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Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Satellite mirror plans could disrupt sleep and ecosystems worldwide, scientists say

Deployment of reflective satellites could disrupt ecosystems and human health by altering natural night-time light environments.
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 day ago

No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics

The majority of Iranian Americans oppose the war on Iran, despite media portrayal of pro-monarchy sentiments.
#climate-change
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
4 weeks ago

Letters: Global warming isn't a hoax; it's a scientific consensus

Scientific consensus from 97-99% of climate scientists confirms Earth is warming due to human activity, primarily fossil fuel burning, with measurable impacts on climate systems.
Environment
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

Climate Stories Are Everywhere

Protecting climate and democracy are inextricably linked; authoritarian influence and fossil-fuel power obstruct climate action and risk catastrophic planetary tipping points.
Environment
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

There is no historical precedent for how badly out of balance the climate is now, U.N. warns

The past 11 years are the hottest on record, indicating severe climate imbalance and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Earth being pushed beyond its limits' as energy imbalance reaches record high

The Earth is experiencing a record energy imbalance, leading to unprecedented ocean warming and extreme weather, threatening health and food supplies.
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
4 weeks ago

Letters: Global warming isn't a hoax; it's a scientific consensus

Scientific consensus from 97-99% of climate scientists confirms Earth is warming due to human activity, primarily fossil fuel burning, with measurable impacts on climate systems.
Environment
fromEarth911
2 days ago

Earth911 Inspiration: Show Up for Planet Earth

Make Earth Day 2026 a pivotal response to environmental damage from recent U.S. policy reversals.
Data science
fromThe Walrus
3 days ago

Data Centres Are on Track to Wreck the Planet. Can We Stop Them? | The Walrus

Hyperscaled data centers consume massive power and water, raising concerns about their environmental impact.
OMG science
fromBig Think
5 days ago

We saved the world once - we can do it again

The Montreal Protocol successfully addressed the ozone layer depletion, showcasing human resilience in combating environmental crises.
#middle-east-conflict
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

What can nations do to make up for the ongoing energy shortfall?

The Middle East conflict has disrupted 20% of the world's fuel supply, prompting countries to seek alternative energy sources.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

What can nations do to make up for the ongoing energy shortfall?

The Middle East conflict has disrupted 20% of the world's fuel supply, prompting countries to seek alternative energy sources.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

What can nations do to make up for the ongoing energy shortfall?

The Middle East conflict has disrupted 20% of the world's fuel supply, prompting countries to seek alternative energy sources.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

What can nations do to make up for the ongoing energy shortfall?

The Middle East conflict has disrupted 20% of the world's fuel supply, prompting countries to seek alternative energy sources.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
4 days ago

Germany: Hope fades for stranded humpback whale's survival

Authorities have established a restricted zone around a stranded whale, allowing it to die peacefully after exhausting all rescue efforts.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Say hello to the UK's most successful growth industry: organised waste crime | George Monbiot

Illegal waste dumping in the UK has surged, with thousands of sites and minimal penalties for offenders, creating a thriving criminal industry.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Water companies accused of more than 3,000 environmental rule breaches

The Environment Agency identified over 3,000 environmental breaches by water companies after conducting more than 10,000 inspections in the past year.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

New bin rules begin in England but not all councils are ready

New rules mandate weekly food waste collections in England, but many councils are unprepared to meet the deadline.
Non-profit organizations
fromNature
1 week ago

'Continuity over novelty': why environmental science needs to rethink its focus

The closure of forest-service research offices threatens long-term ecological research and institutional memory in the US.
Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

In Europe, lobbyists are using soaring fuel prices to make the case for more dirty energy

Europe is better prepared for the energy crisis but faces challenges from high fuel prices and opposition to renewable energy policies.
fromNature
6 days ago

Now is the time for scientific societies to guide global research

Modern scientific societies are increasingly vulnerable due to their dependence on membership fees and journal subscriptions, which are being challenged by the rise of virtual networking and open-access publishing.
Science
fromDefector
2 weeks ago

Dam It All To Hell | Defector

Hoppers, like Pixar's pre-Disney films, is a delight. The beavers' world is immersive and richly realized, grounded in science but never dry. The plot zigs and zags between moments of absurdity and emotional heft to stirring effect; I cried multiple times, and not just because of the low-hanging fruit of grandma death.
Independent films
fromMail Online
5 days ago

Britain has just 20 years to save its wildlife, experts warn

'Our results show that the next 20 years are critical,' lead author Dr Rob Cooke told the Daily Mail. 'By around 2050, we reach a point where the choices we make on emissions and land use will largely determine whether Britain moves towards a much more degraded or a much more nature‑positive future.'
Environment
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
3 weeks ago

The Climate Crisis

At a young age, I learned quickly how oil wealth and power could burn the land while people struggled. I saw heat rise off the streets, the Nile strained, and the air thickened with injustice. In my teenage years, through Aotearoa, being on the edge of the Pacific, I felt the ocean breathing heavy, swallowing the shores of islands that have done the least to cause this harm.
Photography
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

