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Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:
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Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn
The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.
Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source:USGS Touts Potential Oil and Gas Resources Beneath Public Lands in Updated Survey
The United States Geological Survey released a report on Wednesday showing vast quantities of undiscovered oil and gas resources beneath public lands. The analysis comes as Republicans in Congress try to sell up to 3.2 million acres for development. According to the agency, there could be 29.4 billion barrels of oil, 391.6 trillion cubic feet […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers
BESSEMER, Ala.—When a representative for a hotly contested development began to speak inside City Hall here Tuesday evening, the lights went out. A packed room of zoning commissioners and upset residents groaned, already on edge from the issue at hand: consideration of a proposal to construct a massive data center in a rural Birmingham suburb. […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising
Human-caused greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2024 continued to drive global warming to record levels.... The post Guest post: Why 2024’s global temperatures were unprecedented, but not surprising appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:At UN Ocean Conference, Nations and Funders Seek to Create and Expand Large-Scale Marine Protected Areas
NICE, France—Resolute about their efforts to protect 30 percent of the Earth’s global ocean by 2030, world leaders agreed to sweeping but nonbinding commitments at last week’s United Nations Ocean Conference to designate vast stretches of their territorial waters as marine protected areas. These areas would cover hundreds to millions of square ocean miles and […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:A National Quest for Uranium Comes to Remote Western Alaska, Raising Fears in a Nearby Village
This story was published in partnership with Northern Journal and is the second in a two-story series. ELIM, Alaska—Daylight was waning as Beverly Nakarak opened the throttle of her snowmachine and sped across a flat, white expanse dotted with stunted spruce trees. Her destination: the mouth of the Tubutulik River, a favorite ice-fishing spot about […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Cropped 18 June 2025: High Seas Treaty ratifications; Ocean warming woes; Brazilian deforestation ‘surges’
We handpick and explain the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food... The post Cropped 18 June 2025: High Seas Treaty ratifications; Ocean warming woes; Brazilian deforestation ‘surges’ appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Staple crops yields face ‘substantial losses’ in warming world – even with adaptation
Average global yields of six staple crops could fall by more than 11% under a... The post Staple crops yields face ‘substantial losses’ in warming world – even with adaptation appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?
Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies - our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel The post Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off
Synthetic jet fuel companies think they have the answer to tackling aviation emissions despite concerns about the cost of producing energy-hungry e-SAF The post Air travel’s ‘holy grail’: Jet fuel made from CO2 and water prepares for take-off appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land
Discovery of illegal palm crops comes as Grupo BBF grapples with financial problems sparked by warnings over its human rights record The post Brazilian firm behind SAF plan found growing oil palm on deforested Amazon land appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Workers and grassroots groups push Just Transition agenda at Bonn climate talks
Social movements want justice placed at the heart of national climate planning, and a new global mechanism to support worker and community-led transitions The post Workers and grassroots groups push Just Transition agenda at Bonn climate talks appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Sharks and oysters set to thrive in warmer UK waters
Climate change will benefit basking sharks in the UK but creatures like the longest living animal may struggle.
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Air Pollution Is ‘Keeping Kids Out of School’ in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County, Study Shows
In 2020, Dr. Deborah Gentile helped lead a study that showed children living near major sources of industrial pollution in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County were diagnosed with asthma at triple the national rate—and quadruple for African American children. Among the students with asthma in the study, 59 percent suffered from uncontrolled symptoms. Now Gentile, a pediatric […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms
A father died last summer. His son sat on the porch with a baseball glove waiting for a game he never got to play. The man didn’t die in a fire or a fall from a scaffold. He collapsed under the sun on a job site with no shade, no breaks and no water. “This […]
Published on: June 18, 2025 | Source:Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States
For the first time since the United Nations started its annual climate talks in 1995, the United States is not sending an official government delegation to one of the biannual global negotiation sessions. In Bonn, Germany, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently holding the annual intersessional round of talks involving various […]
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Climate Change Makes Protests Harder—Including Climate Change Protests
Last Saturday, Laurie Marshall joined hundreds of people in El Paso, Texas, for the city’s “No Kings Day” protests, part of a nationwide series of actions in opposition of what organizers say is authoritarian behavior by the Trump administration. As protesters flooded the streets, temperatures climbed past 100 degrees Fahrenheit. After four years living in […]
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency
A bitter row over the agenda ended with a compromise on adding finance and trade measures, while COP30 host Brazil sold off oil blocks to fossil fuel giants The post Bonn Bulletin: Slow start to climate talks fails to reflect urgency appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Mining, Speculators Power a Hunt for Alaska’s Minerals
This story was published in partnership with Northern Journal and is the first in a two-story series. VANCOUVER, British Columbia—On a January evening, dozens of people crammed into a banquet space at the glitzy Pan Pacific Hotel overlooking Vancouver’s waterfront. Buttoned-up corporate executives mingled with government officials by a wood-paneled bar. Old-school geologists and mineral […]
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like?
