Today: October 15, 2026
Today: October 15, 2026

climate change

Economy|Environment|Europe|Science

In parched Hungary, volunteers build their own dams to hold onto vanishing water

In a bone-dry valley in Hungary, forest workers and volunteers piled up terraces of logs and deadwood, hoping to catch any

Environment|Science|Technology

El Niño's storm-killer winds and climate's warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias

A supersized El Niño’s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico’s hot storm-fueling waters are battling for the core and future of land-approaching Hurricane Isaias and the storm’s tilt and eye show who’s winning

Economy|Environment|Science|Sports|Travel|World

One of the world’s wealthiest cities is enduring the world’s most polluted air. Here’s why

One of the world’s wealthiest cities is enduring the world’s most polluted air. Here’s why

Environment|Science

Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body

The decision was expected to take minutes.

Arts|Environment

New Brazil Congress poses risk to environmental legislation, campaign group says

Brazil's next Congress is likely to pose a greater obstacle to legislation to protect the environment after elections this month, according to a

Education|Europe

Massive demonstrations. Injured teenagers. French students say they’re just getting started.

Massive demonstrations. Injured teenagers. French students say they’re just getting started.

Environment|Science

Keeping global temperature gain in check is a matter of survival, COP31 president says

Restricting global warming is a matter of survival and too many countries are shirking their responsibility to cut emissions, the official presiding over

Economy|Environment|Science|World

In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes

Sri Lanka is facing severe drought, leaving reservoirs dry and farming communities struggling

Business|Economy

US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks

The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it would soon propose scrapping a Biden-era rule aimed at curbing large leaks of methane from oil and gas operations.

Business|Environment|Finance

US SEC will not charge top funds over climate concerns but warns of disclosure obligations

The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday it will not charge top asset managers over their actions with a climate

Environment|Science

This island was home to the planet’s largest penguin colony. Here’s why it just lost that title

This island was home to the planet’s largest penguin colony. Here’s why it just lost that title

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought

Off-grid solar power is spreading across Brazil’s Amazon, helping remote communities prepare for severe drought while replacing costly, polluting diesel generators

Business|Economy|Finance|World

Moody's turns positive on sub-Saharan African countries

Moody's raised its outlook for sub-Saharan African countries to positive on Wednesday, saying reforms had helped them weather inflationary pressures,

Business|Economy|Environment|Food|Science

Buckwheat growers hope new markets can help it reach more tables

For Paige Hansen, changing the food system starts with changing the ingredients

Arts|Business|Economy|Environment

At Paris Fashion Week, longer, hotter summers pose new challenge

Longer, hotter summers are disrupting fashion's seasonal calendar, forcing luxury brands to adapt designs and threatening sales of higher-margin winter clothing.

Environment|Science|World

Pacific nations insist world must increase efforts to meet global warming limit

Global governments must increase efforts to reduce emissions because the planet is "hurtling past" a critical temperature target that would restrain sea

Arts|Entertainment|Travel|World

In ‘Tenzing,’ the Everest-scaling Sherpa Tenzing Norgay finally gets the spotlight

The first image ever taken of a human being standing atop Mount Everest was of Tenzing Norgay

Economy|Environment|Political

Northeast Democrats urge Trump administration action as heating oil costs surge

Democratic lawmakers from northeastern US states urged Energy Secretary Chris Wright to take action to cut soaring heating oil costs they blamed on President

Arts|Travel

Beloved Ice Castles won't return to Cripple Creek, Colorado this winter

Beloved Ice Castles won't return to Cripple Creek, Colorado this winter

Arts|Entertainment|Interview|Opinion

Alito says Supreme Court can’t stem emergency appeals and voices concern over Trump’s rhetoric

Some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric about members of the Supreme Court isn't sitting well with one of his favorite justices

Economy|Election|Europe

French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's main budget proposals

French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, of the far-right National Rally, on Tuesday presented her main budget proposals ahead of next year's election.

