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The Swiss village buried by a glacier collapse – podcast

Tess McClure reports on a landslide in Switzerland that left one person missing and destroyed a villageThe Swiss village of Blatten was wiped out in seconds. A glacier collapsed above...

The Estate of a Woman Who Died in the 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Dome Sues Big Oil for Wrongful Death

There were at least 100 heat-related deaths in Washington state during the unprecedented heat wave, among them Juliana Leon. Her estate has filed the first ever wrongful death case related...

Sinking Homes, Climate Damage, Explosion Risks: New Government Review Outlines the Costs of One Mine Expansion

Warrior Met, an Alabama coal company with a checkered safety and environmental record, wants to mine thousands of tons of federally owned coal. Now it’s the public’s turn to weigh...

Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

At the One Ocean Science Congress, scientists offer ten key recommendations for protecting and restoring marine ecosystems suffering from climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.By Teresa TomassoniNICE, France—As world leaders...

Local predictions of climate change are hazy. But cities need answers fast

Scientists are figuring out where “downscaled” climate models struggle—and how they can be improved

600 years before Europeans arrived, Great Lakes farmers transformed the land

Despite poor conditions, Indigenous growers used innovative techniques to grow large crops of corn, beans, and squash

STATEMENT: European Ocean Pact Sets Strong Example Ahead of UN Ocean Conference

LONDON (June 5, 2025) — Today, the European Union adopted the European Ocean Pact — a unified strategy that aims to protect the ocean, promote a thriving blue economy and...

Treaty to protect seas short on support ahead of UN ocean conference

As governments head to a major UN ocean conference next week, the race is on to get enough countries to ratify an international treaty seen as crucial to meeting a...

Watch a tower of worms wriggle like a single organism

Scientists film nematodes forming a superorganism in the wild for the first time

Race, ethnicity don’t match genetic ancestry, according to a large U.S. study

Data from the All of Us program confirm what many geneticists have long promoted

Guest post: How ‘feedback loops’ and ‘non-linear thinking’ can inform climate policy

The global shift towards a clean-energy system is much more than just a technological switch – it is a profound transformation of markets, industries and societal behaviours.  This complex undertaking...

Rapid snowmelt and Trump cuts compound wildfire fears in US west

Region is experiencing an unusually warm spring, raising concerns of fierce wildfire season amid limited resourcesUnusually warm springtime temperatures have contributed to rapid reductions in snowpacks across the western US...

What Does the ‘Big Beautiful’ Debate Tell Us About the Politics of the IRA?

The Inflation Reduction Act led to growth in manufacturing jobs, with most benefits going to GOP-voting states. But Republicans have done little to stop a repeal.By Dan GearinoOne of the...

The High Seas Treaty: A 20-Year Journey to Transform Ocean Governance

The ocean makes up nearly 70 percent of the planet’s surface, bursting with rich biodiversity and natural resources that are vital for both the climate and economies. Yet, beyond national...

Meeting climate target with realistic demand-side policies in the residential sector

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02348-4Decarbonizing the residential sector is essential for net-zero targets, and the EU has established ambitious policy packages with various instruments. This research...

Improving cost–benefit analyses for health-considered climate mitigation policymaking

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02351-9Mitigation actions can have large-scale health co-benefits, which, however, are not effectively incorporated into policy design and implementation. This Perspective overviews the...

European Union needs large heat pump and targeted renovation subsidies to meet heating targets

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 05 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02342-wCurrent European Union policies are insufficient to achieve residential heating decarbonization targets. Substantial subsidies for heat pumps and carefully targeted incentives for...

New Approach Leverages AI and Earth Observation to Map Rooftop Solar Access in Kenya

Energy services are fundamental to socioeconomic development and human well-being. Yet access remains scarce in many parts of the world. In Kenya, 13 million people still lack electricity access, and...

Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring rainforests back from the brink – if done right

Carolina Pasquali is executive director of Greenpeace Brazil and Jasper Inventor is executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia. In times like these, we must ask ourselves some fundamental questions. Why...

Brazil’s new funding initiative can help bring tropical forests back from the brink

Carolina Pasquali is executive director of Greenpeace Brazil and Jasper Inventor is executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia. In times like these, we must ask ourselves some fundamental questions. Why...

Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas

Not so long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar power. But now, with the coming of power-hungry AI platforms, they’re bypassing...

Rich Countries’ Energy Transitions Threaten Indigenous Peoples and the Environment

More than half of global mining projects for “energy transition” minerals are located on or near Indigenous territories. Indigenous advocates argue the world can’t solve climate change—a problem caused by...

How 3 years of war have ravaged Ukraine’s forests, and the people who depend on them

Twenty-two-year-old software developer Artem Motorniuk has spent his entire life in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, living in the north and visiting his grandparents in the south. It’s been almost...

In California’s largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in Northern California, including the lower Blue Creek watershed, have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California...