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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Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis | Sunil Acharya
Nepalis and Tibetans must not pay the price – with their lives, livelihoods and money meant for education and health – for global heating caused...
Pacific islands seek backing for new regional fund ahead of COP31
Burdened by rising fuel import costs and an ‘ocean crisis’ of record-breaking heat, Pacific island nations are seeking to build support for a new regional...
Can California Farmers Break Free From Plastic?
Microplastics in waterways and soil are fueling calls to reduce the pervasiveness of plastic in agriculture.By Liza GrossFarmers have relied on plastic since the 1960s,...
A Montana Community Rallies to Save Its Beloved Ski Hill
After the Sand Creek Fire damaged Maverick Mountain’s only chairlift, a community shaped by generations of skiing is coming together to bring its beloved mountain...
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
Across the country, the electricity needs of data centers have been a major driver of the widespread resistance to the speedy developments. The rapid buildouts...
How to deal with burnout on a burning planet
In this month’s Ask a Climate Therapist column, we’re tackling two questions at once — each examining similar themes of burnout and paralysis from two...
In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Somersett, a short drive from downtown Reno, Nevada, is a peaceful place where homes with sweeping, high-desert views line cul-de-sacs and roads meander through shrubland,...
How Might a 'Super El Niño' Affect Food, Forests and Water?
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), or El Niño, weather pattern occurs naturally every two to seven years, making some parts of the world drier and...
New research shows the world isn't doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
A new report finds that, across the globe, progress toward developing more sustainable, resilient food systems is not advancing fast enough to meet internationally agreed...
Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest
1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle
Key brain circuit regulating hibernation found at last
Discovery in hamsters suggests path toward inducing hibernation in mammals that don’t do it naturally
Dreams of making drugs and tissues in space get closer to reality
Maturing techniques and cheaper launches fuel microgravity research—and hopes of orbital manufacturing
The Forested Floodplains of Congaree National Park
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Scientists find a huge hidden ice reservoir beneath Utah's mountains
Beneath the rocky slopes of Mount Timpanogos lies far more ice than anyone walking across the surface might suspect. Researchers used gravity measurements to map...
NSF's new plan to fund graduate students to work in industry covers familiar ground
Agency gives university-industry consortium $47 million to reinvent existing internship program
Climate change and food security in sustainable finance: a South African perspective
In South Africa, climate change is increasingly threatening food security through droughts, irregular rainfall, high temperatures, floods, water shortage and reduced agricultural productivity. This study...
20,000 Salmon Return to the Klamath—but Challenging Conditions for Recovery Remain
In the two years since dam removal on the Klamath River in California and Oregon, fall-run chinook salmon have come back in full force, but...
Empoderando a las comunidades guatemaltecas afectadas por el plástico
Integrantes de las comunidades xincas queman plástico para deshacerse de él y avivar el fuego para cocinar, sin saber que así exponen a sus familias...
As Oceans Warm, Children Face Growing Malnutrition Risk
In low- and middle-income countries, marine heat waves threaten children’s growth rates and lives, new research shows.By Teresa TomassoniWhen ocean temperatures soar, the consequences reverberate...
Global Warming Intensifies El Niño, Galápagos Coral Fossils Show
More damaging extremes are looming, as the Pacific Ocean’s climate cauldron sets off a chain reaction of heatwaves, floods and droughts across the globe.By Bob...
Climate crisis could be destabilising mountain areas like Nepal, experts warn
Unusual heat this year may have melted ice and thawed bonds that hold glaciers in place – leading to catastropheNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesWhat...
El Niño climate patterns supercharged by burning of fossil fuels, study finds
‘Godzilla’ event currently brewing could push 50 million people into acute hunger before the end of next yearA series of strong El Niño climatic patterns...
The Guardian view on the Nepal-Tibet floods: prepare for more climate-linked disasters | Editorial
Medicine, food and other supplies are the urgent priority. But the rising risks from shrinking glaciers must be faced tooThousands of people in Nepal and...
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