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1. Trump’s Attack on Science Escalates With Firing of Entire National Science Board

   Thu, 07 May 2026 18:33:10 -0000

   Over the last few weeks, the Trump administration’s relentless war on the U.S.’s scientific infrastructure has picked up speed. The New York Times’s …

2. Why Fears Are Growing Over the Fate of a Key Atlantic Current

   Thu, 07 May 2026 09:59:00 -0000

   As the world careens past our hoped-for target of 1.5 degrees Celsius warming, scientists are growing increasingly alarmed that we may be nearing a …

3. California’s Battery Revolution Is Rewriting the Rules of Clean Energy

   Thu, 07 May 2026 07:23:41 -0000

   Something remarkable happened in California one evening in late March. As residents cooked dinner and settled in for the night, the state’s battery …

4. Remembering Sir David Attenborough’s Predictions for 2030 and Onwards Ahead of His 100th Birthday

   Thu, 07 May 2026 19:20:47 -0000

   Sir David Attenborough, the world’s most beloved naturalist, is turning 100 on May 8. To mark the occasion, many events are taking place to celebrate him and his legacy. These range from a week of special programming on the BBC to a star-studded concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Besides these …

5. Louisiana Republicans Seem Content to Let New Orleans Drown

   Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   While ​local lawmakers obsess over how to keep Democrats in majority-Black districts from governing, their state is literally shrinking. In the coming …

6. Australia's growing 'silent killer' could claim thousands of lives by century's end

   Thu, 07 May 2026 19:29:28 -0000

   In brief Heatwave deaths could exceed 1,500 a year by 2100 under current trends, with hotter regions hardest hit. • In a worst-case scenario there could …

7. Chile, Argentina report rise in deadly hantavirus cases

   Thu, 07 May 2026 19:38:38 -0000

   May 7 (UPI) -- A sustained increase in hantavirus infections in Argentina and a sharp rise in fatal cases in Chile this year have raised concerns …

8. Hantavirus on the rise in Argentina, where MV Hondius cruise ship set sail

   Thu, 07 May 2026 08:32:37 -0000

   Experts say that a surge of hantavirus cases in Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise ship set sail, is in part due to climate change. The World Health Organization ranks the South American country as having the highest incidence of the rodent-borne disease. Officials and experts in Argentina are …

9. Eat the Rich Before They Devour the Planet - ecoRI News

   Thu, 07 May 2026 12:53:26 -0000

   It took the world’s richest 1% the first 10 days of 2026 to burn through their share of climate-changing emissions. Not to be outdone, the wealthiest …

10. A 1,578-foot tsunami struck a popular Alaskan cruise destination. Now we know why.

    Wed, 06 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The Tracy Arm fjord tsunami was bigger than the Eiffel Tower. If you’re one of the roughly 1.6 million people who took a cruise in Alaska last year, chances are you sailed through the Tracy Arm fjord. The picturesque, narrow fjord is a popular sightseeing area and is part of the Tongass National …

11. Appalachian Mountains lithium deposit could replace 328 years of imports, USGS says

    Thu, 07 May 2026 04:00:07 -0000

    While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and environmental challenges. A rumor spread in May 2026 …

12. China's Fuel Breakthrough Might Be The Solution To The Oil Crisis

    Thu, 07 May 2026 16:30:10 -0000

    Recently, researchers at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found a way to make jet fuel using a …

13. Buea, Cameroon is facing recurring floods despite a lack of rain

    Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:34 -0000

    Lahars occur when loose volcanic material washes down after prolonged periods of drynessClara Efande, a resident of Buea’s Bonduma neighborhood, …

14. China and Europe Form Carbon Alliance as US Bets on Fossil Fuels

    Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    China and the European Union have joined forces in a bid to create a global alliance on carbon pricing, putting them at odds with the Trump …

15. Alaska mega-tsunami was second largest ever recorded, reaching up to 481-metres high

    Wed, 06 May 2026 15:53:16 -0000

    The mega-tsunami, triggered by a mountainside collapsing into the South Sawyer Glacier last August, has been revealed as the second-largest ever …

