climate change

Business|Food|Science

Asia’s fruit wars: The secretive world of plant invention and seed smuggling

September 19, 2026

Environment|Europe|Health|Science

Italy sees mosquitos spread the West Nile virus farther and longer as Europe warms

Italian health authorities are seeing evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the year

September 19, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

Florida confirms a death from dengue as the state struggles with one of its worst recent outbreaks

Florida is experiencing one of its worst surges of dengue in decades, and the toll now includes a death

September 19, 2026

Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Scientists hope deeper-rooted soybeans can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon

For years, scientists have explored ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere, including through direct air capture, changes to ocean chemistry so seawater can absorb more carbon and reforestation

September 18, 2026

Business|Science|Technology

Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

Anthropic has quietly set up a laboratory to do physical biology work as it pushes its artificial-intelligence ambitions into the

September 18, 2026

Economy|Environment|Finance|Science|World

Nepal isn’t the only disaster-struck country waiting for money from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund

At least 119 countries have asked for aid from the fund set by major greenhouse gas emitting nations four years before the deadly Nepal flood. It has paid zero claims.

September 18, 2026

Arts

FAA waives emissions rules to let Boeing sell 35 additional 777F freighters

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it approved a waiver of airplane emissions rules to allow Boeing to sell another 35 777F

September 18, 2026

Environment|Lifestyle|Science|Travel

Summer heat, drought could impact Minnesota's fall leaf outlook, DNR says

September 18, 2026

Uncategorized

Why are world leaders at the UN next week and what will they talk about?

World leaders gather in New York every September for several days of high-level debate starting on Tuesday at the United Nations General

September 17, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science

The Iran war is driving clean energy development. It's not enough to help the planet, yet

Countries are embracing clean power and taking steps to use less energy because of the war against Iran

September 17, 2026

Arts|Environment|Interview|Science

Kim Stanley Robinson won't read aloud his climate disaster scene from 'The Ministry for the Future'

In the opening chapter of Kim Stanley Robinson's “The Ministry for the Future,” a prolonged heat wave grips northern India

September 17, 2026

South Korean restaurant owner avoids jail time in ‘ants on a plate’ accusation

July 23, 2026

Business|Environment|Finance|Technology

Brookfield to invest up to $600 million in India's ACME green fuels business

US alternative asset manager Brookfield will invest up to $600 million in India's ACME Cleantech Ventures to help the company develop and build green ammonia and green

September 17, 2026

Environment|Science|World

The water cycle you learned about in school is off balance. The consequences affect everyone on Earth

September 17, 2026

Environment

Indonesian president calls for stricter sanctions against forest fire perpetrators

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has called for stricter regulations and sanctions against slash-and-burn land clearances,

September 17, 2026

Education|Health|Political|Science

Scientists challenge US NIH grant screening as unconstitutional

A group of scientists filed a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday against the U.S.

September 17, 2026

Environment|Science

Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say

Climate change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic glacier collapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing around 1,400

September 17, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|World

Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, according to analysis

Human-caused global warming resulting in the Himalayan permafrost thawing was, in part, responsible for the catastrophic glacier and boulder collapse last month

September 17, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|World

Here’s what one team of scientists thinks happened in Nepal’s deadly flood wave

September 17, 2026

Environment|Science

Trump administration’s endangered species habitat rule repeal takes effect, facing bipartisan pushback in Congress

September 17, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

There's one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds

A new AP-NORC poll shows Americans are growing more concerned about the environmental impacts of AI

September 16, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Satellite data shows major ice losses for Greenland and Antarctica

New research based on satellite data going back to the 1970s has documented major polar ice losses in Greenland and Antarctica — home to Earth's two great ice sheets

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

SEC proposes to end shareholder vote oversight, a blow to reformers

The U.S.

