Straddling the border with Mexico along the Rio Grande, the city of Laredo, Texas, and its 260,000 residents don’t just have to deal with the region’s ferocious heat. Laredo’s roads, sidewalks, and buildings absorb the sun’s energy and slowly release…

From BBC 7 hours ago ShareSave ShareSave Sellafield The UK’s largest nuclear site could continue leaking radioactive water until the 2050s, MPs have warned, while its clean-up operations struggle to progress quickly enough. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) criticised the…

From BBC 31 minutes ago ShareSave Mark Poynting and Jonah Fisher BBC Climate & Science ShareSave Getty The water sector in England and Wales is failing and needs stronger regulation to better protect billpayers and the environment, according to the…

From NPR The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season. (Image credit: Sean Rayford) Read the full article from NPR

From BBC An estimated 250 million bees escaped from an overturned truck in the US state of Washington on Friday, sparking warnings from authorities for the public to avoid the swarm of stinging insects. Emergency officials were helped by several…

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Regan Morris BBC News ShareSave When astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore approached the International Space Station (ISS) last year with failing thrusters on their Boeing Starliner capsule, they were unable to fly forward…

From NPR Julie Leon died of hyperthermia in Seattle on June 28, 2021 — the hottest day in the city’s history. A lawsuit claims she was a victim of oil companies’ “misrepresentations” about climate change. (Image credit: Mario Tama) Read…

From BBC 9 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave WWF The UK’s saltmarshes are vital “sinks” that lock away climate-warming greenhouse gases in layers of mud, according to a new report from WWF. Much of the…

From BBC “I was speechless,” said Matthias Huss, a leading glacier specialist at Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology. “It was the worst case that could happen.” Mr Huss had been aware of the situation in Blatten; he and his team…