On the arid African savanna, grasses are growing faster than they were a generation ago, boosted by rising levels of carbon dioxide from the burning...

Inger Andersen is Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme When you live on the edge, you become acutely aware of balance. As a...

Exclusive: Planning documents show datacentre in North Ockendon would be incompatible with UK net zero targetsA ‘hyperscale’ datacentre in outer London would generate more than...

At the limits of adaptation, governments face a choice: point fingers, or seize the moment for transformational change.By Bob BerwynLINZ, Austria—A summer-long series of heatwaves...

Repeated record-breaking heat waves cooked the European continent this summer, delivering the region’s hottest June on record. A simultaneous, though possibly related, drought shriveled rivers...

The world has become hotter and, in many places, drier than ever before in recorded history. Just this summer, as some U.S. states battle over...

‘Unprecedented’ weather pattern over Pacific Ocean to be felt worldwide with severe droughts expected in southern hemisphereThe El Niño event developing over the Pacific Ocean...

First public presentation of studies on environmental factors touts rigorous science amid charged political climate

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A colossal cliff system created as the supercontinent Rodinia broke apart may have exposed the heart of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before...

Beefy tracks point to a Cretaceous critter as big as a large dog or mountain lion

Discovery of lymphatic tubes suggested new possibilities for bone healing, but challenge has prompted dueling papers and publication delay in prominent journal

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IntroductionThis study provides the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of research on climate change and children’s psychological wellbeing (2001–2025), examining whose children’s experiences are studied and...

The investigation details emaciated, dehydrated animals and concerns about Sloth World’s operations, but concluded there was no evidence of criminal neglect or abuse.By Katie Surma,...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02725-7The ‘double materiality’ framework helps guide financial policymakers in assessing the risks of climate change, but masks...

Adding nature-friendly rules to the country’s photovoltaic policies could create safer spaces for the animals, a new study finds.By Phil McKennaPolicies promoting solar power construction...

Across the U.S., people are facing an electricity affordability crisis. One in three Americans is foregoing necessities like food and medical care to pay rising...

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With record-breaking ocean temperatures weakening the world’s largest carbon sink, a group of countries is pushing for the UN COP31 summit to deliver meaningful commitments...

From smallholder farms in Africa to the busy streets of Bogota, communities are reshaping the way the world designs its cities, uses energy and produces...

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to...

A recent study led by researchers at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory asks how and why the spatial footprint of extreme rainfall in the U.S. has changed...