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As Brazil prepares to host the world’s most important climate summit, COP30, in the Amazon city of Belém this November, a damning new report reveals how the country’s massive offshore oil expansion undermines its environmental credibility. The study by SkyTruth,…
Tropical Cyclone Fina is barreling toward Australia’s Northern Territory coast, potentially making history as the earliest cyclone to strike the continent in more than half a century. If the storm makes landfall on Friday as predicted, it would tie the…
A catastrophic marine heatwave has devastated one of Australia’s most precious marine ecosystems, killing approximately 65% of corals in popular tourism areas of the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s coast. Scientists describe the aftermath as eerily quiet, with…
Florida’s beloved manatees faced another challenging year in 2025, with 587 recorded deaths through November 7 representing a slight increase from recent years. However, these numbers remain significantly lower than the devastating losses of 2021 and 2022, when record die-offs…
Step into any busy harbor and you’ll be hit with a wall of diesel fumes and engine noise that can leave your ears ringing. While this sensory assault might seem like just an unpleasant part of waterfront life, marine engines…
When Roxanne Swentzell returned to her Santa Clara Pueblo community in New Mexico in 1985, she faced a challenge familiar to many young parents: how to feed her family on a tight budget. But the 23-year-old sculptor had something many…
Mongabay contributing editor Malavika Vyawahare has been recognized with a 2025 SEAL Award for her outstanding environmental journalism, joining an elite group of reporters celebrated for their ability to navigate and communicate complex climate and environmental issues to the public.…
A groundbreaking analysis presented at the COP30 climate summit offers a powerful message of hope: if world governments simply follow through on three major climate pledges they’ve already made, the planet could avoid nearly one full degree Celsius of dangerous…
As the historic first climate summit held in the Amazon rainforest enters its final stretch, Brazil is making bold moves to accelerate negotiations and secure meaningful commitments from world leaders. COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago released an ambitious draft…
New Jersey’s coastline is bracing for dramatic changes as a new study from Rutgers University projects potentially devastating sea-level rise over the next eight decades. The landmark research from the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center forecasts that under current…