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1. The Earth is sizzling, but ‘climate hushing’ is hot right now among Democrats. ‘People are increasingly freaked out about other issues’

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:49:16 -0000

   Climate change has been the backdrop to Charles Hughes’ entire life, from kindergarten lessons about disappearing habitats to wildfire smoke …

2. Colorado River plan to cut water amid drought brings uncertainty for cities and farmers

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:39:17 -0000

   PHOENIX (AP) — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado River has capped growth, revived old wells and struck …

3. Nepal's foreign minister calls for global climate change crackdown as flooding death toll rises

   Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:36:00 -0000

   Nepal's foreign minister Shisir Khanal blamed the catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 675 on rising temperatures and called for a global …

4. Mount Everest Base Camp Is Melting. Human Urine Is a Contributor.

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:02:08 -0000

   More than 6,000 liters are produced daily by thousands of climbers and guides, according to a study. Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Nepal and China, is in transition. Study after study shows that it’s melting. With record numbers of climbers hoping to summit its peak, the mountain …

5. Gray Whales Are Suffering Through a “Catastrophic Mortality Event” on the Pacific Coast

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:21:54 -0000

   Environmental groups plan to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect the ocean giants whose numbers have nearly halved in 10 years.

6. When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:57:04 -0000

   The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock …

7. 'One Big Military Theft': Trump Announces Deal for US Control of Venezuelan Oil Fields

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:32:35 -0000

   President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social on Friday that his government had "secured majority US control" of Venezuelan oil reserves …

8. Water pumped up from Michigan gas wells as deep as 556 metres carried between 4,200 and 6,800 fungal cells in every millilitre, and separately filtered samples of the same water yielded 205 pure cultures resolving to 67 groups, 13 of them below the common threshold used to match a fungus to a named species

   Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0000

   A millilitre of water pumped off a gas wellhead in Antrim County, Michigan, holds between 4,200 and 6,800 fungal cells. That count, reported in The …

9. Unsettling question raised over Trump admin's role in devastating Nepal floods

   Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:57:19 -0000

   The devastating flash floods in Nepal this week that killed at least 670 people and left around 3,000 missing — including 90 Americans — might have …

10. Europe’s scorching summer has ‘charged’ the Mediterranean Sea. What weather will September bring?

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 05:00:25 -0000

    Weather forecasters have warned that parts of Europe will be entering “flash-flood season” following a blistering summer. Europe’s blistering summer …

11. Europe’s summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:55:47 -0000

    Small boats stand idle on cracked ground in a shriveled side channel of the Danube River in northern Serbia, where the water has receded into a …

12. Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:47:38 -0000

    Canada is hiring dozens of researchers from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard, as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour. More than three-quarters of the 64 professors who are moving to Canada from around the world will come from the US. They will …

13. How Did the World Get to Be Held Hostage by Two Malevolent Cretins?

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:49:00 -0000

    Trump’s America is a joke. And so is Putin’s Russia. But both countries, under their unstable leaders, are as dangerous as cornered badgers, and that …

14. Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:22:57 -0000

    New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres. Scientists are still piecing together the …

15. Why Nepal's rare, deadly flood struck without warning

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:59:18 -0000

    Thousands of people are missing and hundreds are dead after a flash flood in Nepal that struck with little warning earlier this week. Why it matters: …

16. Global warming is killing biodiversity and our ability to smell : NPR One

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 02:52:17 -0000

    KUNM on NPR One | 4:43

17. A melting glacier contributed to the deadly Nepal floods. We can expect more like this

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Nearly 3,000 people are missing and at least 670 people are dead after flash flooding tore through Nepal and Tibet early Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Initial assessments found that a massive chunk of ice snapped off a glacier and tumbled thousands of feet into the valley below. …

18. What Darline Graham’s Ugly, Viral Outburst About Death Really Reveals

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:02:59 -0000

    The senator’s parents died when she was a kid. That’s tragic. But it’s also tragic that she’s against the kind of care that could help untold numbers …

19. In the Age of Global Warming, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:04:15 -0000

    A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing. On Wednesday morning, part of a glacier and the mountainside beneath it collapsed on the north side of Langtang Lirung, a 23,734-foot peak near Nepal’s border with …

20. Electric vehicles are flaming out —let’s ‘Make Internal Combustion Engines Great Again’

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    If you are a builder, promoter or buyer of electric vehicles, good for you. Science and technology do march on. But occasionally, at what cost? While …

21. Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:20:01 -0000

    Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. …

22. Mountains Are Coming Undone

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:00:20 -0000

    On the morning of Aug. 26, an entire glacier-covered mountainside in northern Nepal collapsed. Within minutes, a towering, churning wall of mud, rock and water engulfed villages in the valley of the Bhotekoshi River along the border between Nepal and Tibet. For many of those in its path, there was …

23. Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What happens in one ocean doesn't necessarily stay there. For centuries, changes over the tropical Pacific have traveled through the atmosphere to …

24. The safest place on Earth in a global catastrophe

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:56:01 -0000

    When a global catastrophe occurs – be it nuclear war, an asteroid strike, geomagnetic storm or massive cyber-attack – where in the world would you …

25. The Floods in Nepal May Be Sending Us a Message

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:39:48 -0000

    It would be easy to dismiss the sudden flood that struck Nepal last Wednesday as just another example of what insurance companies like to call “an …

26. The Old Farmer’s Almanac winter forecast is out. Here’s what to know about the coming season

    Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:13:50 -0000

    This winter is looking mild for most of the U.S., according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac’s new winter forecast. Temperatures should be around average …

27. Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:00:00 -0000

    For years, the economic case for solar came with an awkward qualification. Yes, it had no fuel bill. Yes, its operating costs were low. And yes, over …

28. Frightening discovery suggests we'll soon need to completely redraw our map of Earth

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:17:19 -0000

    Fancy living in the Sahara desert? Or how about the polar ice cap? Such a drastic shift in living conditions may not sound too appealing, but with the …

29. Nepal flood exposes risks from melting glaciers and thawing permafrost as Himalayas warm

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:44:15 -0000

    The mud tsunami in Nepal has brought the risk from the warming climate to mountain communities into sharp focus. Thousands of people are still …

30. When The Mountains Collapse: Lessons From Nepal For A Changing South Asia - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 22:43:55 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Early-warning systems must detect hazards upstream. Downstream communities may have only 5–30 minutes to respond to sudden ice-rock …