16. Portugal has just used up its natural resources for 2026. Is the rest of Europe doing any better?

    Thu, 07 May 2026 11:52:54 -0000

    Humans use as much ecological resources as if we lived on 1.7 Earths, meaning many European nations have already reached 'Overshoot Day'. As of today …

17. Ted Turner, a media mogul who tried to repair the land

    Wed, 06 May 2026 16:13:37 -0000

    Ted Turner, who died on May 6th, liked to present himself as a businessman who had simply applied the same habits to a larger subject. First he …

18. A rare ‘monster’ El Niño could emerge this summer. Here’s what that means for New England.

    Thu, 07 May 2026 11:43:56 -0000

    The latest models are warning of a rare “monster” El Niño emerging this summer that’s more intense than forecasters had previously predicted, a …

19. Argentina probes link to deadly hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise

    Thu, 07 May 2026 09:38:14 -0000

    Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise. The health emergency aboard the ship that's moored across the ocean comes as Argentina sees a surge of hantavirus cases that many local …

20. Iran conflict disrupts Asia's plastic supply chain

    Thu, 07 May 2026 13:35:56 -0000

    Asia's plastic boom has long relied on cheap oil and petrochemical feedstock from the Middle East to make their products. But now that supply is under pressure and many are searching for alternatives.

21. Inside the giant floating ocean balls Silicon Valley is betting $200M on

    Thu, 07 May 2026 18:22:50 -0000

    Silicon Valley’s AI boom may be heading out to sea. Tech investors are pouring more than $200 million into a futuristic plan to build floating AI data …

22. Outcry as Trump gives away 1.4M acres of land to appease polluters

    Thu, 07 May 2026 18:14:05 -0000

    Defenders of the planet took aim at President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday for transferring approximately 1.4 million acres of public …

23. When faith meets a melting point: New study warns Hajj pilgrimage is breaching human survivability limits

    Thu, 07 May 2026 15:30:01 -0000

    A new study warns that climate change is creating serious and growing risks for millions of pilgrims performing Hajj, with extreme heat and humidity …

24. The exploding costs of fighting US wildfires

    Wed, 06 May 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    From taxes on nicotine to hotel rooms, states are looking for ways to pay the skyrocketing bill. This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oregonians buying nicotine pouches like Zyn and Rogue were met with a surprise at …

25. Where Have All the Bees Gone?

    Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    As the weather began to cool toward the end of 2024, Bret Adee, a beekeeper in South Dakota, discovered that his typically busy hives were no longer …

26. 10 Countries at Serious Risk of Disappearing if Sea Levels Rise

    Thu, 07 May 2026 14:24:35 -0000

    Picture islands where children have played for generations slowly vanishing beneath the waves. Imagine entire nations facing not just displacement, …

27. Alaska's 1,578-foot tsunami was second largest ever recorded

    Wed, 06 May 2026 18:18:40 -0000

    Researchers have concluded that a 2025 tsunami in Alaska was the second largest recorded natural disaster of its kind in history, with a wave that reached up to 1,578 feet high. The massive tsunami took place at 5:26 a.m. local time on Aug. 10 in the Tracy Arm Fjord, a popular cruise destination …

28. Iran’s New Oil Weapon

    Wed, 06 May 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    How America can protect itself—and the global economy.

29. Southwest braces for next heat wave with highs reaching 110 degrees in Phoenix, Palm Springs

    Thu, 07 May 2026 19:00:42 -0000

    A building heat wave will send temperatures soaring across the interior Southwest, with some cities topping 100 to 110 F for the first time this year …

30. Sweeping California law on single-use plastic meets with outrage from all sides as it goes live

    Thu, 07 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Within days of California’s long-anticipated single-use plastic law going into effect, environmentalists, anti-waste activists and the packaging industry reacted with anger and frustration. Anti-plastic activists say Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration and CalRecycle inserted exemptions favoring the …