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  1. How Trump’s Crazed Fury at Canada Is Already Backfiring Badly for Him

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The escalating trade war with Canada will hit hard in the Midwest—right where some of the most important contests in the midterms will be …

  2. Historic Snow Map Shows Which States El Niño Could Hit Hardest This Winter

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:45:00 -0000

    NOAA put the chance of a very strong El Niño at 81 percent in July. A month later, the Climate Prediction Center raised that above 90 percent for fall and winter 2026-27 and gave October to December a 69 percent chance of exceeding every El Niño in a record that reaches back to 1950. That …

  3. Global ocean temperatures hit record high as El Nino intensifies

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:10:10 -0000

    Copernicus warns of ‘unprecedented strain’ on world’s oceans as El Nino and climate change drive up sea surface temperatures. The average global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level on record, a European Union agency said, warning that a rapidly intensifying El Nino and human-caused …

  4. In 1973, Icelanders fought a volcano—and won

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:53:00 -0000

    Firefighters, physicists, and volunteers sprayed seawater at the flows, creating 100-foot-tall lava walls. On January 23, 1973, the 5,000 residents of the tiny Icelandic island of Heimaey—located in the Westman archipelago just four miles off Iceland’s southern coast—woke up to the Earth splitting …

  5. Border Wall Construction Threatens 6,000 Years of History on Private Lands

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    Archeologists are confronting an “unfathomable” loss as the US border wall is set to cut across ranches that are home to unique historical sites in …

  6. How to understand this heat wave (as told by NPR's senior climate editor)

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    More than 80 million people are under an Extreme Heat Warning or Heat Advisory through this week, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters at the service's Weather Prediction Center called this latest heat dome a "steamy air-mass even by mid-to-late August standards." Dangerous …

  7. Bomb Fishing Is Wreaking Havoc on Indonesia's Coral Reefs

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:26:00 -0000

    Fishers operating off the coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, are detonating more than 8,000 underwater explosives each year, researchers estimate. The …

  8. Cancer Seems to be the Price We’re Willing to Pay for Dandelion-Free Lawns - ecoRI News

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:36:43 -0000

    Watching people spray Roundup on individual dandelions and at unwelcome plants in the cracks and crevices of the asphalt and concrete that surround …

  9. The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Some of the most impactful changes have come in the stressed Colorado River basin.Some of the largest fossil fuel companies on Earth are …

  10. Climate Change Is Devastating the ‘Cherry Capital of the World’

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:29 -0000

    This year, the town of 15,000, which bills itself as the “Cherry Capital of the World,” hosted its weeklong celebration of the iconic fruit. Visitors …

  11. Around 40 injured after tornado tears through village in the south of France

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:42:20 -0000

    A village in the south of France has been hit by a tornado causing significant damage in the village of Pomas. It injured 41 and affected about 300 homes. The region was under thunderstorm alert. Scientists say climate change is leading to more frequent and intense extreme weather events.

  12. Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:44:27 -0000

    For too long, climate communication has relied on the belief that if we stick with the science and communicate the evidence, action will follow. …

  13. A lush knee-high jungle grows in the Arctic, but warming is changing Earth's mini-greenhouse

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:04:32 -0000

    TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska (AP) — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska’s North Slope tundra can look desolate — especially to outsiders from the Lower 48 who are used to in-your-face greenery. But up close, “the tundra’s kind of like the jungle,” said Adam Bloom, a Florida Atlantic University …

  14. What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Democrats Don’t

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:12:47 -0000

    The Georgia senator is showing his colleagues that in the attention era, conflict is king. There’s a new Democratic presidential front-runner, …

  15. ‘We can’t breathe’: Indonesians battle wildfire haze

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:01:17 -0000

    Wildfires are raging across Indonesia, affecting at least 10 provinces and blanketing communities in hazardous haze. Wildfires are raging across Indonesia, affecting at least 10 provinces and blanketing communities in hazardous haze. As firefighters battle the flames, residents pray for rain, while …

  16. The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:08:48 -0000

    In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical …

  17. If America Doesn’t Want Data Centers, Where Will They Go?

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As voters from both parties turn against data centers, dragging politicians of all stripes with them, Big Tech may look toward Latin America for a …

  18. Climate Collapse Has Plunged UK Food Production Into Crisis

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:27:35 -0000

    Farmers fear they won’t be able to plant crops next year. The UK faces a food production crisis after a summer of extreme heat and drought, farmers …

  19. Medicare for All Is Making a Comeback

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The health care reform package that’s getting renewed buzz thanks to some Democratic candidates is tailor-made to fix what Trump has broken. The …

  20. What the Hell Are Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, and Gavin Newsom Doing?

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    California’s attorney general is doing his job in asking questions of Paramount. It’s pathetic that other state Democrats are undercutting him. Twelve …

  21. Scientists warn end of civilisation in 'decades' with just 10 percent chance of survival

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    Unless humanity makes drastic changes to its current path, the end of civilization could be alarmingly close, according to alarming research. Two scientists warn rampant deforestation and the devastation of Earth's natural resources may trigger the collapse of 10,000 years of human civilization …

  22. El Niño heat intensifies wildfires around the world

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:21:17 -0000

    Soaring temperatures driven by the El Niño warm weather pattern have compounded the effects of climate change, sparking wildfires globally. Blazes in …

  23. Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders’ physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:40:27 -0000

    If being outside in the heat for even a few minutes felt miserable this summer, imagine what it’s like for herders who are always out walking with …

  24. World must look to the past to prepare for likely unprecedented El Niño

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:47:45 -0000

    Countries across the world are bracing for what is increasingly certain to be a historic El Niño, with latest modeling suggesting the 2026-2027 event …

  25. World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:17:48 -0000

    The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon. The average surface temperature of the planet's seas outside the polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from the …

  26. Nevada sues Trump administration over its Colorado River plan

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:12:40 -0000

    In the first salvo of what could become a prolonged court battle over Colorado River water, the state of Nevada has sued the Trump administration over its plan to impose major water cutbacks on Las Vegas. The state filed the lawsuit three days after the Trump administration released the plan …

  27. The difference between ‘agree to disagree’ and ‘you’re wrong’ — or why you hate that guy who always corrects you

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people …

  28. Exclusive: Climate group presses Dems to seize on data center backlash

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:35:13 -0000

    A climate group that backs Democrats is giving the party's 2028 hopefuls and campaign committees advice on how to capitalize on waning public support …

  29. Worker bees filtered 95 percent of a pesticide out of the food they stored on day two and only 86 percent by day ten, and in the same laboratory colonies the queen was routing her own chemical burden into eggs that carried five to ten times the concentration measured in her body

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    “Maternal offloading,” the authors write in the last lines of their discussion, “is best understood as a last defense.” What it defends is the queen. …

  30. Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them. Unprecedented. …