As climate negotiations get underway in Bonn, an initiative set up to work on a pact against fossil fuels is discussing its structure and ways to promote the phase-out of coal, oil and gas The post What could a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty look like? appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:England needs more hosepipe bans and smart water meters - watchdog
The Environment Agency warns England needs a 'continued and sustained effort' to cut water demand.
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:The World’s Banks are Still Betting on Fossil Fuel Industry Growth
The world’s biggest banks continue to bankroll the expansion of the fossil fuel industry and have largely retreated from their climate commitments, even as the world heads toward breaching thresholds for a livable planet. A new report from a coalition of environmental and banking advocacy groups, published Tuesday, finds that the world’s 65 biggest banks […]
Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source:Bonn Bulletin: Climate talks delayed by agenda fight
Start of mid-year negotiations held up by push to add finance for developing countries and trade measures as formal discussion items The post Bonn Bulletin: Climate talks delayed by agenda fight appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:The Darter Fish and the Data Center
BESSEMER, Ala.—A newly identified species of fish in central Alabama is already endangered due to human development, experts say. Now, plans to build a massive hyperscale data center could turn an already dire situation into an extinction event. “This would nuke this creek,” Yale University biologist Thomas Near said of the data center project and […]
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Analysis: Reform-led councils threaten 6GW of solar and battery schemes across England
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy... The post Analysis: Reform-led councils threaten 6GW of solar and battery schemes across England appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish will be sent to England, experts say
Up to 100 trucks a day could take Scotland's waste to England once a landfill ban comes in at the end of the year.
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:Two Suns, One City: Karachi’s Dueling Realities in a Warming World
KARACHI, Pakistan—Inside a sprawling estate in Karachi’s elite Defense neighborhood, air conditioning hummed in a low-frequency buzz. Sherry Rehman, Pakistan’s former federal minister for climate change, walked into a chilled study room and clutched her shawl tighter around her. “Turn this down,” she told an aide. “It’s freezing in here.” A Karachiite born and bred […]
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:As Data Centers Proliferate Across Illinois, Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water
Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming. One small Chicago suburb alone has approved one large complex and has proposals for two more. Once they’re online, data centers require a lot of electricity, which is helping drive rates up around the country and grabbing headlines. What gets less attention […]
Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source:'Forever chemical' found in all but one of tested UK rivers
The long-term impact of the chemical on human health is still unclear and being researched.
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:The Wrestler vs. the Utility
SAN DIEGO—On a walk near his house, with views of the ocean, Mark Ellis speaks with urgency about how the utility business—the industry that long employed him—is harming the public with unsustainable rate increases. He keeps coming back to the same point: The complexity of utility regulation is obscuring a transfer of wealth from the […]
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Saved From the Saw: Conservation Deal Spares 8,000 Acres of Sensitive Land in Alabama From Becoming a Wood Pellet Mill
Long before he was writing bestselling books that defined the understanding of biodiversity, Edward O. Wilson was a boy in Mobile, Ala., exploring the bayous and backwaters of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and marveling at its wildlife. Now, conservation groups are dedicating nearly 8,000 acres of that Delta, one of the most biodiverse places in North […]
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:EPA Grants Were Set to Address Health Risks on the Hopi and Navajo Reservations, Until the Trump Administration Cut Them
TUBA CITY, Ariz.—When Carol Parrish built her first fire using her new wood-burning stove, tears streamed down her face. “My prayers have been answered,” she remembers thinking. For years, Parrish’s home had been in a state of disrepair. Her previous stove, the only way she had to warm her home during the winter, was cracked […]
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:Race to mine metals for EV batteries threatens marine paradise
Photographs appear to show how nickel mining damaged one the world's most diverse marine environments
Published on: June 15, 2025 | Source:New York City Has a Trash Problem. A Packaging Reduction Bill Could Help
New York City knows it has a waste management problem. The average city household generated 1,899 pounds of trash in 2023. Only around 17 percent of the city’s curbside waste is recycled, despite efforts to change, such as the city’s 2020 plastic bag ban. Much of the city’s solid garbage and waste, if it is […]
Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: