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‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say
Emergency managers say the US president has presided over a dangerous erosion in US capacity to prepare for and respond to natural disastersDonald Trump has...
Despite Trump-era reversals, 2025 still saw environmental wins. Here are 7 worth noting.
As 2025 draws to a close, environmental advocates across the U.S. find themselves weighing a year marked by both setbacks and successes. Despite major environmental...
Ten Million Corals Are in the Path of a Federal Dredging Project in Florida
Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to corals in the U.S., including some of the only remaining endangered...
The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study
Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more likely and harder to...
A Fast Analytical Model for the Complete Radial Structure of Tropical Cyclone Low‐Level Wind Field
Abstract A tropical cyclone (TC) can generally be divided into three regions: inner core with vigorous convection, intermediate region with intermittent convection, and far outer...
Remote and Regional Drivers of the Indonesian Throughflow Under Future Warming: Implications for Inter‐Basin Freshwater Transport
Abstract Climate models project a weakening of the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) under future warming, but how this manifests in the vertical flow structure of individual...
Louisiana town fights for relief after a billion-dollar oil disaster
Four months have passed since a Louisiana oil facility burst apart, spewing a dense black sludge that drifted across homes, farms, and waterways as far...
In Lahore’s Smog Season, This Gen Z Doctor Is Centering Climate Change
Dr. Farah Waseem has advocated for climate awareness since childhood. Now, it’s a matter of life and death for her patients in Pakistan.By Keerti GopalDr....
A Network Blooms to Connect Fiber Farmers With Fabric Artisans
New Jersey Fibershed is an affiliate of a global movement that supports creating more sustainable clothing and fabrics from the wool of local sheep, alpacas...
‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?
Defenders say AI can do good to fight the climate crisis. But spiralling energy and water costs leave experts worriedDuring a golden sunset in Memphis...
As deep-sea mining race ramps up, mission will assess whether ecosystems recover afterward
A new series of research cruises will study rare abyssal species in areas slated for mining
Optimal sensor placement in low-cost PM2.5 sensor networks using value of information and multimodal data fusion
Monitoring of air pollutants such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) supports improved understanding of trends, assessment of exposure, and development of strategies to protect public...
Measuring impacts of California agri-environmental programs using field-scale satellite data
In the past decade, California has invested over $200 million in direct grants to growers to support the adoption of agricultural practices that save water...
Predicting net primary productivity response to multiple extreme climate drivers in Inner Mongolia
Extreme climate events (ECEs) are increasingly frequent in Inner Mongolia (IM), threatening vegetation productivity. While previous studies have examined vegetation responses to individual historical ECEs,...
Harnessing satellite data for the next generation of agri-environmental policies
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What’s on the climate calendar for 2026?
After a tough 2025 dominated by the US opposing climate action at home and abroad, 2026 looks set to be shaped by coalitions of countries...
Quantifying the hidden carbon cost of floods: a stochastic and uncertainty-based valuation framework
Flood damage repairs to the built environment generate substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, yet these indirect climate impacts are rarely integrated into flood consequence assessments....
Obvious and obscure actors are planting trees in rural Africa
Tree planting is expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, spurred by the demand for tree products and new environmental policies. Identifying key actors is important for land...
Examining the Robustness of Weakened Orographic Influence on Precipitation in Downscaled Climate Projections Over the Western US
Abstract Assessing local climate change impacts often requires downscaling coarse global climate model (GCM) output to finer resolution. Two main approaches exist: dynamical downscaling using...
Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze
Europe’s biggest offshore wind developer seeking to overturn White House decision to suspend work on a $5bn wind farm projectEurope’s biggest offshore wind developer is...
First Observations and Characteristics of Positive Upward Illumination Strokes
Abstract Upward Illumination (UI) strokes are a subtype of cloud‐to‐ground (CG) return strokes characterized by two concurrent branches striking the ground a few milliseconds apart....
Strengthening of Labrador Sea Overturning Linked to Subsurface Freshening Over Recent Decades
Abstract The Labrador Sea is a key formation site for dense waters that contribute to the lower limb of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)....
Tropicalization Enhances Mangrove Methane Emissions to the Atmosphere
Abstract Organic‐rich mangrove soils release CH4, partially offsetting the climate benefits of high organic carbon sequestration. However, the local and global drivers and variability of...
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