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If you’re in the northern hemisphere, there’s a decent chance that it’s hot where you are right now.
(Or, if you’re in the southern hemisphere, give it a couple of months.)
This month, we’ve got some pro tips on how to stay cool – and how to prepare for even hotter weather in the years to come.
This Brazilian city is home to more Black people than anywhere else outside of Africa. Yet even here, environmental racism runs rife.
Electric vehicle sales are skyrocketing, but at what cost? Here’s what the green transition looks like to miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We have the tools to cool the planet by blocking out the sun – but should we?
From noxious weeds to non-native predators, invasive species are everywhere. Here are some tips from the Pacific to get rid of them.
Africa is building a second Great Green Wall – in Southern Africa. Local communities will play a key role in making sure it thrives.
Half a million people die from extreme heat each year. Here’s what you need to know about heatwaves and how to stay safe in hot weather.
We’re not quite at 1.5 degrees yet, but we could be in just three years, according to scientists.
And yet, how are we responding? By spreading more climate misinformation than ever before.
Australia has opened the world’s first ‘climate visa’ for citizens of Tuvalu. Around 40 percent of the Pacific island country’s population has already applied.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. military ran a series of experiments to control hurricanes. They went poorly.
Are we one step closer to curing HIV? Researchers in Australia have made a major breakthrough.
The climate crisis is keeping more people awake at night (and no, we’re not just talking about eco-anxiety).
Many coastal cities around the world are sinking, some of them by more than 10 centimeters per year. The answer is in the water.
Speaking of sinking: sunken warships from both world wars are hemorrhaging oil, thanks in part to the rapidly warming ocean.
It may be time for a revolution in demolition – by retiring the wrecking ball and deconstructing our buildings instead.
Insects are rapidly dying out. Here are 25 things you can do to help them survive.
For the first time ever, satellite imagery has captured what lies beneath the canopies of the world’s rainforests.
Nairobi National Park is almost completely surrounded by the Kenyan capital. These Maasai pastoralists are risking their cattle to leave space for wildlife to move about.
Can we save rhinos from poachers by cutting off their horns? It’s controversial, but it works.
Clouds are full of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes. Not only can they make rain, but they could be spreading diseases, too.
Last year, the world’s biggest banks lent USD 869 billion to the fossil fuel industry – a 23-percent increase from 2023.
But activists are fighting back – and they’re suing corporations and governments more than ever before.
Brazil has struck a deal with Starlink to curb its use by illegal miners and other criminal organizations in the Amazon.
If we turned the world’s former coal mines into solar farms, they could produce enough electricity to power all of Germany.
Is there any point in supermarkets charging 10 cents for a plastic bag? Actually, yes.
The U.S. EPA will deregulate pollution and emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants. These regulations currently save around 30,000 lives and USD 275 billion each year.
Meanwhile, the shuttering of USAID could cause 14 million extra deaths in the next five years.
Delhi is tackling air pollution by making it rain, while COP30 host country Brazil is debating whether to drill for oil offshore.
Indonesia has pulled the plug on nickel mining in the highly biodiverse Raja Ampat islands, but plenty of damage has already been done.
Greenland, commendably, isn’t interested in ever becoming a top mining country at all.
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