Impacts
A giant door opening onto an underground research station in a snowy landscape

Antarctic ice vault preserves Mont Blanc and global glacier samples for future science

A slice of the Mont Blanc glacier has become one of the first Alpine ice samples to be stashed away in a natural Antarctic freezer for future scientists to study.
www.euronews.com
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Water shortages, blackouts and air pollution: How environmental damage fuelled Iran's protests

Iran’s protests are often framed as economic, political or ideological. Yet a deeper ecological crisis is eroding the fabric of society.
www.euronews.com
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Why Greenland matters for a warming world

The fate of the world’s largest island has outsize importance for billions of people on the planet, because as the climate warms, Greenland is losing ice. That has consequences.
www.nytimes.com
Sand sifting slowly through clenched hand.

Iran’s regime has survived war, sanctions and uprising. Environmental crises may bring it down

Decades of water depletion, dam building and repression of scientists and environmentalists have driven Iran toward ecological crises that are fueling protests rocking the country.
insideclimatenews.org
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The climate question that economists cannot answer

Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
www.theatlantic.com
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Congress moves to preserve NOAA funding for fisheries and climate research

The 2026 funding bill rejects the Trump administration’s request to cut about $1.5 billion from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget.

civileats.com
a boat sailing on the sea.

Study tracks fishing boats to see how heat waves affect fish distribution

Marine heat waves have become longer and more frequent along the U.S. West Coast, as elsewhere in the world. But heating doesn’t always lead fish to change their location. A new study suggests a better way to tell if such ecological shifts are happening: Use fishing vessel tracking data.

news.mongabay.com
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New climate reports show ‘unprecedented run of global heat’

Data from multiple international agencies shows the reality of a rapidly warming world.
insideclimatenews.org
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How climate change is reshaping the future of the Winter Olympics

Belgian biathlete Maya Cloetens is concerned about the future of winter sports in a warming world. Training in Grenoble, France, in the hopes of competing in next month's Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina, Italy, she's noticed shorter, milder winters with less consistent heavy snow.
apnews.com
A rice field in an Indonesian villa with water flooding the edges

Photo essay: Climate change and deforestation collide in Indonesia’s deadly floods

Millions of people on Sumatra remain displaced by November’s cyclone, showing the dangers of the climate crisis and indiscriminate logging and habitat destruction.
therevelator.org
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British tenants threaten legal action over hot homes

Residents of flats in south-east London say their homes have excessive heat, with some reaching 43C.
www.bbc.com
A large drill making a hole in dry earth

Corpus Christi drills wells to prevent looming water crisis

After an industrial building boom on Corpus Christi Bay, the city is drilling wells to meet water demand, and rural Nueces County residents say their own wells are being impacted.
www.texastribune.org
A dry river valley with a town surrounded by green fields

Himalayan winters are seeing less snowfall as more ice melts

Much of the Himalayan region is seeing far less winter snow than normal, leaving mountains bare and accelerating glacier melt, according to scientists.

www.bbc.com
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Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study

A new analysis of global research suggests most people believe climate change will affect others more than themselves, a cognitive bias scientists say could slow climate action.

www.euronews.com
aerial view of Louisiana Delta

Supreme Court to hear case on Louisiana’s eroding coast

Local governments are suing oil companies over environmental damage. The companies want the suits moved out of state courts, to friendlier venues.
www.nytimes.com
A puppy with its face in a dog bowl

Carbon pawprint: Your dog’s dinner may have a greater climate impact than your own

"Premium" dog foods that use large amounts of prime meat are pushing up emissions, a new study warns.
www.euronews.com
Burned-out room post-fire aftermath

The LA fires gave us an unprecedented look at the danger of urban blazes

Scientists say there has been an extraordinary research effort to understand the long-term health and environmental effects of the Los Angeles fires.
www.washingtonpost.com
Coastal village in Greenland with multicolored homes and ice floes in the background

As Trump eyes Greenland, what could that mean for island’s mineral wealth and environment?

The Danish territory holds significant stores of oil, gas and minerals. But regulations and the extreme environment have kept the vast majority in the ground.
insideclimatenews.org
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