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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…
For the past decade, scientist and photographer Jeroen Hoekendijk has been documenting the remarkable lives of pinnipeds—seals, sea lions, and walruses—across the Frisian Islands, a fragile chain of barrier islands stretching along the North Sea coasts of the Netherlands, Germany,…
Latin America finds itself at a critical environmental juncture, where groundbreaking conservation efforts are increasingly undermined by organized crime and expanding extractive industries. This biodiverse powerhouse—home to 40% of the world’s known species and half of its tropical forests—also sits…
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.
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…
Iceland shattered its Christmas Eve temperature record this year, with the small eastern town of Seyðisfjörður reaching an unprecedented 19.8°C (67.6°F) on December 24th, according to the country’s meteorological office. This remarkable temperature reading represents a dramatic departure from Iceland’s…
Tatiana Schlossberg, an acclaimed environmental journalist known for her incisive reporting on climate change and environmental systems, has died at age 35 after battling terminal cancer. Schlossberg spent her final year and a half moving between hospital rooms and home…
In the mist-shrouded cloud forests of Peru’s San Martín region, scientists have discovered a remarkable new frog species that may already be fighting for survival. The tiny amphibian, found hidden among fallen leaves in one of the country’s most remote…
What was once celebrated as groundbreaking legislation to combat global deforestation has emerged from the EU legislative process as a shadow of its former self, according to environmental advocates and even the law’s original architect. The EU Deforestation Regulation, initially…
Britain’s warmest and sunniest spring on record delivered unexpected good news for the country’s struggling bird populations, with 14 songbird species showing significantly higher breeding success rates during the 2025 season. The exceptionally dry and warm conditions from May through…
