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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our...
Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153
Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters amid rescue operationsTorrential rains and floods triggered by Cyclone...
‘Game changer’: System to track small animals from space takes flight—again
The project lost its data stream in 2022 after the war in Ukraine began
New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
New England winters can get wicked cold. This week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm more homes in the...
‘We had to swim to safety. I didn’t think we would make it out alive’: the people fleeing climate breakdown – in pictures
Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture the families, farmers and fishers who have been forced to leave their homes by extreme weather – and...
Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.By Rambo TalabongMedia companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a “scapegoat”...
How Indigenous Cultural Burns Can Help Heal Climate-Ravaged Forests—and People
A fire expert on the difference between prescribed burns and cultural burns, and why we should incorporate both into modern forest management.Interview by Aynsley O’Neill,...
UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa
Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined campaigners calling for...
Thick Underplating and Buoyancy of the Bermuda Swell
Abstract Bermuda is an intraplate ocean swell that does not conform to traditional mantle plume theory. Unlike other prominent bathymetric swells, such as Hawaii, it...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implicationsVast swathes of Europe’s water reserves are drying up, a new...
Relation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity With Observed and Predicted ENSO Indices
Abstract El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) influences global climate variability, including Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. The Niño‐3.4 index has long been used to characterize ENSO. However,...
After landmark climate win, lawyer hopes for a ‘new legal order’ to protect Indigenous rights
Pacific lawyer Julian Aguon to be honoured with Right Livelihood award for his work that led to ICJ ruling on climate harmSix years ago, human...
Antiviral drug abandoned by pharma shows promise against dengue
A daily pill can prevent the crippling disease, but its maker won’t bring it to market
Shifting climate boundaries for European peatlands
Globally, peatlands store twice as much carbon as forests. Conservation of these ecosystems is vital in preventing the return of massive amounts of carbon to...
Long-term carbon dioxide removal potential from the application of wood biochar and basanite rock powder in sandy soil using the LiDELSv2 process-based modeling approach
The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations requires scalable and effective carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies. pyrogenic carbon capture and storage relies on the...
Online signals of heat vulnerability: revealing city-level response to extreme heat using Google Trends
Extreme heat poses a growing public risk, yet understanding real-time, population-level human response remains a major challenge. This study leverages Google Trends search activity (2016–2024)...
Contemporary patterns of prescribed fire and its risks and benefits to water quantity and water quality over the conterminous United States
Prescribed fire has emerged as an essential ecosystem management practice for maintaining forest health and mitigating wildfire risks. However, its spatio-temporal patterns and potential impacts...
Nonlinear influence of coexisting CO2 and anthropogenic aerosols on East Asian summer precipitation through a mid-high-latitude pathway
Increased CO2 and anthropogenic aerosols (AAs) coexist in the atmosphere with opposite radiative effects. Their resultant climate responses may not fully offset each other, leading...
Interbasin wave teleconnection in the northern Indian Ocean under combined ENSO-IOD impact: propagation pathways from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Arabian Sea coast
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) significantly regulate sea surface height (SSH) variability in northern IO through equatorial and coastal waveguides....
DeBriefed 28 November 2025: COP30’s ‘frustrating’ end; Asia floods; UK ‘emergency’ climate event
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week ‘Lukewarm’ end to COP30 BYE BELÉM: The...
EU refuses to review “strategic” mineral projects for energy transition
The European Commission has rejected requests by green groups to review the status of 16 controversial projects it has designated as “strategic” to shore up...
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