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Mystery interstellar object could be oldest known comet

Scientists have been racing to discover the origins of 3I/Atlas since it was spotted last week. [...]

Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud as it erupts again

Following a series of eruptions three weeks ago, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun spewing hot ash and lava again. [...]

Did US government cuts contribute to the Texas tragedy?

Following the Texas floods some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of President Trump's cuts to the federal workforce. [...]

200 million year-old flying reptile species found

The newly discovered flying reptile is the oldest pterosaur in North America. [...]

Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming

Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon. [...]

Ancient Egyptian history may be rewritten by DNA bone test

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago sheds new light on the rise of Ancient Egypt. [...]

Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report

It says drought has compounded poverty, hunger, and energy insecurity worldwide. [...]

Will there be a drought where I live?

We take a look at river, reservoir and groundwater levels after a particularly dry few months. [...]

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first. [...]

India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become only the second Indian to travel to space. [...]

First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

The telescope should detect killer asteroids and may even find the ninth planet in our solar system. [...]

Plastic bag bans and fees curb US shoreline litter, study suggests

Shoreline litter data research shows policies caused a relative decrease in the percentage of plastic bags. [...]

Killer whales make kelp tools to 'massage' each other

Orcas have been filmed using kelp as a tool to massage each other [...]

Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings

Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa. [...]

Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn

The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn. [...]

England needs more hosepipe bans and smart water meters - watchdog

The Environment Agency warns England needs a 'continued and sustained effort' to cut water demand. [...]

'Forever chemical' found in all but one of tested UK rivers

The long-term impact of the chemical on human health is still unclear and being researched. [...]

Warning over 'dirty secret' of toxic chemicals on farmers' fields

Campaigners say that farmers' fields are being contaminated by chemicals and microplastics in sewage sludge. [...]

Oceans cannot become 'wild west', warns UN chief

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke at the start of the UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France. [...]

UK proposes wider ban on destructive ocean bottom trawling

The government wants to prohibit bottom trawling from more protected areas of UK waters. [...]

William warns ocean life 'diminishing before our eyes'

The Prince of Wales gave a speech in Monaco hoping to drive investments to protect the world's oceans. [...]

Most new build homes must have solar panels - Miliband

The energy secretary says the move will cut energy bills, but house builders caution against burdensome regulations. [...]

UK's muddy saltmarshes vital to tackle climate change, report finds

The UK's saltmarshes lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, a new report from WWF says. [...]

Planning change to make installing heat pump easier for millions

The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed. [...]

Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades. [...]

The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other? [...]

Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth

Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida. [...]

Why scientists are counting tiny marine creatures, from Space

Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world. [...]

Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA. [...]

SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch

Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched. [...]

Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk. [...]

Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?

Advances in technology raise questions about the need to send people to space - and the risks and cost [...]

New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought. [...]

Med Sea heatwave might feel nice for holiday swimming but there's a catch

Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this month, far above average. [...]

China's emissions may be falling - here's what you should know

Experts are divided if the drop over really means China has reached the peak of its emissions. [...]

Tiny creatures gorge, get fat, and help fight global warming

Scientists find out how the epic deep sea migration of a tiny animal is storing planet-warming carbon. [...]

$88m pollution-tracking satellite missing in space

MethaneSat was meant to keep track of potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production. [...]

Recent droughts are 'slow-moving global catastrophe' - UN report

It says drought has compounded poverty, hunger, and energy insecurity worldwide. [...]

Will there be a drought where I live?

We take a look at river, reservoir and groundwater levels after a particularly dry few months. [...]

What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites?

Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl. [...]

Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings

Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa. [...]

Ship footage captures sound of Titan sub imploding

Support ship video shows the wife of Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush hearing the sound of the implosion. [...]

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death'

A group of researchers have come to Pipestone Creek in Canada to figure out why thousands of dinosaurs are buried here. [...]

Will this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?

The BBC meets astronaut Rosemary Coogan who is training at Nasa’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas. [...]

This burger was made from cow cells in a lab. Should it really be served in restaurants?

Lab-grown beef, chicken and even quail are served in restaurants in some countries around the world - and now some cultivated meats could soon be sold in the UK too [...]

