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1. Last Time an El Niño Was This Bad, It Killed 50 Million People

   Thu, 14 May 2026 12:57:12 -0000

   "It was arguably the worst environmental disaster to ever befall humanity." As if oil shortages, perpetual wars, and the existential angst of AI …

2. Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavily

   Thu, 14 May 2026 14:56:15 -0000

   President Donald Trump is stopping offshore wind projects in the United States, just as the industry was poised to grow significantly. Offshore wind energy has the potential to deliver large amounts of clean energy along U.S. coastlines. Three offshore wind farms are open in the United States and …

3. New El Niño forecast warns of a powerful shift amid hurricane season

   Thu, 14 May 2026 13:02:05 -0000

   The chaotic climate force is known for boosting hurricane activity some places and reducing it in others. Here's what to know as a new forecast warns that a "very strong" El Niño could be brewing. El Niño is coming "soon" and it could reach "very strong" levels later this year, according to a May …

4. Shotgun Players presents a climate-change comedy, 'Continuity'

   Thu, 14 May 2026 16:00:00 -0000

   The play, by Bess Wohl, starts May 23 at the Ashby Stage. Berkeley’s Shotgun Players will present the Bay Area premiere of Bess Wohl’s fast-paced …

5. The War in Iran is Causing an Energy Crisis Nobody Can Opt Out Of

   Thu, 14 May 2026 17:00:02 -0000

   For years, the case for clean energy has been framed around the future. Lower emissions. Lower costs. Long-term resilience. But markets and policymakers rarely move on future benefits alone. They move when risk becomes immediate. Over the past eight weeks, that risk has come into view. The IEA’s …

6. The Tesla Semi could be a big deal for electric trucking

   Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Is this what the industry needs right now? The Tesla Semi has officially arrived. The company recently released a photo of the first vehicle rolling …

7. Heatwaves are now everyday disasters – governments need to do more to protect people

   Thu, 14 May 2026 16:08:28 -0000

   Heatwaves are a growing global threat to human health, wellbeing and livelihoods. Across 12 major European cities during the summer of 2025, a ten-day …

8. Carney Leaves Fate of 2030 Emission Reduction Target Unclear

   Thu, 14 May 2026 18:20:50 -0000

   Canada’s target to sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is in question after Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will “update” …

9. This coming El Niño could be a monster. Will it bring epic rain to California this winter?

   Thu, 14 May 2026 16:25:33 -0000

   The likelihood of a potentially powerful El Niño taking shape in the Pacific Ocean is rising, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season. There is now an 82% chance that El Niño is likely to emerge over the next few months, up from the 61% chance estimated …

10. Restoring the Flow: A Milestone in the Revival of the Everglades

    Thu, 14 May 2026 10:40:00 -0000

    Patterson Boulevard looks like a road to nowhere. In fact, it’s hardly a road at all, just two dirt tracks into the Florida swampland, hemmed in by …

11. Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth

    Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    The first generation to truly grow up online, Generation Z and their cohort live in a social media ecosystem that blends facts and feelings. It’s …

12. California’s New Plastic Recycling Rules Spark Fights From All Sides

    Thu, 14 May 2026 19:00:54 -0000

    This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California just gave plastic producers until 2032 to make all their …

13. Hybrid silicon system keeps electrons hot 25,000 times longer to drive chemical reactions

    Thu, 14 May 2026 14:39:09 -0000

    Plants have a monopoly on the sun. They soak up rays, shuffle electrons, and turn light into life. But despite eons of evolution, plants are …

14. Trump officials, billionaires and the quiet reshaping of America's public lands

    Wed, 13 May 2026 12:02:57 -0000

    At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s Crazy Mountains, a simple sign warns visitors they are now entering private …

15. El Nino expected to develop soon, but its strength remains uncertain

    Thu, 14 May 2026 18:02:59 -0000

    El Nino is expected to develop soon, potentially bringing significant impacts to our weather, the upcoming hurricane season and global temperatures, …