A national scandal': trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters

Marine protected areas in England are ineffective as industrial trawlers continue to overfish and damage ecosystems despite their designated protection.
Non-profit organizations
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things': conservation plots a future without American money

Liberia's eco-guard program, funded by USAID, faces collapse after the Trump administration dismantled the agency, threatening forest conservation and wildlife protection in one of Africa's most biodiverse regions.
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Ontario to consolidate 36 conservation authorities into 9 | CBC News

Ontario will consolidate its 36 conservation authorities into nine across the province. Environment Minister Todd McCarthy says there will be no job losses as a result. He says the province listened to feedback after several town halls and 14,000 comments on its plan, which initially proposed having seven conservation authorities.
Canada news
Environment
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Why environmental advocates are speaking out against a planned development in northeast Pickering | CBC News

Environmental advocates oppose a planned development in northeast Pickering due to concerns about flood risk, water quality, and endangered species.
Germany politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock bloodlust'

Germany's parliament passed legislation allowing wolf hunting to address growing populations and livestock attacks, with voting split along political lines.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

How UK cuts to climate finance could bankrupt ecosystems at home and abroad

Last year the JIC produced a hard-hitting report which found the collapse of globally important ecosystems around the world including the potential shift of the Amazon from rainforest to savannah, the demise of coral reefs, and the loss of glaciers would threaten the UK's national security, through food shortages at home and the potential for conflict overseas.
UK news
#biodiversity
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How protecting nature could make the world safer

Biodiversity loss is increasingly recognized as a national security threat linked to political stability and global resource competition.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

A World on Fire Needs More Climate Reporting-Not Less

Covering Climate Now was formed in 2019 in response to the climate silence that then prevailed in much of the press, especially in the United States. Over the years that followed, hundreds of newsrooms joined our effort, and press coverage of the story began to reflect the scale of the crisis. Newsrooms beefed up their climate reporting teams; they confronted misinformation that sought to play down the problem; they thought creatively about how to find the climate connection on every beat.
Environment
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Countries can rewild borders to deter invasions, says EU environment chief

Rewilding land borders with natural vegetation and wetlands deters invasion while enhancing biodiversity and national security through environmental restoration.
OMG science
fromEsquire
1 month ago

This Weird Effect of Climate Change Is Scaring the Hell Out of Me

A 5,000-year-old Psychrobacter strain from cave ice carries multidrug resistance and antimicrobial activity, posing potential AMR risks if released by melting ice.
#us-withdrawal
fromEngadget
2 months ago
US politics

The US withdraws from dozens of international bodies, including climate-focused organizations

fromEngadget
2 months ago
US politics

The US withdraws from dozens of international bodies, including climate-focused organizations

fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Daunting but doable': Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

as the EU's climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating. Maarten van Aalst, a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), said the continent was already paying a price for its lack of preparation but that adapting to a hotter future was in part common-sense and low-hanging fruit. It is a daunting task, but at the same time
Europe politics
#biodiversity-loss
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How protecting nature could make the world safer

Ecosystem collapse poses direct national security threats through food insecurity, resource scarcity, and geopolitical instability across continents.
Agriculture
fromModern Farmer
2 months ago

5 Agri-Environmental Strategies that Prevent Species Loss

Implementing agri-environmental strategies like prairie strips and reduced tillage increases biodiversity, soil health, pollination, and natural pest control, benefiting farm productivity.
Social justice
fromwww.nature.com
2 months ago

A framework for addressing racial and related inequities in conservation

Conservation often violates Indigenous rights, perpetuates racial injustice and violence, and requires community-based standards, anti-racist reforms, and accountability measures.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

How protecting nature could make the world safer

Ecosystem collapse poses direct national security threats through food insecurity, resource scarcity, and geopolitical instability across continents.
World news
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

A Grieving Planet

Independent journalism holds powerful interests accountable, centers marginalized communities, counters lies and distortions, advances progressive ideas, and relies on reader support.
History
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences - emptywheel

The United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 for $25 million; Denmark obtained tacit U.S. assent to extend interests in Greenland.
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

What the EU-Mercosur deal might mean for the environment

"create more business opportunities"
Miscellaneous
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

More Than 120 Civil Society Groups Urge EU to Cancel US Trade Deal

Civil society groups urge the EU to cancel the US-EU trade deal and reduce reliance on US fossil fuels, citing Trump's threats and climate rollbacks.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
2 months ago

Environmental Bioethics and the Problem of Interdependence

Environmental bioethics reframes ethical focus toward interdependence, bridging individual-focused clinical bioethics and community-focused public health ethics across approach, scale, and scope.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

What Trump's plans for the Arctic mean for the global climate crisis

Federal action begins leasing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain for oil and gas drilling, threatening tundra ecosystems, wildlife, and Indigenous homelands.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 weeks ago

Letters: Global warming isn't a hoax; it's a scientific consensus

Scientific consensus from 97-99% of climate scientists confirms Earth is warming primarily due to human activity, not natural cycles alone.
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Moving Capitals Across Global Contexts: From Strategic Planning to Environmental Necessity

