The total footprint of buildings along flood-prone riverbanks in the Himalayas grew by half in recent years, a study found.

The argument for bringing liquefied natural gas to Oʻahu is straightforward enough. LNG could replace oil for a period, potentially lower generation costs and give Hawaiʻi more time to build out renewable electricity. The difficulty is that Hawaiʻi law requires electric utilities to reach 100% renewable electricity generation by 2045, ... [continued]

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An October 5, 2026 letter to the editors of the Boston Globe reads as follows: “So we are preparing to spend billions of dollars adapting to the effects of climate change. Sea walls, levees, and other forms of flood prevention are definitely needed, and there’s no time to waste. But ... [continued]

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A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.

By Dan Gearino

In Montgomery County, Indiana, utility-scale solar projects appear on an official list of undesirable land uses that also includes “adult-oriented businesses.”

WHEN VinFast brought its electric buses to Busworld Europe 2025, the Vietnamese automaker was making its first major international move in the electric bus market. The company displayed the EB 8 and EB 12 in Brussels in October 2025 as it looked beyond Vietnam for new markets. North America was ... [continued]

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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former NOAA official Carolyn Gruber about vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of coastal cities during extreme weather events.

Water testing across several locations continues to show diesel-range hydrocarbons flushing into Piscataway Creek even after the base says it halted the leak.

By Aman Azhar

Maryland environmental regulators say jet fuel continues to seep into Piscataway Creek from Joint Base Andrews more than six months after the spill was reported, despite the base’s assurances that it has isolated the damaged fuel system and stopped the leak.

Haze arrives just before Singapore Grand Prix gets underway on Friday

Number of breeding chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island fall from over a million to 400,000

The National Hurricane Center said late Wednesday that the hurricane was on track to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. It's expected to bring heavy rains and potentially flash flooding.

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Every driver — human or autonomous — can encounter the unexpected. The best time to work out how to respond to an emergency is before it happens. Automated vehicles operate in dynamic environments where unexpected events can occur. Beyond collision avoidance, AV fleets need tools to prepare for and respond ... [continued]

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Before celebrating the benefits of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, we need an honest accounting of its tradeoffs, especially how much additional fossil fuel development the bill could enable—and at what cost. The permitting bill that’s dominating debate in Washington, D.C., has become a political Rorschach ... [continued]

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By implementing a comprehensive food waste diversion policy, states can create thousands of new jobs, generate billions in economic activity, enable market conditions to develop cost-effective local programs, make more food available within communities, and reduce climate pollution. Food waste is understood to be an environmental issue, but it is ... [continued]

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First all-electric GTI delivers 166 kW (226 PS), offers 290 Nm of torque, accelerates to 100 km/h in 6.8 seconds and reaches a top speed of 190 km/h With new “GTI” driving profile, front axle differential lock, adaptive DCC sports suspension, electric route planner and up to 431 km WLTP range ... [continued]

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A recent New York Times newsletter described fatal e-bike and electric-scooter crashes in New York City as reaching a record high. “Record” is a powerful word, especially when the vehicles involved are relatively new, but it can also direct attention toward what the victim was riding and away from what ... [continued]

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Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.

By Bob Berwyn

Ozone pollution from fires, along with extreme heat and drought, is further weakening the Amazon rainforest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, new research shows. 

New research has revealed more examples of the National Cattlemen’s Association’s efforts to downplay and deny the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

By Georgina Gustin

In 1991, Random House published a picture book called “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: ABC’s for a Better Planet,” in which the masked cartoon turtles trade in their signature nunchucks for signs bearing environmental slogans.

It’s here! The much ballyhooed all electric Jaguar sedan luxury tourer known as the Type 01 had its official debut in New York City this week. Why would this uniquely British automobile debut in New York and not London? Perhaps it is because the company expects the US to be ... [continued]

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US President Donald Trump stamped his seal of approval on a new solar factory in Texas this week, having dispatched an official from his administration to represent himself on a celebratory tour of the newly completed facility. That doesn’t necessarily mean the war on solar power is over, but it ... [continued]

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Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis

The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study has revealed.

Scientists said the rapid demise of chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski, the northernmost of the South Sandwich Islands in Antarctica, increased the risk of a wider ecosystem collapse.

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Solar energy is an American success story. Since the creation of the first silicon solar cell 70 years ago, solar leaders have been innovating, improving efficiency, lowering costs, and growing this American-born technology into an essential part of our nation’s energy system. In 2025, solar and storage accounted for 79% ... [continued]

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It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine

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There are unlikely to be many bigger moments in Australian community action on the climate crisis this year than a judgment by the high court on Wednesday.