16. Here's why you don’t need to worry about a 'super' El Niño — yet

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:50:24 -0000

    Although it's still early in terms of forecasting, there's been a lot of talk about the potential development of a "super" El Niño in the months to …

17. India’s legendary hill towns are sinking

    Thu, 14 May 2026 09:23:36 -0000

    WHEN THE temperature rises, Indians head upwards. In the scorching month of May, many venture to famous hill towns—none better known than Shimla, a …

18. El Niño is coming faster than expected and chances are rising that it will be historically strong

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:05:21 -0000

    El Niño is emerging even faster than expected in the Pacific Ocean and odds are increasing that it could become historically strong — a rare “Super” El Niño — by fall or winter. This is according to a just-released update from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center that says there is a 2 in 3 chance that …

19. A Massive Phytoplankton Bloom Is Forming Off the United States' East Coast

    Thu, 14 May 2026 18:08:56 -0000

    In the middle of April, NASA researchers watching the images coming back from satellites began to notice something strange. Pretty, but strange. Huge …

20. El Niño is almost here with increasing odds of it rivaling the strongest in history

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:37:26 -0000

    Major changes with global weather patterns are on the horizon as El Niño develops. AccuWeather meteorologists are saying there is an increasing …

21. After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress

    Thu, 14 May 2026 15:15:50 -0000

    AROMA MARKA, Bolivia — The rolling hills around the town of Aroma Marka are a cacophony of colors: golden-yellow, deep-red and purplish-black quinoa …

22. Gooey blue blobs are washing up on U.S. beaches—here’s why

    Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Velella velella isn’t a jellyfish; they’re gelatinous and go where the wind takes them. This spring, beaches from California to Washington have become clogged with small, squelchy electric blue animals—piled up several inches deep in some places—accompanied by a dubious smell. These …

23. How Climate Change and Shifting Science Are Reshaping America’s Relationship With Orange Juice

    Thu, 14 May 2026 16:20:31 -0000

    Few foods have held such a firm place in American culture as orange juice. For generations, it sat alongside cereal and milk as a breakfast …

24. Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:09:46 -0000

    Ocean heat plus human-caused global warming is a grim recipe for deadly climate extremes. Scientists said this week that a developing El Niño is …

25. American innovators are rewriting cement’s recipe — and its rulebook

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    How do you clean up one of the world’s most essential building materials? ClearPath Action, a conservative clean energy nonprofit, is highlighting …

26. These 78 People Captured Visual Gold That They Just Had To Share With The Internet (New Pics) - AOL

    Thu, 14 May 2026 08:35:42 -0000

    Often, many of us get so caught up in work, deadlines, scrolling endlessly on our phones, or just trying to survive the chaos of everyday life that we forget to actually look up and notice the world around us. The same roads we take every day, the sky above us during sunset, the tiny details in …

27. Chinese EVs take the world by storm — except in the United States

    Wed, 13 May 2026 01:08:37 -0000

    China dominates the electric vehicle industry, with its brands responsible for about two-thirds of global sales in 2024, although none of those sales were in the U.S. BEIJING — China loves electric cars: making them, driving them and selling them to the rest of the world. Subscribe to read this story …

28. Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows

    Thu, 14 May 2026 13:56:57 -0000

    Image source, Anadolu via Getty Images Image source, BBC Weather Image caption, Graph shows the rise in temperature above the long-term average at a specific area in the Pacific which is used to determine the onset of El Niño. The lines represent an average of a range of varying models from each …

29. How the world can avoid millions going hungry when supply chains collapse

    Thu, 14 May 2026 11:16:06 -0000

    Millions more people will face hunger in the coming months if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved soon, the UN has warned. The price of …

30. Trump’s ‘weird war’ on wind power will jeopardize our energy future and cost Americans billions

    Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Picking the wildest fantasy promoted by President Trump as a basis for public policy is increasingly challenging — is it his yarn about schoolchildren being secretly abducted from their classrooms and given sex-changing operations? The notion that the vaccines given to children are like “a vat, …