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1. Genevieve becomes the first Category 5 hurricane of 2026

   Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:26:54 -0000

   As it feasts on near-record oceanic warmth, Genevieve will stay safely out to sea. Intensifying at a dramatic pace, Hurricane Genevieve – which was …

2. 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 …

3. 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 …

4. 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 …

5. 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.

6. Forget what you read on Facebook: 94% of EV drivers won't go back to gas

   Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:36:16 -0000

   On today’s episode of Quick Charge, the audio is sketchy but the math is absolutely rock solid with 94% of current EV owners saying they’ll NEVER go back to driving an antiquated gas guzzler. CDK’s David Thomas walks us through the findings. From dealership interactions to daily driving habits, CDK’s …

7. Fuel prices stemming from a war in Iran is reshaping daily life for people in the U.S. and Chile to Turkey and Nepal

   Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:50:36 -0000

   Across seven countries, seven people woke up to days that no longer looked the way they once did. The war in Iran began months ago and thousands of …

8. The biggest weather risk for homeowners? It's no longer hurricanes.

   Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:05:48 -0000

   Tornadoes, hail and powerful winds linked to climate change now pose a bigger threat to homeowners than floods, hurricanes and other forms of extreme …

9. American Nero: Why Trump is trying to burn down the National Academy of Sciences

   Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:00:38 -0000

   Published July 26, 2026 In a post on Truth Social earlier this month, Trump claimed that the National Academy of Sciences published “fraudulent, …

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

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Mass extinctions. Giant volcanic eruptions. Oceans suddenly deprived of oxygen. At first glance, Earth's biggest geological disasters seem to have …

11. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp isn’t done with EVs

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The term-limited Republican has embraced artificial intelligence data centers, but he said electric vehicles continue to be a major priority for his last six months in office. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is not giving up his goal of making his state a major player in the electric vehicle space, even as …

12. Macron Holds Crisis Meeting As Massive Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations.

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:18:31 -0000

    French President Emmanuel Macron has convened a crisis meeting as massive wildfires forced more than 250,000 people to evacuate across France.

13. ‘Remember that?’ Trump again asks Americans to recall something that never happened

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 07:26:37 -0000

    President Donald Trump asked Americans on Thursday if they remembered a massive television outage two years ago. That outage didn’t happen. As he has before, the president who is fond of telling imaginary tales was explicitly asking people to recall something he had made up. This time, Trump’s …

14. Snow in Athens while France is on fire: The images that lay bare contrast in extreme weather across Europe

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:11:44 -0000

    A series of extreme weather events have battered Europe this summer, leading to vast contrasts in the weather across the continent. In recent weeks, …

15. Extreme heat affecting more than 120 million Americans

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:25:56 -0000

    More than 120 million Americans are under alerts for dangerous heat, with temperatures soaring above 100 degrees in the much of the U.S.

16. Spanish Prime Minister says his country is in a ‘climate emergency’

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:09:27 -0000

    Eleni Myrivili, the Global Chief Heat Officer at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, speaks with Becky Anderson about the ongoing climate crisis in Europe.

17. The Type of Orbital Data Centers That Billionaires Want to Launch Into Space Would Wreak Ecological Catastrophe, Scientists Warn

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:06:06 -0000

    "The operation of more than a million data center satellites threatens potentially catastrophic forms and quantities of atmospheric pollution, …

18. A Rare Arctic Squid Was Captured on Camera for the First Time. Scientists Caught It Tending Eggs in Sub-Zero Water

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:00:00 -0000

    Scientists have captured footage of a rare Arctic squid in the wild for the first time. The bobtail squid, known scientifically as Rossia moelleri, was filmed in Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park on Earth, according to a study published Wednesday, July 8, in the journal …

19. French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:05:55 -0000

    PARIS (AP) — A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said. Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled …

20. Severe Drought Exposes Historic Shipwrecks Along the Danube River

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:00 -0000

    Learn about shipwrecks that have begun to emerge on the Danube River, revealing the impacts of drought in Central Europe. Climate change has revealed …

21. What two centuries of Perth storm records tell us about future climate risk

    Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:04:40 -0000

    On the first day of winter, southwest Western Australia was pummelled by a damaging storm. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) described it as the most …

22. France and Spain race to curb wildfires before new heatwave arrives

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:37:11 -0000

    Firefighters are racing to subdue massive wildfires in France and Spain before a new heatwave hits Europe. Crews were battling blazes threatening the …

23. Activists ‘throwing everything' they can against abortion turn to wastewater data

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 23:50:26 -0000

    Anti-abortion activists are hoping to get the attention of an administration that has embraced theories shunned by mainstream science about Tylenol, peptides and vaccines. Anti-abortion activists are launching the next phase of their yearslong effort to use environmental protection laws to cut off …

24. This El Niño Is on Track to Become the Strongest on Record by a ‘Mind-Blowing Margin’

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:35:45 -0000

    The latest forecasts point to a gob-smackingly strong El Niño with possible $10 trillion impact, scientists say. Scientists have warned for months …

25. Trump Blames Canada For Smoke From A Climate America Created

    Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:50:39 -0000

    Donald Trump says Canada is poisoning American cities with wildfire smoke. He has told Prime Minister Mark Carney to get the fires under control, …

26. How Meta’s Secret $50 Billion AI Center Could Have a Devastating Toll on the Black South

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:47:21 -0000

    Nine months. That’s all it took for Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Meta executives, Entergy Corporation, and local officials to secretly orchestrate one …

27. Wildfires 'stark reminder' of extreme climate challenge - William

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:30:25 -0000

    Wildfires in the UK and Europe are a "stark reminder of the challenges posed by an increasingly extreme climate", the Prince of Wales has said. More than 300,000 people have so far been evacuated from parts of France and Spain as wildfires continue to rage on the continent, with another intense …

28. America in 2050 will look completely different: 12 changes coming

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:37:00 -0000

    A peek into the future reveals that the United States of 2050 will be unrecognizable to someone living in it today.It’s not just a matter of changing …

29. Genevieve Exploded Into a Category 5 Hurricane, Whipping Up Surf for California

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:15:11 -0000

    Warm, El Niño-fueled ocean temperatures have churned up three consecutive storms in the Eastern Pacific basin. The latest, Genevieve, has become the …

30. Hurricane Genevieve Spaghetti Models as Storm Strengthens to Category 5

    Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:15:36 -0000

    Hurricane Genevieve has strengthened into a powerful major hurricane in the eastern Pacific, reaching Category 5 status as it churns far offshore …