In what may prove a historic victory, the court sided with a handful of community members in the Hunter Valley to overturn a state regulator’s approval of a coalmine expansion that allowed it to operate until 2048. This doesn’t happen every day, and the judgment could have ramifications for other coal developments in New South Wales.

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States are recognizing the potential for tangible emissions reductions with broad co-benefits when it comes to embodied carbon. The built environment hides more climate-warming pollution than you think, and reducing it is the next frontier of climate action. While policymakers have focused for decades on operational emissions—from heating, cooling, and ... [continued]

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Inquest under way into why President Lula’s success in curbing Amazon deforestation has not led to success at polls

More fire, more ash, more crime, more death. And a globally important ecosystem driven ever more rapidly towards a point of no return. That is the prospect for the Amazon rainforest for at least the next four years if Flávio Bolsonaro holds on to the lead he established this week in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election.

This appears to be of far more concern to the outside world than to voters in Latin America’s biggest, richest and most biodiverse nation.

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Researchers analysed traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing trapped in the teeth of five mammals.

Earth’s center of mass is constantly on the move, shifting by a few millimeters as enormous amounts of water, ice, and even air migrate around the planet with the seasons. NASA scientists have developed a more precise way to track these tiny swings using laser-ranging satellites, GPS data, and measurements of how water and ice deform Earth’s crust.

LO QUE TIENES QUE SABER

• Antes de que hubiera neveras, los hombres de la Sierra de Mérida subían al Pico Bolívar y cortaban hielo del glaciar con machete y martillo. Bajaban varios kilómetros con los bloques a la espalda y los vendían para conservar alimentos y preparar raspados. Cuando llegó la primera planta hidroeléctrica a la ciudad, ya no hizo falta subir y terminó la era de los granizados hechos con hielo de glaciar. Sólo unas décadas después, el glaciar también desapareció. El Humboldt, el último glaciar de Venezuela, dejó de existir en 2024. En Argentina, el retroceso histórico del Perito Moreno ha vuelto a poner a los científicos en alerta. 
• Los glaciares y las grandes masas de hielo, como los casquetes polares, cubren casi el 10% de la superficie terrestre y almacenan alrededor del 68% del agua dulce del planeta. Durante el deshielo, proporcionan agua potable y sostienen el suministro para la agricultura, la industria y la producción de energía hidroeléctrica, pero los cambios en el clima y la criosfera están alterando la cantidad y el momento en que se produce el deshielo. Es importante porque afecta a la disponibilidad de recursos hídricos y, al mismo tiempo, contribuye al aumento del nivel del mar, amenazando áreas costeras.
• El cambio en las precipitaciones y el aumento global de las temperaturas alteran el equilibrio de la cantidad de nieve y hielo que un glaciar gana o pierde. Para saber cómo está cambiando ese equilibrio, los glaciólogos miden el balance de masa del glaciar: comparan lo que el glaciar acumula en nieve con lo que pierde en deshielo. Si la situación de pérdida de masa se mantiene durante varios años, el glaciar se reduce. Por eso, esa tendencia de balance de masa a largo plazo es un indicador del cambio climático. 
• Somos la generación que está viendo desaparecer los glaciares ante nuestros ojos: la pérdida de masa se ha ido acelerando con fuerza en todo el mundo en las últimas décadas. Desde 1976, se han perdido unas 9.200 gigatoneladas, una cantidad que ha contribuido a un aumento medio de 2,5 centímetros del nivel del mar. Casi la mitad (el 41%) de esa pérdida se produjo en la última década. En porcentajes, desde el año 2000, los glaciares han perdido el 5% de su masa, pero la pérdida no es uniforme: según la región, esta pérdida varía entre el 2% y el 39%. 
• Los científicos han dividido América Latina en zonas para comprender mejor la evolución de los glaciares en la región: los trópicos, los Andes secos, los Andes centrales y los Andes del sur. Los glaciares andinos son una fuente de agua vital para 90 millones de personas, y los datos muestran una pérdida de masa acelerada en las regiones de alta montaña de los Andes meridionales, así como de los glaciares tropicales de regiones de latitudes bajas como Colombia y Ecuador. Esto supone uno de los desafíos más urgentes para la seguridad hídrica de América Latina. 
• Si buscas ángulos de cobertura y estás en Colombia, puedes preguntarte qué pasa con los glaciares en el año de El Niño. El Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (IDEAM) ha publicado este informe con datos interesantes. Otra forma de cubrirlos es hablar de cómo afectan a las personas: ¿de dónde vendrá el agua cuando haya menos hielo?, ¿qué ocurre con los trabajadores y el turismo que dependen de estos glaciares?, ¿cómo se preparan las comunidades para vivir con menos aguas del glaciar?, ¿qué soluciones están funcionando?

