Majority of US's new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land
Guardian analysis finds facilities to be built in some of the driest areas as outcry grows over water needed to power AIA record-shattering drought has...
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Qatar Charity Signs MoU with Bosnia Ministry to Support Returnees [EN/AR]
Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, World Source: Qatar Charity Please refer to the attached files. Qatar Charity (QC) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the...
TCHAD - Les interventions en transfert monétaire: Qui fait Quoi, Où (3W) - Janvier à Décembre 2025
Country: Chad Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached Infographic. Le Groupe de Travail sur les Transferts Monétaires...
Afghanistan Agroclimate Monitoring Report 2025/2026 Season, May 2026
Country: Afghanistan Sources: Famine Early Warning System Network, Government of the United States of America, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...
Italy: Weekly Sea Arrivals Update (as of 7 June 2026)
Countries: Italy, Bangladesh, Egypt, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Please refer to the attached Infographic.
Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action
For decades, a landfill has towered over the town of Brookhaven. A groundwater contamination plume has spread beneath nearby properties.By Lauren DalbanBROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew...
Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors
Groups work to identify, save and reseed areas to help the culturally significant resource thrive as climate change portends more strains.By Susan CosierBazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek,...
Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?
As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our time now...
Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.
As the U.S. faces an aging farmer population, communities are looking for ways to shore up the next generation of growers. But high upfront costs,...
Intensification of Eddy Energetics Modulates Seasonal Trends and Spatial Variability in the East Australian Current System
Abstract The East Australian Current (EAC) separates near 32°S, forming large, energetic eddies. While the seasonal cycle of the EAC system is well documented, the...
Thermodynamics‐Based THMC Model for Solute Transport in Sorptive Fractured Rock: Coupling Multi‐Phase Flow, Heat, and Deformation
Abstract Fractured porous rocks host a complex interplay of heat, fluids, deformation, and chemical reactions, yet their combined influence on solute transport remains poorly resolved....
Digging Back in Time in the UAE
Earth ObservatoryScienceEarth ObservatoryDigging Back in Time in the UAEEarthEarth ObservatoryImage of the DayEO ExplorerTopicsAll TopicsAtmosphereLandHeat & RadiationLife on EarthHuman DimensionsNatural EventsOceansRemote Sensing TechnologySnow & IceWaterMore...
Impact of climate change on plantation crops with special reference to tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) in India
Climate change poses a serious threat to the sustainability and productivity of plantation crops in tropical and subtropical regions. In India, tea (Camellia sinensis (L.)...
Caring for the big house: Indigenous cosmoexperiences and lessons learned from the UNESCO World Heritage designation awarded to Tatewarí Huahuyé
IntroductionColonialism, capitalism and patriarchy define the political economy of our climate crisis and environmental care. This is a regime that universalizes, defines, and dictates the...
The fight to save Australia's 'incredibly captivating' endangered spiny crayfish
Global heating is destroying creeks the crayfish call home. They’re the canary in the coalmine for other species living in the delicate ecosystemsGet our breaking...
Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to 'clean, beautiful' coal
President Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700 million to coal-fired power plants in the U.S., the latest move by the president...
As energy costs rise, Pacific people look to the sun
This post first appeared on 350Pacific.org. When Fijians received news of increased fuel prices due to the war in West Asia, scores of everyday people...
Dining across the divide: 'I'm not a climate denier, but aiming for net zero by 2050 is unrealistic'
An ‘apolitical’ retired IT manager and a ‘far left’ biologist disagree over tackling global heating – but are they in harmony over truth and reconciliation?•...
Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Show Why the Wildlife Trade Is a Pandemic Risk
Necropsy reports from sloths imported by a planned Orlando tourist attraction document stressed animals riddled with bacteria, parasites and viruses. Scientists say the situation is...
A Water Crisis Has The 'Poster Boys' of Iowa Farming Ready to Talk Regulation
More than a decade of voluntary farm conservation programs hasn’t gotten the state far enough on water quality, the Lobe Rangers say.By Anika Jane BeamerROCKWELL...
The Terrible Combined With the Good
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and North Carolina reporter Lisa Sorg as they explain how a new N.C. ratepayer bill would...
Health Sector Syria update biweekly national and sub-national health sector coordination 16 - 31 May 2026
Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: Health Cluster Please refer to the attached file.
Islamic Republic of Iran: Humanitarian Update No. 05 | As of 31 May 2026
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of) Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. This Humanitarian Update is produced...
Syria: Health Sector Bulletin May 2026
Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: Health Cluster Please refer to the attached file.
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