Impacts
A private water well with pipes pointing into the ground

Saudi-owned corporate farms are draining Arizona’s desert dry

Arizona’s lax water laws let corporate farms pump unlimited groundwater to grow alfalfa for cattle overseas, even as local families spend their savings drilling new wells.
floodlightnews.org
A kenyan woman cooking food in a large silver pot in the outdoors

Searching for links between a changing climate and mental health in Kenya

New research shows rising anxiety and suicidal thoughts among women in Kenya as climate change worsens their economic and emotional burdens.

apnews.com
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How the autumn climbing season turned deadly in the Himalayas

As climate change extends South Asia’s monsoon season into autumn, hikers in the Himalayas are facing increasingly extreme weather.

www.bbc.com
A farm field on a sunny day with farm workers bending down to pick food

Opinion: California farmworkers face dual threats from extreme heat, pesticide exposure

As California’s summers grow hotter, farmworkers are enduring the twin dangers of extreme heat and pesticide exposure—conditions that current regulations fail to address in combination.

www.sacbee.com
Water coming from a kitchen faucet

It’s brown and burns your eyes. In small-town Texas, clean water is elusive

Plagued by climate-driven weather extremes, communities that need help improving water quality are being left behind.
capitalandmain.com
Sea turtle swimming underwater.

A new wildlife assessment shows alarming declines and a few bright spots

An update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List, the global scientific authority on the status of species, underscores the immense challenges facing species in a world transformed by humans but also offer exciting new evidence of how the right interventions can help them survive.

www.nytimes.com
A worker in an orange safety vest standing under solar panels looking at equipment

This data scientist sees progress in the climate change fight

Countries are falling short on reducing emissions, but British data scientist Hannah Ritchie looks at the numbers and sees the world making real gains on climate change.

e360.yale.edu
A male caribou standing in brush

The biologists racing to count Porcupine caribou

Scientists are racing to count Porcupine caribou amid climate changes and ramped up pushes for oil and gas. Despite the odds, there’s optimism for the future.

thenarwhal.ca
A rat looking at its reflection in the water

As Singapore heats up, pests are seeking refuge indoors

Singapore’s reputation as one of the world’s cleanest cities is being put to the test by a surge in rodent and insect infestations that experts say is being fueled by climate change and heat stress.

news.mongabay.com
A refinery with flames and smoke emerging from equipment

After the fire in El Segundo, who's watching California refineries?

An El Segundo refinery fire has renewed questions about who is investigating the state’s oil industry after serious accidents. With the U.S. Chemical Safety Board defunded, California has yet to fill the gap.
calmatters.org
doctors doing surgery inside emergency room.

At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse

As a warming climate intensifies storms, KFF Health News has identified more than 170 U.S. hospitals at risk of significant and potentially dangerous flooding. Climate experts warn that the Trump administration’s cuts leave the nation less prepared.
kffhealthnews.org
A small tropical island with palm trees and a small house.

‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say

Calls for reform to allow people across the Pacific threatened by climate crisis to more easily migrate, particularly to New Zealand.

www.theguardian.com
An Asian city with haze and pollution in the background

Chinese migrant workers drive Indonesia’s nickel industry for EVs

30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
restofworld.org
a group of national guard on a sidewalk in front of a building.

Natural disasters are a rising burden for the National Guard

New Pentagon data show climate impacts shaping reservists’ mission, in potential conflict with Trump’s drive to use them for law enforcement.
insideclimatenews.org
A sunset view of water and a wooden dock

On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, residents fume as insurers hike rates and invest in fossil fuel projects

Locals face a perfect storm — they can’t afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood.
capitalandmain.com
Detroit skyline with highways in foreground.

Detroit is the most challenging city in the US for people with asthma, a new report suggests

Already plagued by industrial pollution and health care access issues, experts say climate change is making things even more difficult for people with asthma in Detroit.
insideclimatenews.org
A view of the ocean with a sunset in the background

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.
grist.org
an aerial view of a city with mountains in the background

The dried-out subdivisions of Phoenix

Arizona’s 2023 moratorium on new groundwater-reliant subdivisions has frozen massive master-planned projects on Phoenix’s fringes, sharpening a political fight that pits housing affordability against long-term water security.

www.hcn.org
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