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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07821-9 Effect of clean energy on CO₂ emissions in G-20 countries using STIRPAT approach

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07921-6 Anticipatory climate litigation: A new role for climate science?

Theatr Clwyd, Mold Emily White’s lyrical, if contrived, play is based on a real coastal village whose residents are being made climate refugees by rising sea levels In 2014, residents of Fairbourne in Gwynedd discovered the local council had decided that maintaining sea defences was longer be tenable. Instead, as part of a process of “managed retreat”, this small coastal Welsh village would be ab…

The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued Imagine we detect a large asteroid heading straight for Earth. We are able to intervene and prevent disaster, but instead we cut the funding needed to track it. A few million dollars, it was argued, was too expensive to have a chance to save societ…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 14 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-54809-1 Drought influence on carbon assimilation and water use efficiency in Mediterranean ecosystems

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41612-026-01464-y A nonlinear explainable method for data-driven forecasting models in Earth system science

Fire officials are bracing for an active fire season in Northern California as high temperatures dry out forests. Southern California will likely see a typical season.

npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Published online: 13 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41612-026-01457-x Modulation of the Arctic–East Asian winter teleconnection by extreme CO₂ forcing

Photosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration Trees may not be able to store as much planet-heating carbon as hoped, a study suggests, with researchers finding photosynthesis does not always lead to wood growth. Scientists studied 137 sites across the US and found trees stopped growing months before the point in the year at which photosynthesis…

UMBC researchers are using NASA’s PACE satellite to map fall colors by tracking changes in leaf pigments like chlorophyll, anthocyanins, and carotenoids. The new method provides more precise timing of peak autumn color than traditional indices, with applications for tourism, monitoring plant stress, and understanding climate impacts.

A recent gathering in Istanbul offered a preview of Ankara's priorities ahead of the United Nations climate conference later this year. The post Dispatch from Istanbul: Why Turkey is throwing its weight behind ‘zero waste’ ahead of COP31 appeared first on Atlantic Council .

Even as trees photosynthesize late into the year, their growth stops by mid-summer, which impacts their carbon uptake.

Melting permafrost is releasing carbon into the atmosphere, but scientists may have underestimated just how bad the situation may be, a new analysis finds

CSU researchers are testing drought-tolerant crops and organic farming strategies to help Western Colorado growers adapt to worsening climate conditions. The post In Western Colorado, CSU scientists are testing crops for a hotter, drier West appeared first on College of Agricultural Sciences . The post In Western Colorado, CSU scientists are testing crops for a hotter, drier West appeared first o…

Around 58 of Indonesia's Tapanuli orangutans were crushed or buried alive by landslides brought on by the climate-change-fueled Cyclone Senyar.

Exclusive A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’ Antarctica’s west coast is missing an area of winter sea ice the size of France, sparking concerns for threatened penguins other marine life and global sea levels. One expert said the loss of ice in the Bellingshausen Sea was “depressing” and the failure of ice…

When the usual explanation failed, the weakening Madden–Julian Oscillation emerged as the main reason for the decline in tropical cyclones over recent decades.

Alaska’s glaciers are proving to be highly sensitive to warming temperatures. Using radar satellites to monitor more than 3,000 glaciers, researchers found that every 1°C (1.8°F) increase in average summer temperature extends glacier melting by about three weeks. The study also revealed that intense heat waves can strip away up to 28% more protective snow cover, exposing ice much earlier than nor…

The objective is to demonstrate that spatially variable ice-surface roughness is an important, and so far overlooked, component of melt processes in the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS), linking the analysis of spatial ice-surface roughness (SISR) derived from satellite laser altimeter data with essential components of surface energy balance modeling, particularly of sensible heat flux. Specific result…