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1. Is This the End of MAGA?

   Wed, 04 Nov 2026 20:43:34 -0000

   The 2026 midterms seem to be a clear repudiation of President Trump's policies and administration. But what does the election tell us about the future of the Make America Great Again movement and the Republican Party?

2. Elon Musk's No Good, Very Bad, Absolutely Disastrous Election Night

   Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:23:30 -0000

   Musk spent nearly $500 million to elect Republicans and watched them all lose—and get wiped out in Texas.

3. Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of the Supreme Court

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:01:00 -0000

   The blue wave didn’t just hand Democrats control of the House and Senate. They’ve won back favorable terrain on the future of the federal …

4. The Ozone Hole Is the Largest It's Been in a Decade

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:05:21 -0000

   Scientists at NASA and NOAA found the hole to be nearly three times the size of the United States this year. The ozone hole has made its annual …

5. Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises?

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:41:25 -0000

   Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short. Ten years ago, the Paris Agreement entered into force, binding nearly every country to a shared goal: to hold global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above …

6. South Korea tests Arctic shipping route amid Russia-West row

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:45:00 -0000

   For South Korean ships, navigating off the north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see …

7. America’s grid upgrade hinges on a 400-ton machine designed in the 1800s — and just one U.S. mill makes the special steel inside it

   Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:39:22 -0000

   Americans have a lot of plans for the country’s power grid. Some people want to expand renewable energy by building solar and wind farms. Others want …

8. Inflation is never coming down

   Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:03:47 -0000

   Last week, Donald Trump joked that $5,000 could at most buy you a hamburger and “maybe a small dessert” at Mar-a-Lago. “It’s not a good place if …

9. The polar vortex is about to go haywire

   Wed, 04 Nov 2026 16:59:44 -0000

   Something “unprecedented” is happening in the atmosphere: the Arctic polar vortex, a spinning mass of air high above the North Pole, is collapsing. …

10. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    There's a monster lurking in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, neither kraken nor Cthulhu, but a growing behemoth of humanity's creation. The …

11. How a Quiet Lake in Africa Became One of the Deadliest Natural Disasters Nobody Saw Coming

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:26:46 -0000

    Most lakes have fish, waves and the occasional tourist, but Lake Nyos had a deadly secret that nobody wanted to discover. There was no erupting …

12. 3 Areas of the US Facing the Most Snow This Winter

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:31:00 -0000

    The National Weather Service and Fox Weather agree that three parts of the country are bracing for more severe weather this winter amid a historic El …

13. A walk through Mecklenburg County's oldest forest reveals more than just old trees

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:17:19 -0000

    This story originally appeared as part of WFAE's weekly climate newsletter, out Thursdays. To get the news straight to your inbox first, sign up here. …

14. Gaza war destruction leads to environmental crisis for Palestinian families

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:59:31 -0000

    The scale of destruction in Gaza means families are trapped in an environmental health crisis, forced to live among mountains of rubble and garbage which often contain toxic materials such as uranium from explosives, asbestos and decomposing human remains.Nov. 5, 2026

15. Trump Rages Wildly Over Losses—and Accidentally Reveals How MAGA Dies

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:45:25 -0000

    MAGA’s staying power has relied heavily on the political and media enablers who reinforce Trump’s lies. After Tuesday, that whole project will get a …

16. Ghana praises Canada for advocating against a ‘rigged global system’ for African countries

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:34:54 -0000

    Ghana’s head of state praised Canada this week for advocating against what he called a “rigged global system” that keeps African countries trapped by debt and mired in climate chaos. His comments come as Canadian officials confirm Ottawa will appoint a new Africa envoy, months after leaving the post …

17. Democrats will take control of Congress next year. What does it mean for the economy?

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:46:54 -0000

    The Democratic gains in this week's midterm elections will bring a different business climate to Washington. But the overall economy should be OK.

18. Montreal breaks temperature records two days in a row

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:42:43 -0000

    It’s not every day that Montreal breaks a record for a daytime high, especially in the fall, but the city did it twice in a row to start …

19. Climate resources taken offline under Trump now back online

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:59:00 -0000

    Climate.us provides public access to climate data, tools, and analysis. Climate.gov, a federal website, used to provide a bridge between climate data …

20. 90 million displaced people at risk from climate threats, UN refugee agency says

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:08:00 -0000

    It also warned that climate change is making it harder for displaced people to return home sustainably.

21. Extreme weather is already a huge threat to homeowners. Which U.S. states are most at risk?

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:12:30 -0000

    Storm clouds are rolling in on the U.S. housing market, with new data projecting a sharp increase in financial losses linked to extreme weather in …

22. Antarctica’s permafrost is emitting worrying amounts of CO2

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Greenhouse gases escaping from thawing permafrost in the Arctic region have been worrying climatologists for years, and now it appears the same thing …

23. How This Year's Super El Niño Will Worsen Global Hunger

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:40:04 -0000

    A monster El Niño is nearing its peak, deepening drought in many parts of the world. Coming as countries slash foreign aid and war chokes supplies of …

24. The Surreal Has Become Real in Texas

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The Lone Star State is about to re-embark on a journey it hasn’t thought about for years: Democratic governance. The picture, so perfectly composed, …

25. Ron DeSantis calls GOP midterm losses ‘extinction-level event’

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 22:04:14 -0000

    Ron DeSantis compares GOP midterm losses to a “meteor strike,” calling the results close to an “extinction-level event.”

26. Scientists discover that a clogged filter could revolutionize oil refining

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:04:07 -0000

    Scientists have developed a remarkable new membrane that separates crude oil at room temperature, using the oil itself to create microscopic …

27. The Next Ice Age Began 2,000 Years Ago. Then, in 1960, Humans Abruptly Ended It.

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Ancient moss frozen beneath Baffin Island’s ice tells the story of a glaciation humans snuffed out. Researchers at Columbia University have pinpointed the summer of 1960 as the moment when a new glacial period, which had already begun, started melting away. They said the blame rests squarely on …

28. Earth’s rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. We finally know where it went

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:04:59 -0000

    Imagine opening a history book and finding several chapters torn out. This was what geologists looking into the rock records of Earth’s past …

29. How Oil Money Failed to Save Climate-Denying Lawmakers in 2026

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:35:00 -0000

    The 2026 midterm elections resulted in a sweeping victory for the Democratic Party–even in many places long considered to be Republican strongholds. …

30. Ozone hole in 2026 is largest in a decade, but long-term recovery remains on track: Report

    Wed, 04 Nov 2026 19:23:26 -0000

    The ozone hole measured 10.5 million square miles on Sept. 18. This year's ozone hole over the Antarctic was the largest in a decade, according to a …