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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
Financing a research programme to safeguard the health of oceans and corals
Protecting corals and the health of the oceans is the goal of the Big Ideas for…
Editorial Team•19 August 2024
Climate Change
July pushes 2024 to new global warming record
Data from the European satellite system Copernicus set the global warming for January-July 2024 at +1,58…
Editorial Team•9 August 2024
Environment
Extreme heat deaths: 175 000 deaths per year in Europe
Europe is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world. It alone accounts…
Editorial Team•8 August 2024
Environment
Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2024: we consume 1.75 Planets per year
Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2024. Global ecological debt has been stable for a decade. But…
Editorial Team•1 August 2024
Climate Change
In 2023 Earth’s carbon sink will collapse
By 2022, terrestrial ecosystems that naturally capture and store CO2 had absorbed 9.5 billion tonnes. Last…
Editorial Team•1 August 2024
Environment
Global warming: 2024 will be the warmest year ever
After the first 6 months of the year that marked new primates of heat, 2024 is…
Editorial Team•29 July 2024
Environment
We’ve had a whole year with global warming surpassing 1.5°C
Last month, globally, it was 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial average, and in Europe the global…
Editorial Team•8 July 2024
Climate Change
$21 billion to finance climate crisis adaptation in 700 global cities
More than 80% of the more than 1,100 cities that disclose data on their climate performance…
Editorial Team•5 July 2024
Environment
In 30 years, extreme heat in metropolises has increased by 52%
In 20 of the world’s most populous capitals, where more than 300 million people live, between…
Editorial Team•28 June 2024
Environment
CO2 in the atmosphere: double it will lead us to +7°C
A study published in Nature Communications recalculates climate sensitivity to the balance of the Planet and…
Editorial Team•26 June 2024
Environment
CO2 removal, CDR solutions must quadruple to meet 1.5 ºC
The global map of carbon dioxide removal solutions sets current capacity at -2.2 billion tons per…
11 June 2024
Environment
The next 5 years of global warming bring us closer to “climate…
The World Meteorological Organization’s forecasts for 2024-2028 put the probability at 47% that the five-year average…
6 June 2024
Climate Change
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