Economy|Environment|Science|World

This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

This city is on track to run out of water by 2030. For many residents, that day is already here

Environment|Science

Pacific leaders watch Tuvalu reclamation effort ahead of UN climate meet

Representatives of 30 nations watched on Tuesday as white sand dredged from an atoll lagoon was used to reclaim land from the ocean in a fight by the tiny

Business|Economy|Environment|Science

Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane

Environment

US Supreme Court wrestles with oil companies' bid to scuttle climate lawsuit

US Supreme Court justices wrestled with complex questions over whether to let local governments try to hold oil companies liable for the

Arts

A new Supreme Court term begins with cases on climate change, immigration and gun rights

The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with significant cases on climate change, religious rights, and immigration

Uncategorized

Supreme Court heads into new term with one eye on President Trump

Supreme Court heads into new term with one eye on President Trump

Environment|Science

US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits

The US Supreme Court begins its new nine-month term on Monday with arguments in a major case involving a bid by oil companies ExxonMobil

Environment|Science

States and cities sue over Trump's EPA eliminating rule that limits emissions from power plants

States and cities are suing the Trump administration for repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas

Economy|Environment|Science

New York, 20 states sue EPA to block power plant carbon rule repeal

New York's attorney general on Thursday led a coalition of 25 states and cities in a lawsuit against the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency to block

Environment|Science|Travel

Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now

Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming

Environment|Science|Technology

El Niño just gave us the first no-hurricane September in decades. How long can the Atlantic shutout last?

El Niño just gave us the first no-hurricane September in decades. How long can the Atlantic shutout last?

Environment|Europe|Science

Greece's vanishing lake exposes rapid impact of climate change

Before drought took hold, Koroneia Lake in northern Greece was a protected wetland, a refuge for thousands of migratory and water birds

Environment|Europe|Science

Swiss glaciers lose over 5% of ice volume in 2026 as heat waves, low winter snow accelerate thaw

Experts report that glaciers in Switzerland have lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year due to heat waves and low winter snowfall

Environment|Europe|Science

Swiss glaciers lose more than 5% of ice after record heatwave

Swiss glaciers are shrinking rapidly after suffering one of their worst years of ice loss during a record-

Environment|Science

Isle Royale wolves inbred but likely to survive, study says

Researchers have found that wolves brought to Isle Royale in 2018 are likely to survive but face challenges from inbreeding and isolation

Arts|Celebrity|Environment|Lifestyle

Jennifer Lopez in the rain, dolphins on T-shirts: Stella McCartney declares war on seafood in Paris

Stella McCartney has declared war on the fishing industry at Paris Fashion Week

Crime|Environment|Science

Russia draws up measures to control bear population after spate of deadly attacks

The Russian government said on Wednesday it was drawing up urgent measures to control the population of brown bears that has spiralled out of control in some

Environment|Science|Technology

Antarctica’s ice loss is locked in, and extra snowfall won’t save it – that’s bad news for low-lying coastal areas elsewhere

The Antarctic ice sheet’s future depends how a chain of events plays out. A new study finds the evidence points in one direction.

Environment|Science|Technology

Why the nor'easter’s storm surge was so high, and what it says about the El Niño winter ahead

Several factors make for high water levels, and they conspired to worsen the storm surge that flooded coastal areas from North Carolina to New York.

Arts|Business|Economy|Environment|Science

Criminal conspiracy to steal used cooking oil shows how trash can become treasure

No longer viewed only as waste, used cooking oil is a common ingredient in biofuels.

Environment|Science|World

Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans

Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans

Business|Economy|Environment|Food

Weather, not price, to drive Brazil mills on sugar production

Sugarcane processors in Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar and second largest of ethanol, will pay more attention to the weather than to

Science|Technology

Arctic infrastructure was built on frozen ground that’s starting to thaw – drones can help spot the permafrost changes coming

A regional permafrost map can’t tell a builder if a particular foundation or road will survive as temperatures rise. Engineers need to see beneath the surface to find the weaknesses.

Business|Economy|Finance

US Supreme Court mulls immigrant detention, gambling, Ten Commandments cases

Some big cases may be added to the US Supreme Court's docket for its new term that starts next week including ones involving a detention policy used in

Arts|Economy

We're in this together, Earth's leaders told each other at the UN. But how does that work, exactly?

There is doom

Business|Environment|Technology

The Latest: Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards

The Trump administration has released new fuel economy standards that relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks

Environment|Health|Science

Residents near Maui wildfires show elevated metals linked to impacted lung health, study says

A new study finds that metal mixtures found in smoke, ash and debris after the 2023 Maui wildfires affected human lung health

Environment

Justice Alito recuses himself from major climate change case after complaints about his oil and gas holdings

Justice Alito recuses himself from major climate change case after complaints about his oil and gas holdings