September 16, 2026

Environment|Europe|Health|Science|World

France recorded at least 817 excess deaths during July 27-August 20 heatwaves

France recorded at least 817 excess deaths between July 27 and August 20, when the country was hit by exceptionally high temperatures, the national health agency said on

September 16, 2026

Business|Environment|Finance|Science|Technology

Google agrees biggest carbon-removal deal yet, aims to scale new model

Google has agreed its biggest carbon-removal deal yet, backing a project in Brazil run by developer Terradot that aims to both cut methane emissions from

September 16, 2026

Environment|Europe|Science

EU plans new firefighting fleet after deadly summer heat wave

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says a scorching summer has shown the EU needs new tools to tackle climate change

September 16, 2026

Arts|Environment|Science|Technology

Indonesia's wildfires may last until early November, minister says

Indonesia's wildfires could go on until early November with the rainy season expected to arrive late, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni told local media on Wednesday, as

September 16, 2026

Environment|Science

Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979

September 16, 2026

Asia|Environment|Health|World

Indonesia's choking wildfire, haze worsen breathing woes on Borneo

(Fix spelling of name in byline to 'Gunawan' from 'Goenawan'.

September 16, 2026

Environment

Latin America accounted for 85% of environmental defender killings in 2025, report says

At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, with Latin America accounting for 85% of the deaths

September 16, 2026

Business|Environment|Health|Science

Gold mining expands fastest on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, new analysis finds

A new report by the Amazon Environmental Research Institute has found that gold mining poses a significant threat to Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon

September 16, 2026

Arts|Environment|Interview|Science|Travel

An artist captures how summer's heat waves hit Paris and its homeless so hard

Paris has been grappling with intense heat and illustrator Marina Antonova captures this in her series “Chronicles of a Heating Planet.”

September 15, 2026

Uncategorized

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action the agency said would save industry more than $300 billion in costs and help “unleash” American energy

September 14, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Science

Trump administration removes climate pollution limits on power plants

September 15, 2026

Environment|Science

El Niño just leveled up to super status. Here’s what that means for the weather

September 14, 2026

European leaders meet as Arctic thaw opens shipping routes and Russian buildup stokes security fears

European leaders are highlighting growing competition in the Arctic as global warming opens new shipping routes

September 14, 2026

Environment|Science

Japan’s biomass energy boom threatens further deforestation in Indonesia

Expanding deforestation in Indonesia caused by the country’s wood pellet and chip industry is putting further pressure on tropical forests, Key Biodiversity Areas, and Indigenous territories in the archipelago, according to new satellite analysis from Indonesia-based nongovernmental organizations

September 14, 2026

Environment|Science

Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino might bring record slow storm season

The Atlantic hurricane season is unusually quiet this year due to a strong El Nino, which disrupts storm formation over that ocean

September 12, 2026

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away

A new study connects early winter heat high up on the plateau to the jet stream and, ultimately, storms headed for the US coast. The results could mean better forecasts.

September 10, 2026

Europe|Travel

French military jets launch a 40-day global flight to project power and strengthen alliances

Four French fighter jets have embarked on a 40-day flight to showcase the country's military might and international cooperation

September 11, 2026

Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Buildings are sinking and cracking in one of Europe’s largest cities

September 11, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|World

2026’s El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it’s already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat

El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century.

September 10, 2026

Environment|Science

If August felt like the hottest month on Earth … you’re right

September 10, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Malaysian data centres guzzle more power as temperatures soar

Malaysia's data centres are consuming more power as temperatures rise, leaving a 9 gigawatt gas-fired capacity gap for the government to fill by 2032,

September 08, 2026

Asia|Environment

Nepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels

Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a

September 08, 2026

Australia|Environment

Australia braces for its own fire season after sweltering European summer

Australian firefighters say they are on alert as temperatures in the southern hemisphere

September 08, 2026

Arts|Environment|Health|Science

Parched summer in the Rockies sends hungry bears into urban areas and confrontations with people

Wildlife officials in the Rocky Mountain region are reporting far more trouble than usual between black bears and people this summer

September 08, 2026

Nepal endured months of political upheaval. Devastating floods are now testing its new government

The flash floods two weeks ago swallowed settlements in Nepal, damaged hydropower projects and left thousands of homes in need of rebuilding

September 08, 2026

Uncategorized

EU seeks to reassure a Trump-rattled Greenland with promise of a new partnership and investment

The European Union is promising Greenland a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment

