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  1. Devastating flash floods in Nepal

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:35:35 -0000

    At least 1,500 people, including foreign tourists, have been missing since Wednesday following the devastating flash floods in Nepal and Tibet. A second or third wave of deadly flash flooding could arrive in Nepal later today as the country scrambles to respond to a catastrophe that has killed more than 350 people. The president of the Nepal Centre for Disaster Management said the disaster came at them like a “tsunami from the sky”.

  2. How wind projects got replaced by a $900 million payday to a Trump donor’s firm

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:01 -0000

    Government settlement money is going to a Trump neighbor’s private equity fund. The Trump administration’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead is generating a huge payday for one of the president’s million-dollar donors. Behind the windfall is …

  3. Exclusive - French astronaut describes climate change as seen from space

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:09:11 -0000

    In her exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, French astronaut Sophie Adenot spoke from the International Space Station about the impacts of climate change and the changing face of Earth.

  4. When a colossal iceberg broke free in Antarctica, scientists found something astounding beneath it

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:42:49 -0000

    With the help of a remotely operated vehicle, the researchers discovered a breathtaking world hidden under the ice for centuries. In March 2025, a …

  5. Nepal–Tibet floods in maps, photos and videos

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:00:29 -0000

    As a mass of glacial water crashed through the mountains and valleys of the Nepalese and Tibetan border, extraordinary videos were captured by …

  6. UK government urges public to stockpile food

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:51:42 -0000

    Britain is readying a national campaign urging people to stockpile canned food and better prepare for national emergencies, the latest European …

  7. The Supreme Court Joins Trump’s Insidious War on Voting Rights

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:33:35 -0000

    The high court’s shadow-docket decision isn’t the final word on mail-in ballots, but it reveals the conservative bloc’s comfort with the …

  8. Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:47:12 -0000

    Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause of the flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice, scientists have told the BBC. Initial reports of an earthquake led many to believe that a tremor had caused a landslide, …

  9. Is Slate Auto’s new electric truck the EV Americans need?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A small, no frills EV could be the right vehicle for this moment. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EVs account for under 10% of total new-vehicle sales in the US, and …

  10. The Data Center Backlash Is a Rare Bright Spot in American Politics

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:38:08 -0000

    The AI industry gleefully sold its products as harmful to the interests of ordinary people. Thankfully, ordinary people decided that there would be …

  11. A ‘leading’ Chinese miner of Mozambique’s heavy sands linked to environmental destruction

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:35:43 -0000

    A sand mining operation along the coast of central Mozambique’s Zambezia Province decimated hundreds of hectares of mangroves in just a few years, a …

  12. Glacier collapse may have triggered 'almost incomprehensible' Nepal flood

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:44:50 -0000

    Scientists don't yet know exactly what triggered the Nepal flood, but they suspect a glacier collapse and suggest climate change also played a role. The volume and speed of the wall of mud, boulders and debris that rushed more than 60 miles down a river through Nepal on Aug. 26 shocked even …

  13. Meningitis Is a Horrible Way to Die. Trump Will Make It More Common.

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Mothers who have lost children to the disease are sharing their stories to warn the public about Trump’s recent anti-vaccine executive order. It might …

  14. Gender equity, DEI, climate action: How the Smithsonian’s woke push ‘infiltrated’ America's most beloved zoo

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:49 -0000

    FIRST ON FOX: As the Trump administration continues to crack down on far-left messaging and agenda items within the Smithsonian Institution, a Fox News Digital review found that the Smithsonian National Zoo has been adopting "woke" messaging and programming of its own over the past several …

  15. Worst of record-smashing SoCal heat wave is over, but it won’t feel like it

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Wednesday saw record-breaking, triple-digit temps in several parts of Southern California. And although the peak of the sweltering heat wave has passed, it probably won’t feel like it — thanks to hanging humidity. The National Weather Service has forecast potential showers and thunderstorms for …

  16. Nepal flood death toll surges as 65 Americans listed among over 1,000 people still missing

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:23:00 -0000

    Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border Thursday after a catastrophic, deadly torrent of floods and …

  17. EXCLUSIVE: Climate Review Linked To Lawsuits Was ‘Sham’ Shrouded In ‘Secrecy,’ Attorneys General Allege

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:06:24 -0000

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine produced a biased climate report designed to bolster lawsuits against fossil fuel …

  18. Tsunami of dirt: what caused Nepal’s deadly glacial flood?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 02:56:08 -0000

    More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the …

  19. Why Trump’s plan to rescind the Roadless Rule protecting national forests will struggle in court

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:39:33 -0000

    Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded …

  20. Canada to hit U.S. with retaliatory tariffs. And, remembering music legend Dolly Parton

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:05:46 -0000

    Today's top stories Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the U.S., saying that it will match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar." Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the country would apply tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on a variety of U.S. exports starting Sept. 8. The …

  21. Radical Overhaul to Milk Production Would Use Up to 96% Less Land Than Cows, Study Suggests

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:00:00 -0000

    Almost half of all habitable land on Earth is used for agriculture, and most of that is dominated by livestock farming, which not only monopolizes …

  22. Trump and Vance Just Gave Maine Democrat Troy Jackson Two Big Gifts

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:10:00 -0000

    Republican Senator Susan Collins must be pulling her hair out. You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside …

  23. Solar and wind continue to push coal off the West’s grid

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    This is an installment of the Landline, a monthly newsletter from High Country News about land, water, wildlife, climate and conservation in the …

  24. Nepal flood sparks fears that the US’ most dangerous volcano could unleash similar catastrophe at home

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:10:07 -0000

    Experts fear that “America’s most dangerous” volcano, Mount Rainier, could unleash a catastrophe similar to the landslide and floods that devastated …

  25. A Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. A New Study Shows It's Still Causing Health Problems

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:18 -0000

    Researchers found elevated reports of autoimmune and endocrine disorders among people living within 5 miles (8 kilometers) of the Santa Susana field …

  26. Tragedy in Nepal: How do flash floods happen?

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:31:40 -0000

    When flash floods sweep through the Himalayas, there is often little time to react. Scientists are working to understand the risks and improve early …

  27. 'Mini jungle': Alaska is getting greener as the climate warms – with cascading effects

    Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:54:48 -0000

    A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse. With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North …

  28. In 1962, French geologist Michel Siffre climbed into a glacier cave in the Alps with no clock and no sunlight and stayed for two months, and when his team called him up on 14 September he insisted it was still 20 August, some of the earliest evidence that human circadian rhythm drifts free of any external cue

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:06:56 -0000

    On 16 July 1962, a 23-year-old French geologist named Michel Siffre lowered himself 130 metres into a glacier cave called Scarasson, in the Ligurian …

  29. Watch: What caused the flash floods in the Nepal-Tibet border

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:17:45 -0000

    The US Geological Survey says the floods in the Nepal-Tibet border were triggered by a "glacial collapse" - meaning a glacier or part of a glacier had disintegrated. Initial reports led authorities to believe that an earthquake had been the cause. The cause of the glacial collapse has not been …

  30. What is GLOF? Know The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Event That Caused Disaster In Nepal

    Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:59:00 -0000

    Earlier the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported seismic activity in the region and attributed the same to a glacial collapse rather than tectonic movement. GLOF, short for Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, is a phenomenon that occurs when a lake formed by the melting glacier ice collapses or abruptly …