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  1. Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke in the US. But experts say he’s ignoring the bigger problem

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:14:56 -0000

    United States President Donald Trump has accused Canada of “wilful negligence” over wildfires, blaming its forest management, threatening tariffs and …

  2. It’s so hot in France that a wildfire created a never-before-seen lightning cloud that ignited even more fires

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:43:09 -0000

    PARIS (AP) — A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground …

  3. Yangtze River experiences major recovery after 2021 fishing ban

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:54:11 -0000

    A fishing ban on China’s Yangtze River has led to a remarkable recovery of biomass in the waterway. The 6,300-kilometer (3,900-mile) river, Asia’s …

  4. Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    In remaking USAID’s Feed the Future innovation labs, Trump is abandoning an agricultural research effort built to benefit the world. Bassirou Sani …

  5. Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:07:59 -0000

    You’ve been planning your dream beach vacation for months, only to arrive and find the shoreline covered in large piles of smelly, brown seaweed, …

  6. 'No matter what you do, you can’t put it out': Spanish firefighters describe record blaze

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:33:22 -0000

    BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish firefighter Javier García has never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in his two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. “This doesn’t have a precedent,” García told The Associated Press by phone before another long day ahead. The …

  7. Roundup’s Surprising Connection to Industrial Meat

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The one thing glyphosate has in common with the screwworm outbreak, deforestation, climate change and bird flu. For years, Bayer and the biotech giant …

  8. Why Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:55:00 -0000

    The wildfires sweeping France and Spain this week are the largest blazes either country has faced in modern history. This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. An underappreciated surreality of …

  9. The Tesla Diner Is a Runaway Success. But Not for the Reason You’d Think.

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:16:29 -0000

    Strip away the restaurant and the hype, and Tesla Diner is an 80-plug fast-charging station plunked right in the middle of a former charging …

  10. The Concerning Data Center Side Effect That Might Affect Millions

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:25:00 -0000

    There are over 12,000 data centers across the globe today. As artificial intelligence (AI) demand intensifies, more data centers are projected to be …

  11. Is Fiji Water actually that much better? Here's what experts found

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:25:35 -0000

    "The study challenges what we know about packaged water for ages and our mindsets about tap water." Plus, more scientific finds you'll be surprised to know.

  12. Trump’s Isolationism Is Losing the Great E.V. Race

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    The United States risks becoming a theme park of internal combustion, as the rest of the world moves on. Australia plays a number of interesting roles in the world, and one of them is as part of what scientists call a “natural experiment,” in which significant forces can be observed at work outside …

  13. Photos Show the Destruction in France and Spain From Ferocious European Wildfires

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:16:45 -0000

    Firefighters in France and Spain are battling ferocious wildfires in an effort to control the blazes before the next heat wave arrives later this week. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday described the "completely unprecedented" crisis as the "toughest since the Second World War." He urged …

  14. The Ecosystems Woven Into Our Clothes

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:48 -0000

    High in the Andes mountains, a puma looks down upon the Patagonia plateau, eyeing a large herd of woolly sheep moving in lockstep. The threat of …

  15. 13 Extinct Animals Scientists Now Believe May Still Be Alive

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:03:09 -0000

    Extinction is supposed to be permanent. That’s the whole point of the word. But over a dozen species officially declared gone forever have turned up …

  16. A Forgotten Wave of Extinction May Have Erased Thousands of Human Languages

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Around 7,500 spoken and signed languages are used worldwide today. Yet this extraordinary diversity may represent only a fraction of the linguistic …

  17. Big Oil profits are soaring while extreme heatwaves scorch the planet this summer

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:20:00 -0000

    Emissions from the largest oil companies were enough to cause to 1 in 4 heatwaves over the past two decades, according to a new analysis from Oxfam. This summer, millions of people have felt the dire consequences of climate change as they faced extreme, record-breaking heat. And the Big Oil …

  18. Climate change is putting your European river cruise at risk

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:31:35 -0000

    As Europe bakes in yet another heatwave, falling water levels across the Rhine and Danube rivers have left cruise companies battling to keep their summer sailings afloat. Weeks of sunshine, blazing temperatures and virtually no rain have reduced the Continent’s major rivers to their lowest levels in …

  19. Major news outlets and Democrats are pretending weather isn’t affected by climate

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Along with ongoing coverage of the latest bombings and missile and drone attacks in Iran and the oil-rich Gulf states, extreme weather events are also providing lead segments on evening news programs this summer. What you don’t see in much of the TV coverage, at least not since the beginning of …

  20. Spanish government approves scientific panel to tackle climate change

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:47:48 -0000

    The Council of Ministers has approved the creation of an expert body to produce independent reports guiding public policy on climate change. …

  21. Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:21:32 -0000

    Wildfires are tearing through France and Spain, forcing more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. France has seen its worst fires in two decades, while officials in the Spanish capital Madrid say they are the worst the region has ever experienced. It follows a sweltering summer of heatwaves …

  22. Massive iceberg capsizes off the coast of Greenland

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:15:46 -0000

    A massive iceberg capsized off the coast of Ilulissat, Greenland flipping with force to reveal its jagged underside. A massive iceberg capsized off the coast of Ilulissat, Greenland, on July 25, flipping with force to reveal its jagged underside amid a burst of waves and mist. The spectacle took …

  23. We’ve All Heard Of Baba Vanga, The Bulgarian Seer, But Here Is What She Actually Predicted

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:17:57 -0000

    Most people who claim to see the future are easy to dismiss. Vague enough to mean anything, specific enough to sound impressive after the fact, and …

  24. Scorching US Heat Wave To Hit 70M With Third ‘Heat Dome’ in Month

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:30:43 -0000

    Scorching US Heat Wave To Hit 70M With Third ‘Heat Dome’ in Month (Maria)The author writes, “About 70 million people in the U.S. are expected to face …

  25. Youth climate lawsuit seeks full Ninth Circuit hearing

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:34:03 -0000

    A group of young plaintiffs, who sued the federal government alleging a series of executive orders threaten their constitutional right to life by …

  26. Europe warned of ‘warmer-than-normal’ August: What’s driving blistering temperatures?

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:00:50 -0000

    "The exceptionally warm Mediterranean Sea is leaving a fingerprint on land, and in several places it shows up in the nights rather than the …

  27. El Niño Set to Upend the World Economy

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:17:37 -0000

    "El Niño is ​just going to make inflation more sticky." The West Pacific has swung back into an El Niño phase, bringing nearly unprecedented heat to …

  28. Trump administration targeted California and other blue states for clean energy cuts

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The fate of hundreds of clean energy projects hangs in the balance after court documents revealed that the Trump administration targeted California and other blue states solely for political reasons when it slashed funding for the initiatives last year. Large companies, startups, utilities, …

  29. Scientists Found a Genius Way to Remove 'Forever Chemicals' From Soil

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:24:39 -0000

    Nutrient-rich 'sludge' has been marketed to farmers as a natural alternative to petrochemical fertilizers. But it's making a really, really big mess, because much of that sludge is contaminated with PFAS. Luckily, scientists are working on it. Read on to see how this cleanup method works – and follow ScienceAlert for evidence-backed stories on pollution, health, and the environment.

  30. Earth's Greatest Catastrophes Seem to Follow a Mysterious 27-Million-Year Pulse

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:30:04 -0000

    At first glance, Earth's biggest geological disasters seem to have little in common beyond their sheer scale. But for decades, scientists have wondered whether these seemingly unrelated events might actually follow a hidden rhythm stretching back hundreds of millions of years. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for news that sparks your curiosity.