Latest Climate Change Stories
6 tick-borne diseases you really don’t want to get
July 2023 was likely the hottest month in 120,000 years
Recently awoken 46,000-year-old nematodes already have 100 generations of babies
7 automakers team up to cover the US and Canada with fast EV chargers
An Israeli wind project draws scrutiny on turbines and people’s health
Mass coral reef bleaching in Florida as ocean temperatures hit 100 degrees
July’s extreme heat waves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change
How ‘underground climate change’ affects life on the Earth’s surface
Amazon might finally be cutting down on plastic waste
Turning plastic waste into streets faces roadblocks
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James Bruggers/Inside Climate News
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US climate efforts look promising, but there’s more to do
Greenland’s ice sheets aren’t as old—or as resilient—as scientists expected
For decades, turmeric’s ultra-golden glow had a deadly secret
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Wudan Yan/Undark
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This art installation will tell time and produce solar energy
This fungi-based substance might protect homes from ever-worsening wildfires
No guts left behind: Iceland’s quest to repurpose fish waste
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Lela Nargi/Hakai Magazine
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The most sustainable phone on the market is the one in your pocket
An American start-up claims it just set a geothermal energy record
A cap on ‘luxury’ emissions could make a clean energy transition fairer
Hungry green sea turtles have eaten in the same seagrass meadows for about 3,000 years
Extreme heat warning extends to more than 100 million people in the US
EPA plan to eliminate lead in buildings could help half a million young children
How climate change is pushing oxygen out of the world’s oceans
Scientists say the ocean is changing color—and it’s probably our fault
Dangerous inland flooding will last for days in some Northeast states
How energy from waves might simplify desalination
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Becki Robins/Hakai Magazine
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Are ‘mother trees’ real?
AI’s climate consequences are often overlooked
Solar panels are getting more efficient, thanks to perovskite
July 3 may have marked the hottest day ever recorded
Fast fashion might be making us sick
Celebrate a firework-less Fourth of July with drones, bubble guns, or confetti cannons
Young climate defenders bring hope in an unprecedented US lawsuit
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Richard Forbes/High Country News
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Marine microplastics chemicals may make microbes more resistant
How can we decarbonize copper and nickel mining?
Coastal flooding predictions triple
Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation
Extreme heat to blanket Texas with ‘no end in sight’
What an electric vehicle’s MPGe rating really means
Why scientists want to banish barnacles from ship hulls
‘Unprecedented’ ocean temperatures and extreme heat waves pop up around the globe
‘Slow water’ could transform the Southwest, one little rock wall at a time
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Erica Gies
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Clouds of wildfire smoke are toxic to humans and animals alike
Longleaf pine forests in Alabama are making a comeback—thanks to fire
Community-owned solar will soon power this small mountain town in Puerto Rico
The planet has 8 measures of stability—and we’re pushing past most of them
How to mask up to protect yourself from wildfire smoke
These air purifiers are actually on sale right now at Amazon and Best Buy
Kraken tests algorithm-based EV charging that won’t sink the grid
This very sweaty robot measures how heat affects humans
What to do when wildfire smoke fills the air
A popular ‘compostable’ bioplastic isn’t as biodegradable as it seems
Wildfire smoke is choking the eastern United States
The best air quality monitors in 2023
675 million people still didn’t have access to electricity in 2021
The ISS’s latest delivery includes space plants and atmospheric lightning monitors
These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.
It will cost up to $21.5 billion to clean up California’s oil sites. The industry won’t make enough money to pay for it.
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Mark Olalde/ProPublica
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Every drop of the Colorado River counts. So what about evaporation?
1 in 5 people are likely to live in dangerously hot climates by 2100
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Kristoffer Tigue/Inside Climate News
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Why the recycling symbol is part of a ‘misinformation campaign’
Scientists and Indigenous people team up to build a kelp seed bank
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Natalia Mesa/Hakai Magazine
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Plant-covered roofs could help chill Brazil’s heat-stricken favelas
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Jill Langlois/Undark
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Electric cars are better for the environment, no matter the power source