Deep-Sea Species Struggle to Recover After Deepwater Horizon Spill
Scientists monitoring the deep ocean near the disaster site found that animal populations declined by as much as 80 percent, with little evidence of recovery.By...
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Melting Ron DeSantis statue unveiled to call out his inaction on climate crisis
Florida governor has consistently opposed any legislation to curb planet-heating emissions, calling it a ‘radical climate agenda’A life-sized statue of Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor,...
Giant Canyon on Mars Is Still Tectonically Active Today
Scientists at Columbia University and Imperial College London have found that the largest canyon system in the solar system is still active and shaping Mars...
Alaska's monster tsunami sent water 1,580 feet up a mountain
A massive landslide in Alaska triggered the second-highest tsunami ever recorded, sending water and debris 1,580 feet up a mountainside just hours after tourists visited...
El Niño Brings Exotic Sea Life to the California Coast
A powerful El Niño is delivering unusually warm waters to the California coast, and with them, an array of tropical sea creatures rarely seen there.Read...
Something strange is happening beneath a volcano near 2 million people
Scientists have discovered evidence of two hidden magma sources beneath Nicaragua’s Masaya volcano, where satellite observations revealed mysterious ground movements suggesting magma is shifting deep...
IPCC scientists vow to press on with climate reports despite political deadlock
Scientists have vowed to keep working on the next flagship set of reports for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), after a political row...
Communication Officer in the IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit
Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of Communication Officer in the Technical Support Unit The position is...
US disaster survivors still await at least $10bn in federal aid: 'It's devastating'
The last long-term federal recovery funds allocated for a major disaster were for Hurricane Milton, which hit in late 2024Survivors of extreme weather disasters across...
'Pitchfork Populism' Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio's U.S. Senate Race
The issue, which barely registered with candidates last year, looms large in a race that could determine control of Congress.By Dan GearinoSUNBURY, Ohio—A proposal for...
The world is crumbling in 'The History of Concrete'
It’s the second-most used material on Earth, it’s an environmental disaster, and it’s falling apart all around us. Meet concrete, the subject of a new...
Statement by the IPCC Chair Jim Skea on suspension of the 65th Plenary Session of the IPCC
Last Friday evening (16 October), I suspended the 65th Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Addis Ababa. This means that...
Protecting nature is a public duty, not a Wall Street profit opportunity
An Lambrechts is a biodiversity politics expert at Greenpeace International with extensive experience in biodiversity-related multilateral negotiations. She is the head of the Greenpeace delegation...
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals
Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the worldResidents of...
Declining Surface Solar Radiation Resources in Polar Regions Under Global Warming
Abstract Surface solar radiation is a key component of the polar energy budget and solar energy resource availability, but biases in climate models limit confidence...
Probing Atmospheric Gravity‐Wave‐Relevant Representations in a Weather Foundation Model via Multi‐Method Fine‐Tuning
Abstract Weather foundation models pretrained on reanalysis data may encode subgrid‐scale physics beyond their forecasting objectives. Using Aurora, we probe this with a multi‐method fine‐tuning...
Cloud Controlling Factor Analysis Reveals E3SMv3 Structural Bias and Mean State Controls on Stratocumulus Radiative Sensitivity
Abstract We investigate marine stratocumulus cloud radiative sensitivity to meteorological and aerosol controlling factors in a perturbed parameter ensemble of the Energy Exascale Earth System...
A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to replace Merrian Borgeson’s aging gas service line in Berkeley, California, she...
US workers facing deadly heat borrow from tomato pickers to win key protections
As efforts to protect people from extreme heat stall, organizers are embracing an approach that targets major brands’ reputations’It’s the kind of heat that makes...
A California town's beaches are washing away. Can its residents turn the tide?
Rapid coastal erosion threatens coastal homes and economies, and as Super El Niño rounds the corner, a town is reckoning with the reality of climate...
The problem with telling people the world is ending
In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect?These days, it’s...
The Most Annoying Neighbor in This San Antonio Subdivision Is a Leaking Oil Well
As new neighborhoods are built in Texas, residents don’t always know they are living on top of old oilfields.By Martha PskowskiSAN ANTONIO, Texas—In Texas, suburbs...
A Rising Tide Lifted Floating Wind Turbines. Now Comes the Real Test.
International collaboration and government support made the technology possible. Those partnerships have been tested under the Trump Administration, but so far are surviving.By Nathaniel EisenThis...
Climate choices and attention are shaped more by politics than weather
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02775-xClimate change will further increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. Subjective experience and attribution...
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