Sólo en tres de los glaciares monitoreados los balances de masa fueron positivos en el período 2022-2025. La mayoría registraron pérdidas de entre 0m y -6m de equivalente en agua. Fuente: OMM, “El estado del clima en América Latina y el Caribe 2025”

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HISTORIAS PARA INSPIRARTE

• Científicos investigan cómo prevenir un desastre de origen glaciar en Perú, Chile y Argentina, por Ana Cristina Alvarado en Mongabay. También aquí, Glaciares de Sudamérica: menos protección, cambio climático y minería amenazan a los gigantes de hielo, por Iván Paredes Tamayo
• Un futuro que se derrite: cholitas escaladoras luchan por la supervivencia, por Tania Frank en Ojo al Clima
• Los glaciares de los Andes y el riesgo de desastre: una visión regional para un desafío global, por Haris Sanahuja en El País 
• Cómo despedirse de un glaciar, podcast El Hilo, de Radio Ambulante 
• El último glaciar de Venezuela, por Helena Carpio en Prodavinci

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RECURSOS PARA PERIODISTAS

• Estado del clima en América Latina y el Caribe 2025 – Criosfera. Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM)
• Servicio Mundial de Vigilancia de Glaciares ((WGMS, en inglés) contiene datos para saber qué está pasando con un glaciar concreto. Tiene perfiles por país para facilitar la búsqueda
• Si necesitas datos, GLIMS contiene un visualizador para localizar glaciares en un mapa y descargar datos geoespaciales
• Esta sesión de formación (en inglés) para periodistas, organizada por UNESCO y la OMM

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VOCES EXPERTAS

• En la página del Servicio Mundial de Vigilancia de Glaciares puedes encontrar contactos de sus expertos en países de habla hispana como Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú y España
• Fabián Drenkhan, coordinador del equipo de Glaciología y Ecohidrología de Montañas Andinas (GEMS) de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú. El grupo investiga sobre los glaciares, los ecosistemas de alta montaña y las poblaciones aguas abajo
• Si te preguntas cuánto contribuyen los glaciares al agua de los Andes, puedes contactar a Sebastián Andrés Crespo, investigador en hidrología de la criosfera del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) de Argentina. 

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BONUS TRACK

Hoy abre sus puertas la Uni Climática, el espacio de formación anual de la revista Climática que incluye clases magistrales y talleres. La masterclass inaugural estará dirigida por la socióloga italo-mexicana Alice Poma. En este podcast, avanza qué papel juegan las emociones en la respuesta colectiva ante fenómenos como El Niño

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Court filings by the Massachusetts attorney general’s office include previously undisclosed documents, revealing new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant.

By Nicholas Kusnetz

If there was a year the world began waking up to climate change, it might have been 1988. That June, the NASA climatologist James Hansen testified to Congress that the climate was warming and would continue to do so as long as humans pumped fossil fuel pollution into the atmosphere. Months later, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

High Court upholds decision rejecting MACH Energy’s bid to keep Mount Pleasant mine running until 2048 and double its output

Island nation is one of the world’s biggest emitters on a per capita basis

‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed

Scientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by the climate crisis are less likely to engage in civic action on the issue, according to a study.

The report from the London School of Economics found they are 23% less likelyto sign petitions or take part in protests than peers who doubt that technology is the answer. They are also 18% less likely to make high-impact lifestyle changes, from reducing flights to changing to a vegan or vegetarian diet.

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A huge e-bike from the California-based company Kingbull Bikes provides a much-needed alternative to walking, pedal biking, or driving around an area characterized by seriously annoying hills.

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New research suggests animals could have evolved as early as 800 to 700 million years ago, roughly 200 million years earlier than some previous estimates. If so, the first animals may have lived before or during Snowball Earth, leaving behind little trace because their soft bodies were rarely preserved.

Government report finds the country could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves, as well as damaging storms and cyclones

New Zealand could be hit with more frequent and intense heatwaves and catastrophic glacier melts in the near future, as greenhouse gas levels hit record highs, a new report about the nation’s climate has revealed.

Released on Wednesday, the Our Atmosphere and Climate 2026 report shows New Zealand is experiencing mounting climate pressures, which will have wide-reaching implications for the environment, native species and communities.

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Monday’s arguments were highly technical. A decision about whether the case could move forward isn’t expected until June or July.

Joe Romm was a prolific writer who never hesitated to take on climate change deniers and the fossil-fuel industry — or even ostensible allies.