Planes are having their GPS hacked. Could new clocks keep them safe?

How a new atomic clock might be the way to tackle attacks on plane GPS systems [...]

The people who think AI might become conscious

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient [...]

The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other? [...]

BBC Inside Science

Solutions to plastic waste from creating cleaner products to cleaning up ocean litter. [...]

As Deadly Floods Hit America, a Meteorologist Looks Ahead

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill with meteorologist Sean Sublette. In recent days, multiple catastrophic flooding events have hit [...]

Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations

Groups submitting comments on the latest stage of the Line 5 oil pipeline project in Michigan argue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has failed to complete adequate analyses of [...]

Water Utility Says It Can’t Meet Demand for Alabama Data Center Without ‘Significant Upgrades’

BESSEMER, Ala.—Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the [...]

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

Texas’ independent electric grid has transformed in recent years with the significant addition of wind, solar and battery storage facilities, and faces new risks as large load users like data [...]

California Congressman Vows to Challenge Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’

A week after the Republican-led House sent its $4 trillion budget bill to President Donald Trump, California Rep. Mark DeSaulnier vowed to fight the most harmful provisions of what he [...]

Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial

In the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding in Texas last week, government officials from President Donald Trump to the governor of Texas to county representatives have sought to deflect blame [...]

Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Limit Carbon Sequestration Near a Major Aquifer

A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in particular, for projects located near an aquifer that is the sole source of [...]

Brazil’s Last Asbestos Miners Are Switching To Rare Earth Minerals. Can They Offer a Brighter Future?

This report is a partnership between Agência Pública and the Guardian. Read it in Portuguese here. Minaçu, a small city in inland Brazil and home to the only asbestos mine in the [...]

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

Long-term drought persists in Texas despite catastrophic flooding that hit parts of the state last week. The torrential rainfall, which killed at least 120 people, alleviated the dry spell in [...]

It Just Got Easier to Build Nuclear Power Plants in Wisconsin

Nuclear power was one of the few zero-emissions electricity sources whose federal tax incentives remained mostly intact last week following President Donald Trump’s signing of a massive budget bill. Considering [...]

The Guardian – Environment Section:

Offers comprehensive news and opinion pieces on climate change, wildlife, and environmental policies.

England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans

Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’England’s reservoirs are at their lowest levels for a decade, new data [...]

Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy

Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara provinceAn unusual bird is ravaging crops and infuriating farmers in north-eastern [...]

Country diary: Enter dolphins, stage left, ripping apart the limpid sea | Nigel Brown

Ynys Môn (Anglesey): Their energy was breathtaking, their display thrilling – though this was also a purposeful signal of their fitnessEventide, and calm waters were slowly departing the warm sands [...]

Toxic Pfas above proposed safety limits in almost all English waters tested

Exclusive: 110 of 117 bodies of water tested by Environment Agency would fail standards, with levels in fish 322 times the planned limitNearly all rivers, lakes and ponds in England [...]

‘It can’t withstand the heat’: fears ‘stable’ Patagonia glacier in irreversible decline

Scientists say Perito Moreno, which for decades defied trend of glacial retreat, now rapidly losing massOne of the few stable glaciers in a warming world, Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz [...]

Yale Environment 360

Published by the Yale School of the Environment, it provides opinion, analysis, and reporting on topics like climate change, conservation, and air and water pollution.

In a First, Solar Was Europe's Biggest Source of Power Last Month

For the first time, solar was the largest source of electricity in the EU last month, supplying a record 22 percent of the bloc's power.Read more on E360 → [...]

Pakistan's Solar Revolution Is Bringing Power to the People

Fed up with pricey electricity from an unreliable grid, Pakistanis have snapped up cheap solar panels. In an interview, Muhammad Mustafa Amjad, of Islamabad-based Renewables First, says his country can [...]

Koalas Spend Just 10 Minutes a Day on the Ground — That's Usually When They're Killed

Koalas, which spend most of their lives high up in eucalyptus trees, usually die while on the ground, often mauled by dogs or hit by cars. More striking, a new [...]

In Uganda, Deadly Landslides Force an Agricultural Reckoning

As growing populations denude its slopes and heavy rain intensifies, Mount Elgon has become increasingly vulnerable to landslides. In response, Ugandan farmers are planting native trees and changing the crops [...]

