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The world faced an unprecedented convergence of environmental, social, and economic crises in 2025, creating what experts call a “polycrisis” that has pushed both human societies and natural systems to their breaking points. From accelerating climate change to biodiversity loss,…
After six years covering environmental justice as The Guardian’s first correspondent in this beat, Nina Lakhani offers a sobering yet hopeful perspective on the climate crisis. While 2024 brought another wave of climate disasters and insufficient political responses, her reporting…
In the dim depths of the Pacific Ocean near Guam, scientists have uncovered a hidden world teeming with never-before-seen life. Using innovative underwater structures that act like “hotels” for sea creatures, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences have discovered…
A Boise State research facility rebuilds following devastating flames to study climate impacts on avian communities. Meanwhile, New Jersey offers a state-level blueprint for wetland protection as Trump administration scales back federal safeguards for millions of acres of critical habitat.
For 25 years, one of the world’s most ambitious environmental restoration projects has been quietly transforming South Florida’s iconic Everglades. What began as an effort to restore natural water flow to this unique ecosystem has evolved into something far more…
Deep in California’s Sierra Nevada forests, an unlikely fire specialist thrives where others flee. The black-backed woodpecker has evolved as nature’s perfect post-fire opportunist, swooping into recently burned areas to feast on beetles and nest in fire-hollowed trees. The steady…
A decade after the landmark Paris Climate Agreement, courts around the world are increasingly becoming battlegrounds for climate justice—and activists are winning significant victories. The year 2025 has seen a remarkable surge in successful climate litigation, resulting in everything from…
Iceland shattered temperature records with 19.8°C on Christmas Eve, while Britain's warmest spring boosted breeding rates for 14 songbird species. Meanwhile, December storms brought crucial snowpack to California's Sierra Nevada mountains, offering hope for water supplies.
Indonesia ended 2025 grappling with a sobering contradiction: while climate-related disasters grow increasingly severe, the country’s environmental policies have remained virtually stagnant during President Prabowo Subianto’s inaugural year in office. The archipelago nation continues its heavy reliance on fossil fuels…
Sri Lanka is preparing to become one of the first countries to apply for assistance from the newly established UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), following the catastrophic impact of Cyclone Ditwah in late November. The historic…