Across history, the relocation of capital cities has often been associated with moments of political rupture, regime change, or symbolic nation-building. From Brasília to Islamabad, new capitals were frequently conceived as instruments of centralized power, territorial control, or ideological projection. In recent decades, however, a different set of drivers has begun to shape these decisions. Rather than security or representation alone, contemporary capital relocations are increasingly tied to structural pressures such as demographic concentration, infrastructural saturation, environmental risk, and long-term resource management.
World news
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

EU to stay 'cordial' with US after Trump's Greenland threats

EU leaders cooled rhetoric after US tariff threats over Greenland, secured de-escalation, emphasized unity, pursuit of European strategic independence while preserving the trans-Atlantic alliance.
#climate-acceleration
fromNature
1 month ago
Environment

The world is getting hotter faster - its pace nearly doubled in the past decade

fromNature
1 month ago
Environment

The world is getting hotter faster - its pace nearly doubled in the past decade

Environment
fromNature
1 month ago

Climate change and geopolitics threaten water supplies - but disaster is not inevitable

Global water systems face crisis from overuse, pollution, and climate change, requiring urgent strengthening of international water-sharing treaties with dynamic monitoring systems.
Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a plan to fix that

An agent-based global economic super-simulator could forecast crises and guide policy, with a ~$100m build cost and massive potential ROI from crisis prevention.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

The impact of US withdrawal from global climate pacts DW 01/08/2026

The United States plans to withdraw from 66 international organizations, including major environmental bodies, undermining global climate cooperation and favoring oil-industry interests.
Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Opinion: AI is destroying our planet. We must act to check its growth and save ourselves.

AI's environmental impact is severe, with 2025 freshwater consumption exceeding global bottled water use and projected energy demands by 2034 matching India's entire consumption, requiring immediate action.
Environment
frombigthink.com
1 month ago

Widening the frame: Indigenous land rights and the future of climate policy

Indigenous land rights are essential to climate action, with Indigenous representatives at COP30 demanding recognition of their ancestral land ownership and management authority.
Environment
fromNature
2 months ago

The global plastics treaty can be saved - here's how to break the deadlock

Plastic pollution is globally pervasive, causes long-term harm and greenhouse-gas emissions, and international treaty negotiations are currently deadlocked.
#high-seas-treaty
#nature-finance
fromFast Company
1 month ago

These digital tools are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

In late 2025, Interpol coordinated a global operation across 134 nations, seizing roughly 30,000 live animals, confiscating illegal plant and timber products, and identifying about 1,100 suspected wildlife traffickers for national police to investigate. Wildlife trafficking is one of the most lucrative illicit industries worldwide. It nets between US$7 billion and $23 billion per year, according to the Global Environment Facility, a group of nearly 200 nations as well as businesses and nonprofits that fund environmental improvement and protection projects.
Environment
Environment
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Forests Are Steadily Crawling North, Satellite Imagery Shows

Boreal forests are shifting northward and expanding due to warming, altering carbon sequestration potential and increasing young forest cover.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires

Global forests are burning at accelerating rates, doubling tree-cover loss over two decades and with 135,000 km burned in 2024, the worst year on record.
fromNature
2 months ago

To improve resilience to climate change, track what endures

When the category-5 storm Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica in October, its path crossed communities that had varying levels of preparedness. Many with maintained coastal protections, upgraded drainage and reliable early-warning systems had power and water restored in days. Others were immobilized for weeks.
Environment
Environment
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Rewilding Rejects the We're-So-Special Exceptionalism

Rewilding requires rehabilitating human hearts, overcoming self-centeredness, and treating nature with compassion so ecosystems and nonhuman lives can flourish.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Climate action continues, even without Trump DW 01/08/2026

The US plans to withdraw from 66 international organizations and treaties, including major environmental bodies, undermining global climate cooperation.
Environment
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

World Wetlands Day 2026: Integrating Traditional Knowledge for Climate Resilience

Wetlands provide critical biodiversity, ecosystem services, and livelihoods, while traditional ecological knowledge fosters resilient human–wetland relationships amid growing threats.
Environment
fromNature
2 months ago

Exceeding 1.5 C requires rethinking accountability in climate policy

Global temperatures have exceeded 1.5°C, requiring rapid pursuit of net-negative emissions, expanded adaptation, loss-and-damage response, and accountability to prevent further harm.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Stark warning': pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds

Global ecological harm from pesticides rose between 2013 and 2019, with insects experiencing the largest increase in applied toxicity (42.9%) and soil organisms up 30.8%.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Are African water wars' on the horizon as AU puts the issue on its agenda?

Water scarcity and climate-driven shocks are fueling conflicts, health crises, and civic unrest across Africa, while corporatisation and upstream-downstream disputes intensify competition for water.
Environment
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why scientists warn of privately funded geoengineering

Private companies and investors are increasingly pursuing solar geoengineering despite limited research, potential global impacts, and a lack of regulation.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Wildlife targets will be missed in England and Northern Ireland, watchdog says

Government will miss most 2030 environmental targets; wildlife declines continue, flood and wildfire risks rise, and policy changes threaten protected habitats.
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