With 'Big Beautiful Bill,' U.S. to Reverse Course on Clean Energy

The Republican spending bill, signed into law Friday, will reset the course for the U.S. energy sector, analyses show. The law rapidly phases out tax credits for wind, solar, and [...]

Meta Said A.I. Could Help Tackle Warming. An Early Experiment Underwhelmed

Last year Meta identified 135 materials that could potentially be used to draw down carbon dioxide, work it described as "groundbreaking." But when scientists tried to reproduce the results, they [...]

A Decade After a Lead Crisis, Flint Has At Last Replaced Its Pipes

A decade after Flint, Michigan, was beset by widespread lead contamination, officials confirmed the city has replaced its lead pipes, as ordered by a federal court.Read more on E360 → [...]

London Inches Closer to Running Transit System Entirely on Renewable Power

Under a new agreement, London will source enough solar power to run its light railway and tram networks entirely on renewable energy.Read more on E360 → [...]

Why U.S. Geothermal May Advance, Despite Political Headwinds

The Trump administration is outwardly hostile to clean energy sourced from solar and wind. But thanks to close ties to the fossil fuel industry and new technological breakthroughs, U.S. geothermal [...]

Inside Climate News

An independent news organization covering climate, energy, and the environment.

As Deadly Floods Hit America, a Meteorologist Looks Ahead

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Aynsley O’Neill with meteorologist Sean Sublette. In recent days, multiple catastrophic flooding events have hit [...]

Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations

Groups submitting comments on the latest stage of the Line 5 oil pipeline project in Michigan argue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has failed to complete adequate analyses of [...]

Water Utility Says It Can’t Meet Demand for Alabama Data Center Without ‘Significant Upgrades’

BESSEMER, Ala.—Developers of a proposed hyperscale data center may find themselves lacking a resource essential for the operation of what would be one of the largest such facilities in the [...]

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

Texas’ independent electric grid has transformed in recent years with the significant addition of wind, solar and battery storage facilities, and faces new risks as large load users like data [...]

California Congressman Vows to Challenge Trump’s ‘Big Ugly Bill’

A week after the Republican-led House sent its $4 trillion budget bill to President Donald Trump, California Rep. Mark DeSaulnier vowed to fight the most harmful provisions of what he [...]

Nature News & Comment

From the renowned scientific journal, Nature, it provides updates on research and findings related to environmental science and climate.

Author Correction: Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs

Nature, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09311-5Author Correction: Adhesive anti-fibrotic interfaces on diverse organs [...]

Three weeks in a hide to spot one elusive bear: the life of a wildlife film-maker

Nature, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02195-5Vianet Djenguet joins us to talk about working with conservation researchers in the documentary series The Wild Ones. [...]

Lonely spacecraft can navigate the stars

Nature, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02108-6NASA’s New Horizons probe, which hurtled past Pluto in 2015, demonstrates that it can sail through interstellar space using its onboard camera. [...]

Mini hearts, lungs and livers made in lab now grow their own blood vessels

Nature, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02183-9These sophisticated models will be used for human-development studies and drug testing. [...]

Scientists hide messages in papers to game AI peer review

Nature, Published online: 11 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02172-ySome studies containing instructions in white text or small font — visible only to machines — will be withdrawn from preprint servers. [...]

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09356-6Author Correction: Genome-wide CRISPR screen in human T cells reveals regulators of FOXP3 [...]

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09305-3Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk [...]

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09366-4Author Correction: Spatial immune scoring system predicts hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence [...]

Promising vaccine against deadly Nipah virus can also treat infection

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02173-xIn animals, the drug reduced the effects of the virus, which currently has no treatment. [...]

Survey of US postdocs finds threefold increase in job losses

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02140-6Country-wide cuts are difficult to determine, but a survey by the National Postdoctoral Association reveals mounting pressures. [...]

US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02171-zCommittee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies. [...]

OpenAI’s o3 tops new AI league table for answering scientific questions

Nature, Published online: 10 July 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02177-7SciArena uses votes by researchers to evaluate large language models’ responses on technical topics. [...]

