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Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area The harsh temperatures, treacherous currents and shifting pack ice of the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea, which crushed and sank his ship, Endurance, in 1915, led Ernest Shackleton to describe it as the “worst portion of the wors…

Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these underground networks stretch an astonishing 110 quadrillion kilometers, move about 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide into soils each year, and play a major role in supporting plants and regulating the climate.

Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in...

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…