September 07, 2026

Nepal holds a day of mourning after floods kill 1,300

Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals

September 07, 2026

Environment|Health|Science

Wildfires, heat waves threaten to undermine air quality, UN weather agency says

Pollution from increasingly intense wildfires and heat waves could undermine global efforts to improve air quality and protect human health, the United

September 07, 2026

Arts|Interview|Technology

Documentarian Alex Gibney on the power and influence of Elon Musk

Alex Gibney's new documentary “Musk” premieres this week at the Venice Film Festival

September 07, 2026

Asia|Economy|Environment|Science

'Slumping' South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change

Ko Myeong-hyo loved the vibrant colour and thriving life of South Korea's soft corals when she first began diving off the coast of Jeju island six

September 07, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Hurricane Lowell remains powerful Category 4 as Hawaii braces for possible impacts

September 04, 2026

Mudslide kills 2 and leaves 10 missing in China after heavy rain from Typhoon Saudel

A mudslide in eastern China has killed two people and left 10 missing

September 05, 2026

Environment|Science

EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking additional public comments as it tries to redefine the scope of the nation’s bedrock clean water law to significantly limit the wetlands it covers

September 04, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science

Farmers turn to perennial grains as one solution to extreme weather

A handful of U.S. farmers are looking at a new solution to extreme weather

September 04, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

‘Extremely rare event:’ Miles-long microalgae bloom knocks out most of Israel’s desalination plants

September 04, 2026

Europe|Health|Science

France saw 7,000 excess deaths during heatwaves until late July, minister says

French Health Minister Stephanie Rist said on Friday that there were around 7,000 excess deaths recorded during the blistering heatwaves that hit the country this summer as

September 04, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Science|Sports

Edouard’s flood threat finally wanes after dumping 20+ inches on east Texas

August 31, 2026

Environment|Europe|Science

France records its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago

France has recorded its hottest summer since measurements began over a century ago, according to the environment minister

September 03, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Health|Lifestyle

High heat adds another obstacle to Indy flood recovery efforts

September 03, 2026

Economy|Environment|Science

Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores

September 03, 2026

Environment|Science|World

'Supersized' El Niño may become strongest ever recorded, UN says

The El Niño weather phenomenon is set to intensify further into 2027 and could be the strongest ever, raising risks of extreme weather into next year, the

September 03, 2026

Environment|Europe|Health|Science

Belgium reports about 3,000 excess deaths over summer due to heat

Heatwaves from June 18 through August 16 caused 2,935 excess deaths in Belgium, or 22.6% excess mortality, public health body Sciensano said in a report on Thursday.

September 03, 2026

Arts|Environment|Science|Technology|World

Pacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm

Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations

September 03, 2026

Arts|Environment

Relentless storm threat slides south after days of flooding and damage in the Northeast

September 01, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|US

The Trump administration cut funds for natural hazards monitoring in Nepal

September 03, 2026

Arts|Environment

Nepal flood rescue hopes dim amid glimmer of finding tunnel survivors

Rescue teams raced on Wednesday to reach dozens of workers believed to be trapped inside hydropower

September 02, 2026

Italy has started exporting a delicacy prized abroad, reviled at home

Fishermen in Italy have shifted from incinerating invasive Atlantic blue crabs to commercializing them

September 02, 2026

Europe|Political|World

Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland as Arctic tensions grow

For the first time in recent history, Danish conscripts have been deployed to Greenland, as Denmark moves to bolster its presence in the Arctic after U.S.

