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Australia is experiencing a punishing heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring to dangerous levels across multiple states and territories, with Melbourne recording over 42°C (108°F) on Friday. Victorian authorities have issued urgent warnings for residents to remain indoors as the…
Daniele Visioni, a climate scientist and assistant professor at Cornell University, sometimes worries about being labeled “an enemy of the state” for his environmental research. The Italian-born scholar, who will serve as an author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
As Australia endures another punishing heatwave, climate scientist Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick is confronting a deeply personal reality: how to explain our changing climate to the next generation. The recent temperature forecasts have brought back vivid memories of the devastating Black Summer…
The world’s oceans have once again broken heat records in 2025, absorbing unprecedented amounts of thermal energy and intensifying the extreme weather patterns affecting communities around the globe, according to new scientific data. This alarming trend underscores a critical reality…
As Australia grapples with increasingly severe heat waves and extreme weather events, environmental cartoonist Fiona Katauskas suggests it may be time for the nation to confront some uncomfortable truths about climate change. Her latest editorial cartoon highlights the growing disconnect…
A comprehensive new report has exposed the staggering scale of African primate trafficking, revealing that more than 6,000 primates were traded internationally across 50 countries between 2000 and 2023. The analysis, conducted by the U.S.-based Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA),…
The world’s oceans gained significant new protections in 2025, but marine conservation efforts remain dramatically behind schedule to meet international climate targets. According to the World Database on Protected Areas, marine protected areas (MPAs) now cover 9.6% of global oceans—a…
The Trump administration has announced the withdrawal of the United States from a major climate treaty and dozens of other international environmental organizations, marking a significant shift in America’s global environmental commitments. The White House justified these departures by stating…
The United States energy sector is barreling toward what industry analysts describe as a catastrophic convergence of challenges in 2026, with multiple crisis factors threatening to collide simultaneously and create widespread market disruption. Seven energy policy experts have identified three…
Unlike the fixed dangers of rocky reefs, offshore sandbanks present a uniquely treacherous hazard to mariners: they move. During powerful winter storms, these underwater formations can shift dramatically, transforming familiar shipping routes into deadly obstacle courses that have claimed thousands…
