2026’s historic snow drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the West
Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski…
Oil Wars: Speeding The Transition to Renewable Energy
Wind turbines, Columbia River Gorge. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. One simple observation since the US-Israel attack on Iran…
Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa – new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100
Ask people where heatwaves hit hardest and most will probably say cities, which trap heat in concrete and…
Analysis: India’s CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in two decades
India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 0.5% in the second half of 2025 and by just 0.7%…
Africa’s coastlines hit by fastest sea level surge on record
The ocean along Africa’s coast is changing. What once felt far away is now part of daily life,…
The Conservative Case for Protecting the Environment
Take immigration. As equatorial regions grow hotter and drier, climate-driven migration will accelerate. Pressures at the southern border,…
projects show how fighting climate change can create rural jobs – research
Across the world, climate governance bodies are finding ways to capture greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere and…
Tropical Cyclone Narelle forecast to pummel remote WA towns with wind gusts of up to 275km/h | Tropical Cyclone Narelle
Tropical Cyclone Narelle – a severe storm that has pummelled communities across thousands of kilometres in Australia’s north…
Precipitation observing network gaps limit climate change impact assessment
Stokstad, E. Scarcity of rain, stream gages threatens forecasts. Science 285, 1199–1200 (1999). Article CAS Google Scholar Kidd,…
“A slam dunk:” Rio Tinto gets $2 billion lifeline to shift massive smelter from costly coal to firm renewables
Australia’s second-largest aluminium smelter has been extended a $2 billion lifeline from federal and state governments, in a…
why NZ’s oil consumption is at a 5-year high
New Zealand’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity production was above 90% renewable and emissions from generation fell…
Invasive bees are quietly reshaping pollination networks
When people hear “invasive species,” they often picture a dramatic ecological disaster: a sudden collapse, native species disappearing,…