Climate Central

A science and news organization that delivers facts about climate change and its impact on the public.

The looming threat for Maine’s iconic potato industry

By Lori Valigra (Bangor Daily News) and Caitlin Looby (Climate Central) with Jen Brady (Climate Central) contributing to data reporting Maire Lenihan coaxes organic Keuka Gold potatoes into a washing machine at Goranson [...]

Ellis Island, lighthouses among historic NJ sites flooding as seas rise

By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central ) and Andrew S. Lewis and Michael Sol Warren (NJ Spotlight News), with television segment by Brenda Flanagan (NJ Spotlight News) Read the Climate Central report, Future Flood [...]

Still rare in Iowa, electric car powers Des Moines family’s home during blackouts

By Ayurella Horn-Muller (Climate Central) and Amber Alexander (NBC WHO 13 Des Moines) Kerri Johannsen was less than a week from giving birth to her second child when a derecho [...]

By Lori Valigra and Elizabeth Miller A skier jumps into the air in front of a large snow-making machine at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Modern advances in [...]

Hardly any past Winter Olympic host cities will have the snow to host in 60 years

By Clarisa Diaz and Elizabeth Miller Rain, wet snow, and shallow snow are all expected to increase at former Olympic venues over the coming decades, according to a new study led by [...]

Mongabay

A source for environmental science and conservation news.

As exotic pet demands rise, invertebrates need trade protections too: Study

As the demand for butterflies, spiders, ants and other terrestrial invertebrates grows worldwide, researchers in a recent study say better policy and regulation coverage can help ensure sustainability. The researchers [...]

Nearly three-quarters of solar and wind projects are being built in China

China is rapidly scaling up its solar and wind energy infrastructure, accounting for nearly three-quarters of all utility-scale projects currently under construction worldwide, according to a new report from the [...]

U’wa people await implementation of landmark court ruling against Colombian gov’t

On Dec. 20, 2024, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights publicly announced a landmark decision against the Colombian government and found it responsible for multiple human rights violations against the [...]

Locals fear Chile’s new port project for green energy will disrupt ecosystems

The Chilean government has recently approved a new port project in Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctic Region, an area that recently attracted a lot of attention due to its enormous [...]

From cattle to crayfish, human pressures mount on Zambia’s Kafue River

KAFUE, Zambia — “Three cattle on the left, 20 elephants on the right,” shouts the expedition leader from the bow seat of the first of five canoes snaking along a [...]

Grist

Focuses on climate and sustainability stories with a unique perspective.

‘Disasters are a human choice’: Texas counties have little power to stop building in flood-prone areas

Experts suggested that more data and education are needed as Texas and the rest of the country build in known flood plains. [...]

Inside New Orleans’ plan to fix its energy-hogging buildings

The city's climate goals include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035. [...]

Seeing fewer fireflies this year? Here’s why, and how you can help.

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference. [...]

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone. [...]

Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas

A new state law that redefines natural gas as a “green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank. [...]

Greenpeace

While they are an advocacy group, they also provide news and updates on various environmental issues.

World Elephant Day: Why Community-Led Conservation of the Animal is Key

Elephant conservation in India is a popular and emotive issue. But when we look closer, the shrinking elephant habitat, human-elephant conflict and unscientific interventions are certainly concerning. [...]

Greenpeace reaffirms support for Indigenous people’s rights in forest conservation

Delhi, India, 22 July 2019 – In response to developments following India’s Supreme Court ordering the eviction of millions of tribal and other forest-dwelling people in February 2019, Greenpeace reaffirms… [...]

Press Release- Boom and Bust Report 2019

New coal plants shrink globally, but GoI continues to approve new proposals, despite pollution and deforestation impacts New Delhi, Thursday, March 28, 2019— For the third year in a row,… [...]

Attempt to Murder Gurgaon

Gurgaon is one of the most polluted cities in India, with only 3 days of clean air in 2018. Now a new amendment will make 20,000 acres of Aravalli forest [...]

Shut-up or Shut-down: The new ‘Law of the Land’

If, to be put on trial for speaking out for equality and justice is a crime, the society needs some serious introspection. The way the voice of Greenpeace India has… [...]