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Scientists working on new reports for the IPCC, the U.N.’s climate science panel, warn about a funding crunch and report timelines in an open letter. By Bob Berwyn As global climate negotiators and government officials convene for the annual United Nations climate summit, the…
Alan Armstrong pushed for a provision in a bipartisan permitting bill that would limit states’ power to block gas pipelines. He could stand to gain financially. By Nicholas Kusnetz, Lauren Dalban Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma entered the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy in March with a…
China, the source of more than half the world’s sulfur hexafluoride emissions, will be key to the pledge’s success. By Phil McKenna The German government has launched an international initiative to curb emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, an exceptionally potent greenhouse gas that…
The massive, still-unfinished Deep Tunnel project was supposed to be the answer. But wastewater dumped in the river now threatens human health and wildlife. Here’s why—and some ideas on what can be done. By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times This article originally appeared in the…
Source: Tectonics Where oceanic crust subducts beneath continental crust, belts of volcanoes known as continental arcs can form. Located around the world, these arcs may undergo episodic magma flare-ups—dramatic surges in the flow of magma into the continental crust at rates up…
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Editors’ Vox is a blog from AGU’s Publications Department. AGU Publications is pleased to announce six new Editors-in-Chief (EiCs) to join our program in 2027. Each of them were appointed to continue the great work done by their predecessors. We thank the following outgoing EiCs…
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Microplastics have been found in our bodies and the food we eat—and even in remote environments around the world, including seawater and ice in the Arctic. Despite their prevalence, little is known about how they move through the atmosphere. New CIRES-led research, which…
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The extreme heat waves we have seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change. A new study led by researcher Philipp Aglas-Leitner from Freie Universität Berlin, published in Nature Communications, finds that future heat…
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Europe's meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has released the first image from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on board Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2), just over two months after the satellite's launch on Aug. 27, 2026. The satellite will provide…
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Print article Share The ongoing “super El Niño” is likely to peak at the end of 2026 and push average global temperatures to record levels next year. That is according to Carbon Brief’s latest “ state of the climate ” update, which analyses El Niño forecasts from more than a…
A low pressure system triggered hundreds of landslides in the west of Myanmar in September. My calculation is that there were 12 fatal landslides killing 40 people. On 25-26 September 2026, an area of low pressure over the North Andaman Sea generated strong monsoon conditions…
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Forest areas can act both as carbon sinks and as vital habitats for thousands of species—but not necessarily at the same time. This has important implications for how Europe should manage its forests, says a University of Copenhagen researcher.
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Months of community opposition and a rejected rezoning request have cast doubt on the future of a proposed peaker plant in the state’s second-largest county. By Anika Jane Beamer FAIRFAX, Iowa—Nearly 50 people gathered at the American Legion Post on a July evening to learn about…
A new study has found that a self-reinforcing interaction between temperature, soil moisture and atmospheric pressure is being triggered at high temperatures, making extreme heat waves 10% hotter than they would otherwise be. The study was published in Science Advances and led by…
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The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record as an exceptionally strong El Niño weather pattern turbocharges human-driven global warming, the EU's climate monitor said Friday.
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African governments are using foreign investment, infrastructure projects and conservation schemes to extend their control over land and communities, according to new research spanning 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation zone has been labeled the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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Technetium-99 is a long-lived radioactive byproduct of nuclear fuel production and reprocessing. In many environments, it forms a highly mobile chemical species that can move readily through water and soil, making it a priority contaminant at legacy nuclear sites including…
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China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 3.1% in the third quarter of 2026, as the Hormuz crisis continued to hit oil demand and coal use also dropped. This guest post is by: Lauri Myllyvirta, lead analyst at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air This was the…
The risk of relying on uncertain carbon removal projects can now be quantified using a new standardized metric that can be applied across all such schemes, irrespective of the technology used.
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