Trump’s World and the Real World
In service to his vision of the world, the President has spent the year undoing every environmental law he can find. The zeal of his lieutenants—Lee Zeldin, at the Environmental Protection…
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Three Books to Understand Our Ravaged Climate
The summer of 2025 has been a season of climate-driven catastrophes: wildfires in Turkey, flooding in China and the U.S., and fatally high heat across Europe. This series of events points…
How Trump May Unintentionally Cut Carbon Emissions
President Trump has expressed little interest in fighting climate change. One of his key cabinet officials has even sought to evaluate whether humanity benefits from a warming climate, in…
Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats
If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences of climate change, perhaps this will do the trick:…
Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead
How effective can one person's actions be in fighting climate change and keeping the environment healthy? As a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on energy…
UN Climate Deal Promises $300B Yearly Aid for Developing Nations
After marathon negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning, world leaders at the UN climate talks (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, reached a landmark agreement committing wealthy…
China passes energy law to 'promote carbon neutrality'
China on Friday passed a new energy law to promote carbon neutrality, state media reported, as Beijing moves ahead with its pledge to decarbonise its economy by 2060. China is the world's…
Deep ocean marine heatwaves may be under-reported, study says
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Heatwaves deep in oceans may be "significantly under-reported", highlighting an area of marine warming that has been largely overlooked, a joint study by Australia's…
Antarctica's winter sea ice in 2024 was lowest ever, except for 2023
The speed of warming in the Arctic continues to catch scientists off guard. Image: Bloomberg 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 04 2024 | 8:10 AM IST By Danielle Bochove Antarctic sea ice at…