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1. NFL Teams At Greatest Risk of Severe January Weather

   Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:01:37 -0000

   January is the first full month of the astronomical winter in the United States, and also the final month of the NFL season. For many teams in the …

2. Trump Trolled for Bird-Brained Error in Anti-Windmill Post

   Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:59:51 -0000

   The president couldn’t bother to find an image of a bald eagle—or even a bird in America. President Donald Trump was apparently too blinded by his …

3. Glaciers melting from climate change may reawaken the world’s most dangerous volcanoes

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:20:10 -0000

   A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ground. They are a sign that hot, viscous magma is flowing to the roots of Bardarbunga, which lies …

4. These new 2026 state laws are among the first of their kind

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:22 -0000

   Tourists celebrating the new year in Hawaii could become the first to be taxed to address the consequences of climate change. In Utah, people who …

5. I grew up in the world’s coldest city without central heating. Here’s what the world can learn from us

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:52:46 -0000

   On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth. Harbin, where I grew up, is …

6. What to know about new state laws in 2026 on wages, SNAP benefits and climate tax

   Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:23:14 -0000

   The new year will bring changes for taxpayers as a slate of new state laws takes effect across the country, impacting Americans’ wallets through higher minimum wages, a new tourism tax in Hawaii and other cost-of-living measures. At the same time, a growing number of states are moving to restrict …

7. Privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac the wrong way risks a second Great Recession

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:05:00 -0000

   America’s homebuyers are facing mounting challenges. Too few homes are being built, construction costs are rising, and insurance is becoming more …

8. Swedish Crows Are Cleaning Up Cigarette Litter One Butt at a Time

   Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:04:53 -0000

   In Sweden, a group of crows is proving that sometimes wildlife can teach us a thing or two about responsibility. According to a 2022 Guardian article …

9. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, has died of blood cancer at 35

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:44:28 -0000

   Tatiana Schlossberg, a granddaughter of former President John F. Kennedy and a prominent climate activist and environmental journalist, died of cancer on December 30 at age 35, her family announced through a social media post. "Our beautiful Tatiana passed away this morning," the post, signed by her …

10. The Five Most Unhinged Climate Lies Trump Told in 2025

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:30:00 -0000

    In the past decade at the forefront of US politics, Donald Trump has unleashed a barrage of unusual, misleading, or dubious assertions about the …

11. Inside Trump’s “no data, just vibes” approach to science

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:28:22 -0000

    8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year. One of the biggest changes so far during President Donald Trump’s second term has been the steady degradation of basic data collection. In some cases, moves have been driven by his ideological resistance to the numbers themselves; in …

12. After the floods of 2025, can we keep 2026 above water?

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:24:05 -0000

    Flooding has become the world’s ‘foremost climate hazard’, according to experts. So what do we do about it? Devastating floods ravaged multiple regions of the world in 2025, from Southeast Asia to North America and the Middle East. We asked climate experts what is causing the devastation and what …

13. China's Largest Solar Farm Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Energy

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:45:00 -0000

    The world's largest cluster of solar farms can be found in Qinghai, China, high on the remote Tibetan Plateau. It's far bigger than the USA's largest …

14. Iceland sees record-breaking heat on Christmas Eve

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:22:26 -0000

    Iceland hit a record temperature of nearly 20°C (68°F) on Christmas Eve, underscoring the phenomenon of “Arctic amplification.” Like other polar …

15. Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of John F Kennedy, dies aged 35

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:09:10 -0000

    The granddaughter of former US president John F Kennedy, Tatiana Schlossberg, has died aged 35. In an Instagram post from the John F. Kennedy …

16. The real reason golden ages collapse—and how the U.S. can avoid it

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:30:05 -0000

    Past societies tried to regulate their way to stability. But it came at a great cost. While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, "We're a nation …

17. Our Planet’s Magnetic Field: A Shield That Protects All Life

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:10:00 -0000

    Imagine waking up tomorrow to a sky filled with violent radiation, electronics failing worldwide, and the upper atmosphere slowly being stripped away …

18. Solar Company Spread Across 9 States Shuts Down Shop, Blames Trump’s OBBBA

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 04:55:30 -0000

    Unsurprisingly, projects, jobs, and whole companies have been falling as a result of Donald Trump’s war on renewable energy and electric vehicles. …

19. Why inventing new emotions feels so good

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:10:59 -0000

    Fast-paced, very-online life is spinning out whole new ways to talk about feelings—and new feelings, too. Have you ever felt “velvetmist”? It’s a …

20. How to listen to a forest

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:14:28 -0000

    I was walking in Alice Holt Forest on England’s Surrey-Hampshire border when I stopped to listen. Despite there being nobody nearby, a slow …

21. Amazon Is Shifting Into a 'Hypertropical' State Unseen For Millions of Years

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:34:26 -0000

    A new study of the Amazon rainforest has found the region is shifting toward a 'hypertropical' state as droughts become longer, hotter, and more …

22. Mongabay’s most popular stories of 2025

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:36:47 -0000

    In 2025, Mongabay published more than 7,300 stories across eight languages. The volume reflects a newsroom that has expanded geographically and …

23. Wrapping Cucumbers In Plastic Has An Unexpected Effect On The Environment

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:25:00 -0000

    In supermarkets across the world, it's not uncommon to find cucumbers individually wrapped in plastic. This can be frustrating, since surely our …

24. Amazing pineapple leaf powder that fights crime and pollution: new research

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:35:56 -0000

    In South Africa, manufacturers of pineapple juice and other pineapple products discard thousands of tons of pineapple leaves every year, with most …

25. Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year.

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Gov. Tina Kotek has been pushing to make progress on the state's renewable energy projects since ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting …

26. How a climate doomsayer became an unexpected optimist

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    Bill McKibben isn’t known for his rosy outlook on climate change. Back in 1989, he wrote The End of Nature, which is considered the first mainstream …

27. David Fickling: The positive climate news you may have missed this year

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:06:50 -0000

    So much climate news comes out in any given week that it can be hard to keep up with it all. Much is gloomy, but there are positive developments all …

28. How Ghana cut shea tree growth time from 15 to 5 years

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:28:11 -0000

    Researchers in Ghana have cut shea tree maturity from 15 years to 3–5 using new grafting, aiming to quadruple exports & support livelihoods.

29. 2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:18:00 -0000

    Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was also the first time that the …

30. In Chad's Prehistoric Wall Drawings, Lessons in Climate Upheaval

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:22:00 -0000

    Deep in the central Sahara, the Ennedi Plateau — part of Chad’s Ennedi Massif World Heritage Site — rises out of the desert in a series of sandstone …