2025 Set to Rank Among Warmest Years on Record, EU Climate Service Says
The year 2025 is on track to tie with 2023 as the second-warmest year ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Monday, underscoring the accelerating pace of…
Deadly Wave Hits Tenerife, Leaves Three Dead and Several Injured
A giant wave struck a natural swimming pool on the western coast of Tenerife, killing three people and injuring three others, emergency services on the Canary Islands said Sunday. One…
Romania Releases State Water Reserves Amid Supply Crisis
Romania has tapped state reserves of drinking water to aid two southern counties after a severe supply disruption, the Interior Ministry has confirmed. The National Committee for Emergency Situations approved…
Air Pollution Sends 210,000 Iranians to Emergency Care
More than 210,000 people sought emergency treatment for heart and breathing problems in Iran between Nov. 22 and Dec. 1 as air pollution spiked in several cities, state media reported…
The hidden sources of forever chemicals leaking into rivers – and what to do about them
Gemma Ware, The Conversation As one of the birthplaces of the industrial revolution, the River Mersey in northern England is no stranger to pollution flowing into its waters. “It’s gone…
Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics
David L Levy, UMass Boston and Rami Kaplan, Tel Aviv University Another business-led effort to fight climate change is unraveling. On Aug. 27, 2025, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended its…
Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health
Ang Li, The University of Melbourne This year, ten days of extreme heat in Europe killed roughly 2,300 people, severe flooding on the New South Wales coast left more than…
Palm trees in Africa are in decline: these botanists made a plan to do something about it
Fred Stauffer, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève (CJBG); Doudjo Noufou Ouattara, Nangui Abrogoua University, and Kifouli Adéoti, University d’Abomey-Calavi de Bénin Palm trees grace the landscape across Africa, thriving…
The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world
Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change,…
US Reopens Arctic Wildlife Refuge to Oil Drilling
The Trump administration has reopened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska to oil and gas drilling, reversing a ban imposed under President Joe Biden. The decision allows leasing…