The Japanese population is in decline, but the downward trend is especially pronounced in rural areas. The loss of people might be expected to lead...

Some governments have backed using Brazil’s voluntary roadmaps on fossil fuels and deforestation to inform the next UN assessment of global climate action, a key...

YouGov survey finds support for tree planting and emissions taxes but opposition to air travel and fuel leviesEurope live – latest updatesEuropeans believe human-made climate...

Mild autumn temperatures causing premature flowering and raising concerns for pollinators, say expertsTrees are experiencing an ‘early spring’ because of mild UK temperatures this autumn,...

Mounting opposition and a changed political landscape could derail the legislation.By Dan Gearino, Marianne LavelleDemocrats’ electoral sweep has shaken the ground beneath a permitting reform...

Months of community opposition and a rejected rezoning request have cast doubt on the future of a proposed peaker plant in the state’s second-largest county.By...

Part of my work as a geographer and glacier scientist involves traveling around the world. Literally. Several times a year, I join expeditions, traversing continents...

Plastic pollution blights the streets, beaches, parks, and lawns of Baltimore. A significant amount of that litter bears the circular red-and-blue Pepsi logo or the...

Print article Share The ongoing ‘super El Niño’ is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to record levels...

Largest analysis to date of the impact of humanmade sounds finds harm across a variety of ecosystems

Novel technique for cooling atomic gases could make it easier to probe gravity and relativity in orbit

Construction and mining firms are rolling out devices that track workers’ fatigue. Critics say the tech could be misused by authorities

Republicans won statewide races by slim margins but failed to flip Democrat-held congressional seats and lost seats in the Legislature.By Amy GreenRepublicans in Florida narrowly...

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, as the Hormuz crisis continued to hit oil demand and coal...

Import-dependent economies face a systemic governance challenge: a small number of fossil-fuel chokepoints and centralized fossil assets concentrate macroeconomic, health, and water-security risks that conventional...

For the first time in 60 years, Democrats will have a trifecta in Arizona, opening the door for reform of the state’s groundwater laws and...

John Catsimatidis, a longtime Trump ally and CEO of United Refining Company, said in March that Americans should just ‘suffer for one month’ with high...

When Trump was elected both in 2016 and 2024, promising to make the federal government hostile to climate action, many climate advocates insisted that state...

Özgür Özel is the leader of Turkey’s main opposition ‘New Party’ and a member of parliament from Manisa. The world is running out of time...

São Paolo, Brazil (November 5, 2026) — Brazil’s COP30 Presidency released its global roadmap for halting deforestation and degradation. The roadmap, first announced at COP30,...

From energy prices to datacenters, climate became a cost-of-living issue – and a winning oneClimate-forward Democrats swept into power on Tuesday night as a blue...

As oil companies pull out of Argentina’s oil heartland in the Patagonian province of Chubut, workers and communities are struggling to secure their future, with...

As glaciers continue to shrink, important questions around glacier diplomacy and water supply played out among Central Asian nations during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit...

Print article Share The centrepiece of every UN climate summit is for countries to negotiate the wording of a large number of legal agreements –...