Indoor Air Quality Alert: Hawaii, USA Flooding - IQAir
Indoor Air Quality Alert: Hawaii, USA Flooding IQAir
WHO and France shift One Health vision to action with new high-impact initiatives
The World Health Organization (WHO) and France hosted the One Health Summit on World Health Day 2026, announcing new initiatives to protect human, animal, and environmental health through the One Health approach. The Summit highlighted urgent global challenge…
How three major studies changed what we know about air pollution - IQAir
How three major studies changed what we know about air pollution IQAir
Air Pollution Worsens in 2025 as Pakistan Faces Austerity - Pakistan Today
Air Pollution Worsens in 2025 as Pakistan Faces Austerity Pakistan Today
Canary Islands Air Quality Alert: Saharan Dust Storm - IQAir
Canary Islands Air Quality Alert: Saharan Dust Storm IQAir
EU tightens air pollution standards: What it means for public health - IQAir
EU tightens air pollution standards: What it means for public health IQAir
Operation Epic Fury: emerging environmental harm and risks in Iran and the region - The Conflict and Environment Observatory
Operation Epic Fury: emerging environmental harm and risks in Iran and the region The Conflict and Environment Observatory
As the Gulf conflict widens, so does its environmental footprint - Dialogue Earth
As the Gulf conflict widens, so does its environmental footprint Dialogue Earth
Country diary: It’s extraordinary how much our orchards are founded on connection | Mark Cocker
Buxton, Derbyshire: From those who planted them, to those who pruned them, to the pollinators and the mosses, it’s a long, collective endeavour As I prune one of our pears – a black Worcester, incidentally, a British variety from the 13th century – I ponder t…
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry…
‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating
Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’ Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries…
Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forest…
Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK
President says it is inappropriate for UK to be dealing with Gavin Newsom after Ed Miliband meets governor in London Donald Trump has vented his fury against a green energy deal between the British government and California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, a likely …
Floating cities of logs: can the ‘lungs of Africa’ survive its exploitation?
The Congo River basin is one of the planet’s most biodiverse ecosystems. But it is also home to a growing population and relentless trade in timber and charcoal “You can’t be scared of the storms,” says Jean de Dieu Mokuma as the sun sets on the Congo River b…
Rural drivers to face steepest bills under UK’s mileage-based electric vehicle tax
Analysis reveals big regional disparities as critics say Labour’s proposed levy could slow uptake of EVs Drivers in the south-west of England would pay nearly four times as much as those in London as a result of Labour’s mileage-based tax on electric cars, ac…
Why did I get a £100 parking fine when charging my electric car?
The charger firm claimed the site operated 24 hours a day, but the parking operator had different ideas I charged my electric car at the 24-hour Mer EV charging station in my local B&Q car park. I then received a £100 parking charge notice (PCN) from the car …
What's that smell? 7,700 gallons of jet fuel spill into the James River
An estimated 7,700 gallons of jet fuel spilled into the James River on Feb. 13 near Newport News Shipbuilding, according to officials. The spill happened during a refueling operation involving the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy, which is nearing completion …
Philly's snowpack reaches a 65-year milestone, and here's when it finally may disappear
You may not have noticed, but that endless snowpack has developed a slow leak—in this case, historically slow. Its endurance continues to climb the charts among the snowpacks of yesteryear—and in at least one way may well be unprecedented in the period of rec…
Youth build resilience in climate-vulnerable Sierra Leone
Beginning two summers ago in a building lacking reliable power and internet, dozens of teenagers in Bo City, Sierra Leone watched videos about climate science, then discussed opportunities to build resilience in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable nati…
Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years
The Doñana National Park, considered one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is expected to lose its marshland in 61 years, according to calculations from a major water-resource monitoring study carried out by the University of Seville. The study has develope…
Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, leading …
Climate change could expose 1.1 billion people to hunger by 2100 (but there's good news, too)—AI modeling study
More than 295 million people globally experienced hunger and starvation in 2025 because of conflict, displacement, climate change and economic disasters.
Greenland's west coast posts warmest January on record
Greenland's capital Nuuk registered its warmest ever January—beating a record that stood for 109 years—as temperatures soared across the Arctic island's west coast, the Danish Meteorological Institute said Monday.
AI tool suggests tree species and placement to cool urban streets by 3.5 C
Urban landscapes could be cooled by up to 3.5 degrees using a QUT-developed AI-based tool that optimizes where trees and which species are planted to make cities cooler, greener and more resilient in the face of climate change.
New blockchain platform brings credibility to carbon registries
As governments and companies race to meet climate pledges, from net-zero goals to near-term emissions cuts, Cornell researchers have developed a blockchain-based platform to improve how those commitments are recorded and verified. Carbon registries serve as r…
Inclusive Dialogue, Climate Action Must Guide Destiny of Non-Self-Governing Territories, Secretary-General Tells Special Committee on Decolonization
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, at the organizational meeting of the 2026 Session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, in New York today:
Secretary-General Urges Inclusive Dialogue, Youth Leadership, Urgent Climate Action to Heal ‘Profound Scars’ of Colonialism, as Special Committee Begins Session
The United Nations Secretary-General warned today that the enduring legacy of colonialism — marked by entrenched economic exploitation, racism, inequality and exclusion from decision-making — continues to shape the realities of the world’s 17 remaining Non-Se…
Widespread 'enhanced rock weathering' could slow global warming
It's one of the latest technologies for sequestering carbon: crush silicate rocks, add to crop soil, and let the rock dust naturally react with carbon dioxide. The reactions bind carbon into stable mineral forms that can persist for millennia, while also enri…
Amazon deforestation raises surface temperature by 3°C during dry season, satellite data show
Deforestation in the Amazon is causing significant regional changes in climate compared to areas with forest cover above 80%. The loss of vegetation leads to an increase in surface temperature, a decrease in evapotranspiration, and a reduction in precipitatio…
Antarctica sits above Earth's strongest 'gravity hole.' Now we know how it got that way
Gravity feels reliable—stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over Earth's surface. And it is weakest beneath the frozen continent of Antarctica after accounting for E…