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As flood risk rises, some communities question the idea of resilience
Climate change is increasing flood risk across the U.K. As floods become more frequent and intense, communities are increasingly encouraged to become resilient and "live with water." Yet in some flood-prone areas, residents ...
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Scientists find key to predicting some El Niño events 12 months ahead
Scientists have identified the conditions that make it possible to predict some El Niño and La Niña events up to a year in advance, potentially giving communities and decision-makers significantly more time to prepare for ...
Earth Sciences
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Massive carbon stocks in grasslands are ignored by climate finance
Open ecosystems—nonforested landscapes such as grasslands, shrublands and savannas—can store vast amounts of carbon while supporting water supply, biodiversity and other ecosystem services. Yet the potential of open ecosystems ...
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Summer 2026 heat toll exceeded 50,000 deaths in European cities, analysis estimates
More than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new research led by the ...
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Taiwan warns of 'destructive winds' as Typhoon Champi batters island
A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Friday as authorities warned of "destructive winds" and urged locals to shelter from the storm.
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US drinking water could contain double the reported PFAS levels, model estimates
Common ways of reporting perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—the man-made, so-called forever chemicals that pose environmental and health threats—could underestimate the concentration of PFAS in U.S. drinking ...
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Sinking Antarctic ice reveals a hidden lake's massive water loss
The Kronshtadskiy subglacial lake near East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf was hidden beneath Antarctica's ice, but its drainage left a mark visible from space as a broad depression that deepened by more than 6 meters (20 feet) ...
El Niño then and now
El Niño is part of a natural climate pattern that occurs roughly every two to seven years, bringing warmer-than-normal water to parts of the equatorial Pacific. The most recent very strong El Niño events, in 1997–98 and 2015–16, ...
Earth Sciences
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East Asia's summer rain belt has shifted north over decades, reshaping rain and heat risks
A joint research team from KAIST and the APEC Climate Center has found that the East Asian summer front has migrated north over the past half century, with the shift exceeding 200 km (124 miles) in late summer. This raises ...
Earth Sciences
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Just 3% of the world's glaciers account for over half of glacier ice loss
Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up 3.2% of the world's glaciers, but lost 134 billion metric tons (148 billion tons) of ice each year between 2000 and 2019, accounting for more than half of all glacier ...
Earth Sciences
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Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Champi approaches
Most shops and schools were shut across Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Champi neared the island, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes ahead of the powerful storm.
Environment
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Europe's killer heat this summer claims 50,000 lives. Climate change blamed for two-thirds of deaths
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
Environment
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Brazil's presidential elections linked to decades of fluctuating environmental destruction—study
A University of Cambridge–led analysis of maps made from satellite imagery covering over three decades and seven presidents shows how the winner of Brazil's national elections since 1990 directly affected the preservation ...
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How farming helped cause two medieval tsunamis in an Italian lake—and why the danger has returned
On Jan. 3, 1117, a strong earthquake shook northern Italy. A manuscript of the 12th century, kept today in the Vatican Library, recorded what came next: "The lakes also rose so much that very few of those living in the villages ...
Microplastics in sediment could trace decades of human activity worldwide
In a review article recently published in the journal Earth-Science Reviews, researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Leicester ...
Earth Sciences
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Study highlights need for policymakers to look at digital policies as part of energy, climate planning
A new study underscores the extent to which digital policies cannot be separated from energy policies. The research evaluates the relationship between information communication technologies and carbon dioxide emissions and ...
Environment
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Chiricahua is the nation's newest national park—what does that mean?
With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump has officially created the United States' 64th national park.
Environment
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More than 20 years of data challenge one-size-fits-all view of Arctic cloud-forming particles
As the climate gets warmer, the number of particles that make up clouds in the Arctic may increase or decrease, depending on the specific area. A new study indicates that the Arctic should be divided into three parts rather ...
Earth Sciences
23 hours ago
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We must prepare entire cities for extreme heat. Our new study reveals how
In Australia, the days are growing longer and summer is fast approaching. But a very strong El Niño—a natural weather phenomenon that drives variations in temperature and winds across the Pacific—could make this summer a ...
Environment
23 hours ago
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Global warming may have halted an emerging ice age, study suggests
Two thousand years ago, the Arctic remnants of a once-vast ice sheet started to grow again. It was the beginning of a new glacial period, more conversationally known as the next ice age—but by the 1960s, summer temperatures ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2026
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