As Temperatures Climb, the Ocean Takes the Brunt
From scorching temperatures in South Africa to unprecedented heat waves in Europe, extreme heat is breaking records and transforming people’s lives across the world. While...
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The human fridge: is this really the best way to cool down in a 'cruelly hot' climate?
A ‘personal cooling booth’ that promises to chill you out in 10 minutes has launched in Japan, with its makers claiming it beats air-conditioning or...
What Happens to Our Brains in a Warming World?
Climate change is already reshaping our brains. How do we act earlier, build resilience and change the trajectory for generations to come?
France recorded more than 5,700 excess deaths during June heatwave
Figures come as large parts of southern Europe endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperaturesFrance recorded more than 5,700 excess deaths during its June heatwave,...
Mapping Io's Hidden Heat With NASA's Juno
2 Min Read Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno PIA26757 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/USGS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalMapping Io’s Hidden Heat…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads Mapping Io’s Hidden...
NASA's Juno Peers Beneath Io's Surface
2 Min Read NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath Io’s Surface PIA26756 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/USGS Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalNASA’s Juno Peers Beneath…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads NASA’s Juno Peers Beneath...
'Do a few big things well': people share what they want from Andy Burnham
We asked readers what they hoped to see and consistent themes around courage and communication emergedUK politics live – latest updatesWith Andy Burnham entering Downing...
Brazilian Amazon Sees Sharp Drop in Acres Burned
Last year, the acreage burned in the Brazilian Amazon reached its lowest level in at least four decades.Read more on E360 →
Will new UK PM's green measures at home cause climate finance pain overseas?
Britain’s new prime minister announced in his first week that he will cut the cost of public transport and electricity, making lower-emission technologies like bus...
Ancient ferns turned Triassic Europe into a wildfire inferno
Ancient fern savannahs may have transformed parts of Europe into a wildfire-prone inferno during the end-Triassic mass extinction. New fossil evidence suggests the ferns repeatedly...
Norway's national oil company's profits double to $11.5bn amid war on Iran
Equinor benefits from move to increase oil and gas production during strait of Hormuz blockadesBusiness live – latest updatesProfits at Norway’s state oil company nearly...
Chimps and bonobos hug and hold hands just like us
New study suggests ancient origins of reassuring social touch among apes
The world is on fire, and who does Trump blame? The Canadians | Arwa Mahdawi
The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisisRight,...
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
A majority of Utah’s residents opposed shrinking Bears Ears National Monument before President Donald Trump drastically slashed its size last week, according to multiple polls...
Rapid spread of Ebola spurs 'remarkably' quick drug and vaccine trials
Pioneering studies are underway to address massive outbreak of rare Bundibugyo virus in the Congo
Earth's core may be far cooler than scientists thought
New measurements could help explain how the planet’s magnetic dynamo churned for billions of years
A Week of Smoky Skies Across North America
Earth ObservatoryScienceEarth ObservatoryA Week of Smoky Skies Across…EarthEarth ObservatoryImage of the DayEO ExplorerTopicsAll TopicsAtmosphereLandHeat & RadiationLife on EarthHuman DimensionsNatural EventsOceansRemote Sensing TechnologySnow & IceWaterMore ContentCollectionsGlobal...
NISAR's L-Band Radar Reveals 'Hummingbird' in Antarctica
2 Min Read NISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica PIA26617 Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Photojournal NavigationSciencePhotojournalNISAR’s L-Band Radar Reveals…Photojournal HomePhotojournal SearchLatest ContentGalleriesFeedbackRSSAbout Downloads NISAR’s L-Band Radar...
Allegations of harms at China-backed transition minerals projects rise
Reports of human rights and environmental abuses linked to Chinese companies’ overseas investments in the mining and refining of minerals needed for the clean energy...
The Case for Decarbonizing Singapore's Data Center Boom Using Geothermal Resources
Data centers are straining Singapore’s limited clean energy supply, but a proposed Sumatra–Singapore grid interconnection could help solve the problem.
Temporal horizons in US climate change news
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02716-8Whether news presents climate change as something happening now or in the future impacts public risk perceptions...
Reform preferences of key actors in the UNFCCC process
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02723-9COP meetings have faced criticism and calls for reform, yet evidence on reform choices remains limited. Here...
What NYC Got Right During the Wildfire Smoke Emergency, According to an Expert
Atmospheric chemist V. Faye McNeill explains our new, smoky normal—and how to stay safe.
Millions face long-term coastal flooding risk in UK without climate action, scientists warn
A ‘reasonable worst-case scenario’ suggests need for large-scale movement of populations away from reshaped coastUp to 13 million people in the UK face the long-term...
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