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  1. How planting a 'rain garden' could help protect your home from flooding

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:16:47 -0000

    Flooding is expected to grow more extreme due to climate change. Your garden could be your home's first defence. Heavy rains and flooding hit Spain's …

  2. Why is landmark UN biodiversity fund nearly empty?

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:07:00 -0000

    The fund, which is supposed to raise billions, has so far collected US$7,085 (S$9,060).

  3. EU unveils strategy to bolster Arctic presence amid pressure from Russia and the US

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:35:24 -0000

    The European Union unveils its new "strategy for the Arctic" on Tuesday, aiming to step up its presence in the far north as melting ice opens new maritime routes, and tensions with Russia and the United States increasingly put the region in the geopolitical spotlight. The European Union (EU) is to …

  4. Butterflies passing through Wyoming won't see protections until 2030

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:29:10 -0000

    Monarch butterflies lost 6.30 acres of forest habitat in the core zone of the Monarch Butterfly Reserve between February 2024 and February 2025 due …

  5. Don’t vilify data centers for the wrong reasons — just demand better ones

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Almost nobody wakes up thinking about a data center. But by the time you’ve checked the weather, paid a bill and answered a few emails, you’ve …

  6. The Trump Scandal That Everyone Overlooked

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:07:27 -0000

    As corruption tops voters’ concerns, Democrats and the press are ignoring Trump’s deal with the oil industry. With the U.S. midterm elections less …

  7. Toxic Betrayal: Report Details How Trump Duped His MAHA Base by Appeasing Corporate Interests | Common Dreams

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:17:53 -0000

    The MAHA movement "reminded the American public of the dangers of toxic chemicals in our air and water... But then the Trump administration either …

  8. DeSantis’ climate change denial just hit its melting point

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:23:48 -0000

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ climate policy meets the Florida heat. Rachel Maddow explains the message behind “Denial,” a gallium statue of the governor designed to melt in the sun. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow » Become an MS NOW Member! Join us here http://ms.now/membership MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ #DeSantis #Florida #climatechange

  9. A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    One of the first major signs of this year's "Super El Niño" has reached the U.S. It's called a Kelvin wave – a deep ocean wave that's currently raising sea levels along the West Coast. Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with …

  10. Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:04:36 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her …

  11. Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the world

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:08:25 -0000

    El Niño has been strengthening for several months now and is already having a significant impact on global weather patterns. Countries including Indonesia, India and the United States have been experiencing droughts, floods and heatwaves in line with projections about how extreme weather events will …

  12. These startups hope “blended” food will cut our appetite for red meat

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Beef is a climate burden. Can “blended meat” finally succeed in getting us to cut back? In the fall of 2025, Jeff Dodge set up a six-foot folding …

  13. Ilhan Omar Is the Right Kind of American. Trump Is the Wrong Kind.

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:56:58 -0000

    The president’s crusade against the Minnesota congresswoman, and Somali Americans in general, is certainly racist. And it’s arguably more than …

  14. Maddow: DeSantis feels the heat from climate activists

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:29:32 -0000

    Rachel Maddow reports on a statue of outgoing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled in the state capital, Tallahassee. Placed by climate activists, …

  15. Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade, experts say

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:37:45 -0000

    The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. This finding comes …

  16. 1. The end of fossil fuels?

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 22:24:57 -0000

    The UN climate summit, COP28, concluded in the United Arab Emirates. This was the first COP to officially acknowledge that fossil fuels are the root …

  17. Trump vowed to stop an 'energy emergency.' Then he created a real one.

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    The president used executive powers to boost oil and coal, but he can't fix the shortages caused by the Iran war. On the first day of his second term, …

  18. A Guide to Trump’s Body Parts

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    His brain is of greatest concern, but not the only potential trouble spot. The forthcoming midterm elections are a referendum on President Donald …

  19. AI reveals how a warming climate will intensify NZ’s most extreme downpours

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:09:17 -0000

    The most damaging weather events are the record-breaking “one-in-100-year” disasters communities have usually only seen once. But understanding how …

  20. On campaign trail, Jeffries says Republicans are 'divorced from reality'

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:28:29 -0000

    TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as he campaigned for Rep. …

  21. They Retired Here for a Country Idyll. But Meta Had Other Plans.

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:47:31 -0000

    Meet Jeff and Beverly Morris—and their brown water, and their one usable bathroom out of three. Life wasn’t like this until the data center came …

  22. How Super El Niño could shape COP31 for Asean

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:06:00 -0000

    Asean must push for stronger adaptation funding, faster loss and damage support and a transition away from fossil fuels as climate risks …

  23. The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle - NASA Science

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 04:01:00 -0000

    Humans are exerting increasing influence over how water moves through lakes, rivers, soil, and the subsurface, and a new NASA study shows where those …

  24. Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: 'To save the world, we need to love it more'

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Our PM for the PM series asks people what they would do if they were prime minister for the afternoon. This week, it’s Good Morning Britain’s weather …

  25. Dan Wu makes his case in Lexington council race: ‘I Believe in Lexington’ | Opinion

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Y’all, we live in some weird and unsettling times — constant uncertainty, deep division, and breakneck change. Hyperpartisanship, the worsening …

  26. The Maya collapse was blamed on drought. The full story is more complicated.

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Researchers are still puzzling through what happened to the ancient Maya civilization, which mysteriously dwindled. New answers have parallels in the present. MEXICO CITY — The answer, it appeared, was drought. That was the theory, proposed by scientists three decades ago, to explain why the Maya …

  27. Study shows Gulf oil spill's lasting damage

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:23:13 -0000

    More than 16 years after the BP oil spill off the Gulf Coast, new research reveals lasting damage to marine life.

  28. The Plan to Dim the Sun Could Actually Work—and That May Be the Most Dangerous Part of All

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:59 -0000

    Experts simulated a rush to deploy solar geoengineering against global warming. The science was the least of their problems. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To counteract the warming effects of climate change, solar radiation modification (SRM)—once seen as a strategy of last …

  29. ACCC says ads can't present bought carbon credits as emission cuts

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 06:44:03 -0000

    Credits from projects that only avoided emissions cannot back a 'zero impact' slogan, ACCC guide says. Which ads may Australia's watchdog now target …

  30. Large animals are living carbon stores. Does that make saving them a climate solution?

    Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:47:33 -0000

    Great herds of elephants once crisscrossed Africa, and scientists have no doubt that they shaped the landscape, ecosystems and — as recent science …