How North Carolina Wasted the Chance To Fix Hog Pollution
A pact between the state and Smithfield Foods ‘failed miserably.’ Those who worked on the agreement explain why.By Lisa SorgFeeding the Beast: Second in a...
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Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
But some experts question whether the technology, yet to be commercially deployed in the U.S., can actually break through or if it is mostly benefitting...
STATEMENT: COP17 Advances Finance but Falls Short on Global Drought Action
ULAANBAATAR (August 29, 2026) — The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17 in Ulaanbaatar concluded with the announcement of a $1.3 billion finance portfolio...
'The world needs to pay attention': Nepalis and Tibetans in New York respond to the Himalayan disaster
Half the world away, a Himalayan diaspora reacts in sorrow and pitches in to help victims in their home countriesGeeta Tamang was getting ready for...
How rising temperatures likely contributed to Nepal's deadly flood
Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more — including dozens of international tourists — are missing after flash floods hit a region on the...
'What can I do?' The answer is still anything.
Houses lie partially submerged in muddy water along a riverside after flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. Photo...
How scientists unraveled the cause of the devastating flood in Tibet and Nepal
Global cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events
Bonded Water Is an Integral Component of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Ocean
Abstract Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the ocean, as one of the largest pools of reduced carbon on Earth, plays an important role in the...
The Grid Has Eyes
How Alabama Power became Flock’s longest-standing middleman.By Lee HedgepethWired for Profit: Fifth in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution...
Super PAC Targeting Conservatives Against Clean Energy Touts Fifth Republican Primary Win
A coalition of solar entrepreneurs and VCs mounted a pugilistic ‘Revenge Tour’ to show candidates eager to hobble their industry that they’ll fight back. So...
California Dairy Farm's New Biogas Project Makes History and Raises Eyebrows
A Kerman business is reusing cow manure to create electricity and hydrogen. California calls the venture ‘groundbreaking,’ but environmentalists worry credits that prop up the...
While Renewables Languish, Pennsylvania Pays Millions to Coal Waste Companies
More than 20 years after passing a landmark clean energy law, the state gets more of its power from burning coal waste than from solar.By...
Impacts of Mid‐Latitude Ionospheric Dynamics on RF Applications During the November 2025 Superstorm Event
Abstract This study demonstrates the intriguing and complex interplay among auroral precipitation, enhanced TEC, density irregularities, and amplitude scintillations observed during the November 2025 superstorm....
Detectability of Forced ENSO Changes Under Global Warming: Insights From the Recharge Oscillator
Abstract We use perfect‐model, large‐ensemble nonlinear Recharge Oscillator (RO) simulations to quantify ENSO internal variability and the detectability of forced changes in ENSO characteristics. Fixed‐parameter...
Escalating Uncertainty Under Increasing Risk in Compound Heat and Precipitation Extremes
Abstract Projection uncertainty fundamentally constrains climate adaptation, yet its evolution in compound heat and precipitation extremes (CHPE) remains poorly understood. Here we quantify CHPE uncertainty...
Fast Breakdowns Observed in the Initial Leaders of Two Energetic Compact Strokes
Abstract We have observed 1 fast positive breakdown (FPB) and 20 fast negative breakdowns (FNBs) for the first time in the initial leader of two...
To doom invasive fish, scientists are breeding 'supermales'
Technique shown to eradicate exotic trout—by producing all male populations
Flood-Ravaged Nepal on Alert as Scientists Warn of Additional Risk
Earth scientists are in the early stages of analyzing the devastating debris flow but say it fits a pattern fueled by global warming.By Bob Berwyn,...
Nevada preached peace on the Colorado River. Now it's suing to protect its water.
Nevada officials have long presented themselves as a voice for compromise and conservation in debates over the Colorado River. The Las Vegas area, home to...
Trump Administration Speeds Up Environmental Review for 800-Mile Alaska Oil Pipeline
The public has just 15 days to comment on the pipeline’s reauthorization, which could lock in oil production in the state for 30 more years.By...
Martin Rowson on Trump and the consequences of the climate crisis – cartoon
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Despite African walkout, fractious land COP ends without drought deal
The African continent’s hopes for a legally binding agreement to combat drought have been dashed again, as UN land restoration talks in Mongolia passed the...
Is the environmental impact of datacentres finally cutting through?
In this week’s newsletter: Anti-datacentre sentiment is growing across the political spectrum in the US – and the public is only just finding out about...
In Africa, a Growing Underground Solar Boom
Households and businesses are driving a solar boom in Africa, where rooftop arrays and other small systems account for the bulk of new solar installations....
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