear power was one of the few zero-emissions electricity sources whose federal tax incentives remained mostly intact last week following President Donald Trump’s signing of a massive budget bill. Considering that the bill guts incentives for wind and solar, nuclear may become a more enticing option for power companies, grid managers and state governments. But […]
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Donors were supposed to step up, not step back on climate finance
Governments are diverting funds from hard-hit communities, slashing aid and boosting military spending The post Donors were supposed to step up, not step back on climate finance appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
“We were getting basil leaves the size of your palm,” University of Arizona researcher Greg Barron-Gafford said, describing some of the benefits he and his team have seen farming under solar panels in the Tucson desert. For 12 years, Barron-Gafford has been investigating agrivoltaics, the integration of solar arrays into working farmland. This practice involves […]
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Can Shoreline Restoration Rein in Rising Flood Insurance Prices?
This article was originally published bySouthern Science. Some have called Alabama’s Dauphin Island the “Unluckiest Island in America” because it has repeatedly been hit by major hurricanes and storms. But it’s also a place where the residents have tremendous resilience and community strength, Terry Sheffield said, to rebuild after those storms. “It’s amazing how well […]
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters
After fatal weather-related disasters battered three states over the past week, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the country’s top weather research agency told lawmakers Wednesday that he supports the administration’s calls to slash its budget—and he failed to directly acknowledge the impact of climate change on extreme weather. The Trump administration tapped Neil Jacobs, […]
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say
No place on Earth is safe from plastic pollution. Plastic garbage and tiny shards of these long-lived petroleum-based polymers taint the highest Himalayan mountains, deepest ocean trenches, outermost Antarctic field stations and hidden recesses of the human body. To manage the rapidly accelerating plastic crisis, 175 countries adopted a United Nations resolution in 2022 to […]
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning?
Last week, hundreds of scientists, policymakers and journalists flocked to the University of Exeter to... The post Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning? appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source:AI Can Help Limit the Spread of Misinformation During Natural Disaster, Study Finds
By the third day after the levees broke in August 2005, misinformation in New Orleans about lawlessness and looting was rampant. It became so pervasive that many recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina’s landfall were halted or delayed. In 2018, a wave of wildfires in California sparked its own misinformation surge. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene […]
Published on: July 09, 2025 | Source: