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Environment
US emissions increase as higher natural gas prices drive a return to coal in 2025
Rising natural gas prices triggered a sharp rebound in US coal consumption in 2025, pushing US emissions higher and reversing a decade-long downward trend, according to the…
Erminia Voccia•2 July 2026
Climate Change
Microsoft cuts data center water use…
Microsoft says its newest AI data centers no longer use water for…
Erminia Voccia•26 June 2026
Climate Change
Ocean heatwave raises fears of a…
An enormous marine heatwave spreading across the Pacific Ocean is fueling concerns…
Erminia Voccia•10 June 2026
Climate Change
Anthropogenic climate change has worsened the flooding in Valencia
The World Weather Attribution analysis estimates that the global temperature increase has made events like this…
Editorial Team•6 November 2024
Pollution
An unprecedented decrease: in 2023, Europe reduced emissions by 8.3%
Last year, greenhouse gas emissions in the EU dropped almost as much as during the pandemic,…
Editorial Team•5 November 2024
Climate Change
Climate and health, 2023 has brought us ‘concerning’ records
The 2024 edition of the Lancet Countdown outlines a noticeable worsening of indicators on the climate-health…
Editorial Team•31 October 2024
Climate Change
Respecting 1.5°C is still ‘technically feasible’: data from the Emissions Gap Report…
The annual report from the UN Environment Agency updates the key indicators to assess our remaining…
Editorial Team•25 October 2024
Climate Change
Gold, smartphones, and renewables fuel mining-driven deforestation
Since 2001, 14,000 km² of forests have been lost due to mining activities and related operations—an…
Editorial Team•24 October 2024
Climate Change
Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%
Warmer, drier climates and higher forest growth rates are factors—linked to the climate crisis—that fuel forest…
Editorial Team•23 October 2024
Climate Change
Global carbon capture capacity remains stalled: only 51 million tons of CO2…
The CCS Institute has updated its global monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. While…
Editorial Team•18 October 2024
Climate Change
For Europe, adaptation to climate change is still a black hole
Report from the European Court of Auditors on actions for climate crisis adaptation. States provide generic…
Editorial Team•17 October 2024
Climate Change
Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records
The “2024 State of the Climate” report highlights a deterioration, with 20 red-alert indicators in 2023.…
Editorial Team•9 October 2024
Climate Change
The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal
A study by Cornell University calculates the carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas by including all…
Editorial Team•8 October 2024
Climate Change
What would life be like in cities if global warming exceeded 3…
A report from the World Resources Institute (WRI) shows what would happen in cities if global…
Editorial Team•28 September 2024
Climate Change
We have almost exceeded another Planetary boundaries
The global indicator for ocean acidification, the aragonite saturation state, has worsened and is very close…
Editorial Team•25 September 2024
Climate Change
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