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The iconic Himalayas reveal alarming bare surfaces amid critically low winter snowfall while Queensland faces continued flooding threats from ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji. Meanwhile, New Zealand grants historic legal personhood to the Whanganui River after Māori leaders' 140-year campaign.
Twenty-one years after the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami claimed over 200,000 lives in Aceh, Indonesia faces a new wave of natural disasters that could paradoxically point toward solutions for the climate crisis. The author, reflecting on that fateful December…
Australia's Victoria state faces unprecedented bushfire threats with every region under extreme warnings, as Greenland's newly discovered rare earth deposits promise to transform renewable energy supply chains. Meanwhile, UK adjusts controversial farm inheritance tax following agricultural sector pushback.
In a significant blow to Amazon conservation efforts, the world’s largest soy trading companies are withdrawing from a groundbreaking environmental agreement that has protected millions of acres of rainforest for nearly two decades. The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries…
Ghana has officially repealed a contentious 2022 law that would have opened the country’s protected forest reserves to mining activities, marking a significant victory for environmental advocates who fought against the legislation for over two years. The Environmental Protection (Mining…
President Trump withdraws America from 66 international environmental organizations including the UN climate treaty, while Australia faces intensifying heat waves. Meanwhile, 300 million people could face displacement from rising seas as Altadena residents battle toxic contamination one year after the devastating Eaton fire.
In the remote forests of Sumatra’s Merangin district, illegal gold miners are carving a path of destruction through some of Indonesia’s most precious ecosystems. Aris Adrianto, head of the forestry office in Birun village, watched helplessly as heavy mining equipment…
The European Union has officially postponed its groundbreaking anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR) for the second year running, dealing another blow to global forest protection efforts. The delay was formalized in the EU’s Official Journal on December 23, 2025, pushing back implementation…
In the heart of the Colombian Amazon, the town of Mitú tells a story of dramatic transformation that highlights the pressures facing one of the world’s most critical ecosystems. What was once a small settlement of just over 4,000 people…
Thousands of LA County residents remain displaced one year after devastating wildfires as environmental risks persist. Meanwhile, researchers call for controlled solar radiation management experiments as 2024 becomes first complete year above critical temperature thresholds.