September 02, 2026

Australia, US commit $580 million to support Pacific Island nations

Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they

September 02, 2026

Environment|Science|World

Global temperature rises to exceed 1.5 Celsius 'within a few years', UNEP says

Global temperature rises are set to exceed the key threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) "within a few years", the UN's environmental body said on

September 02, 2026

Environment|Science|World

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone

In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming

September 02, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science

As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequent

The flash floods in Nepal were only the latest in an accelerating series of disasters that have battered the Himalayas in recent years

September 02, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

India’s power demand is surging, but some solar energy is going to waste

As extreme heat and poor monsoon rains result in more demand for power in India for cooling and pumping out groundwater for agriculture, India is managing to meet its power needs

September 02, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|Technology

Himalayas face severe glacial flood risks in years ahead, UN official warns

The Himalayan region faces severe risks from future glacial floods, a senior U.N. official has warned, as the death toll from last week's flood in Nepal,

September 01, 2026

Arts|Environment|Science|Technology|World

Drones helped find people after Nepal floods but the search inside hydropower tunnels is a challenge

Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has helped rescue teams in Nepal find people missing after last week’s catastrophic floods

September 01, 2026

Arts

Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,000, rescuers reach remote areas

The death toll from Nepal's devastating floods surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as rescuers deployed heavy

September 01, 2026

Environment|Europe|Science

In Serbia's scorched dunes, foresters plan for an even hotter future

More than a month after flames tore through Serbia's Deliblatska Pescara reserve, foresters are facing tough choices as they work on plans to restore

September 01, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Political

New York cannot enforce $75 billion climate 'superfund' law, US judge rules

A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute

September 01, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

Keeping cool saves thousands of lives yearly, but at a cost of worsening global warming, experts say

A new study highlights the life-saving role of air conditioning

August 31, 2026

Arts|Asia|Environment|World

Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods

Nepal's rescue teams, helped by Chinese and Indian experts, stepped up efforts on Monday to reach hundreds of

August 31, 2026

Business|Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower in a warming Himalayas

As rescuers in Nepal struggle to find hundreds of workers in the tunnels that were buried in last week's flooding, attention has focus on where to rebuild crucial hydropower projects

August 31, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology

The disease that decimated American elms could help bring them back

A group of 6,000 young American elms in Vermont could help save one of the country’s most iconic trees

August 31, 2026

Science|Technology

Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery

Scientists went to the heart of the El Niño pattern to learn from living and fossil corals. The results show El Niño’s intensifying coincides with global warming.

August 28, 2026

Arts|Environment|World

Rescue efforts intensify after Nepal-Tibet flooding as deaths climb past 900

Rescuers are trying to find trapped workers in hydroelectric plant tunnels after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet killed at least 900 people and left more than 4,700 missing

August 31, 2026

Environment|Science

A massive heat dome is bringing storms to the Northeast, and causing sweltering temperatures heading into fall

August 30, 2026

Environment|Science|World

How severe are Indonesia's wildfires?

As Indonesia's wildfire season intensifies, authorities are on high alert as they work to contain the damage and avoid the devastation that hit the

August 31, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science

Hit by deadly floods, Nepal renews push for Chinese data and early warnings

Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley

August 30, 2026

Environment|Science

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

A geologist explains how thawing permafrost and melting ice are increasing the risk of destructive floods in the Himalayas and other high mountain regions around the world.

August 29, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science|Technology|World

The Himalayas are unpredictable. But countries are building there like never before

August 29, 2026

The cheapest accommodation in Paris is disappearing: Here’s why

August 28, 2026

Asia|Environment|Science

The Latest: Almost 2,000 missing in Nepal as Himalayan border flash flood death toll passes 570

Nepal’s disaster management authority said the number of people reported missing after a flash flood along the Himalayan border between Nepal and China has doubled to 1,924

August 28, 2026

Opinion|Science|Technology

Communicating uncertainty in research is hard, so we worked on how best to do it – here’s what you can watch out for

Uncertainty is part of the scientific process, and it’s not a bad thing – it’s where future discoveries can happen.

August 28, 2026

Environment|Science|Technology|World

Why living downstream from a glacier has become a deadly liability

August 28, 2026

Uncategorized

How to help after Nepal and Tibet's catastrophic floods

Humanitarian organizations are mobilizing to aid survivors along the Nepal-China border after catastrophic floods struck the region Wednesday

August 28, 2026

Environment|Science|World

What new satellite images show about the destructive flooding in Nepal

As researchers investigate how a landslide caused such catastrophic flooding in Nepal, a CNN review of satellite imagery and videos sheds light on how the flood unfolded. CNN's Yahya Abou-Ghazala reports

August 26, 2026

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