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IntroductionUnder the double pressure of climate change and rapid urbanization, the degradation of the urban thermal environment has become a major obstacle to regional sustainable development. As a manufacturing-leading metropolis, Dongguan has undergone a drastic land use transformation and ecological space compression since 2000, potentially undermining its urban cooling system.MethodsIn this …

Snow is a critical component of the Andean hydrological system, supporting water supply for drinking, irrigation, hydropower, and industry. Persistent cloud cover and limited in situ observations have hindered long-term assessments of snow dynamics across the Andes, the world’s longest mountain range. Here, we present a continent-scale analysis of snow persistence (SP) and snowline elevation from…

Nature Water, Published online: 05 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44221-026-00642-9 Crop models increasingly project that irrigation can offset agricultural losses from climate change, informing major adaptation investments worldwide. Yet these models may systematically overestimate irrigation’s protective capacity because the representation of how irrigation alters crop thermal environments remains inco…

Proposal from group that worked with AOC and Bernie Sanders seeks to counter claim that climate policy is politically toxic Americans do not care about the climate crisis, only economic issues: that’s the message some wonks have put forth in the past year, as the Trump administration has dismantled environmental protections. But the shift away from climate is misguided, an influential group of pr…

Scientists spent three years figuring out why this volcano did the opposite of everything they predicted. The answer changes how we read the sky.

Sitting on the ocean floor, anchored to the continental slope of North America, a cluster of instruments has been recording something that nobody particularly wanted to see. Pressure sensors and current meters, deployed at depths where no light reaches, have logged the slow behavior of water moving in the dark for two decades. The data they’ve accumulated now points, with unusual consistency, to …

Hello, researchers! Today, let's explore a profoundly challenge at the intersection of climate change and reproductive health. As global temperatures rise and extreme weather events multiply, how are our most sensitive populations—pregnant mothers and developing fetuses—faring?

Hello, researchers! Today, I want to spotlight a critical, yet often overlooked, intersection in public health and environmental science: the impact of climate change on the aging population. As extreme weather events become the new normal, how are our most vulnerable demographics faring?

The transition towards renewable energy received a boost last week when representatives from 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia, for a world-first climate meeting aimed at bringing the fossil fuels era to an end. Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s global environment editor, Jon Watts, about how the landmark conference came about, who was missing, and whether the optimism can transl…

Hantavirus is suspected of spreading aboard a luxury cruise ship, killing three passengers and sparking new concerns as a once obscure disease, with an extraordinarily high death rate, rises amid changing climate conditions.

Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the University of California, Davis.

The Energy Transition Fund (ETF) is currently offering two high-impact career opportunities for professionals passionate about climate action and global energy transformation. These Programme Officer roles focus on accelerating a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels in key regions: Latin America & the Caribbean and Africa. These full-time, remote positions provide a unique […] The…

Party divisions over energy have deepened, but the need to move beyond fossil fuels has never been clearer Energy has not been a prominent subject for discussion in the run-up to Thursday’s UK elections. In England this is logical enough, since the big policy decisions are taken by ministers in Westminster, not at council meetings. But the stances adopted by the new governments in Scotland and Wa…

Follow the policies, trace the impacts, and see how food and agriculture systems are being reshaped in real time. The post One Year On: How Trump and Vance Have Changed Food, Agriculture, Health, and Climate appeared first on Food Tank .

Researchers used wind speeds, topography, and vegetation availability to model the outcomes of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, including the Hughes Fire, seen here. Credit: Andrew Avitt, USDA Forest Service/Flickr , Public Domain

Tiny plastic particles drifting in Earth’s atmosphere could have a significant warming effect, a new study finds

A study published in Nature Climate Change looks at global warming contributions from airborne microplastics.    Dr Sam Harrison, Environmental Modeller, UK … read more

Nature Communications, Published online: 04 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72636-w Using data from 138 Indian cities, this study shows that while dense canopies reduce heat stress, excessive canopy activity in compact, humid cities can trap humidity and reverse cooling—highlighting the need for climate-responsive greening strategies.

Greenland’s ice sheet is now melting in ways never seen before, with extreme events becoming more frequent, widespread, and intense. Since 1990, meltwater production has skyrocketed, and most record-breaking events have occurred in recent years. Scientists say warming temperatures are supercharging these episodes beyond natural climate patterns.