climate

Smoggy cityscape with industrial pollution.

January 19, 2025

New York Targets Big Polluters With $3 Billion Annual Fund for Climate Crisis, Public Health, and Extreme Weather

The Governor of the State of New York, Kathy Hochul, approved a law on December 26th, 2024 that requires companies that significantly contributed to greenhouse gas emissions to invest in projects to

Agriculture

Ghana Study: Shade Trees Key to Climate-Resilient Cocoa Farming

A two-year field study in Ghana’s northern cocoa belt has revealed crucial insights into building climate-resistant cocoa farming systems through strategic shade tree integration. The research, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), comes at a critical time when West

December 30, 2024

Cyclone Alfred Relief: $1,000 Grants and $200K Fund Aid 300,000 Struggling Homes

Australia·Disaster

Cyclone Alfred has unleashed torrential rains and severe flooding across Queensland and northern New South Wales, leaving over 300,000 homes without power and forcing

Record-Breaking Heat: January 2025 Becomes Earth’s Warmest Month in 175 Years

Climate

Climate change has caused persistent heating on planet Earth. January 2025 is recorded as the warmest January in 175 years. A run of extraordinary

Crater Lake newt. Photo Source: Center for Biological DiversityDigital Assets Database (National Park Service)

Conservation·Marine Life

Crater Lake Newt Drops to 13 as Crayfish Take 95% Shoreline, Lawsuit Targets ESA Delay

The Center for Biological Diversity has announced legal action against the Trump administration over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to protect the Crater Lake newt under the Endangered Species Act.

Govind Tekale

April 21, 2025

Global product generated at 1km resolution using data for the period Jan-Dec 2024.

India·Space

ISRO’s EOS-06 Enhances Ocean Monitoring with Advanced Imaging

India’s space agency ISRO is now watching over our oceans better than ever before. Their satellite EOS-06, launched in late 2022, takes pictures of tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton every two days.

Rahul Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

Energy·USA

Grand Canyon’s 1 Million Acres Face Renewed Uranium Mining Threat

A new Interior Department order threatens to reopen uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, setting up a clash between energy development and environmental protection. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s directive calls for a

Sunita Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

🌊 Miami's Sinking Skyline: A Hidden Crisis

Architecture·Climate

Miami High-Rises Sinking: 35 Buildings Dropping Up to 8cm Since 2016

Recent findings from the University of Houston show that several of Miami’s waterfront high-rises are slowly sinking into the ground. Since 2016, 35 buildings have sunk by up to eight centimeters (three

Karmactive Staff

January 30, 2025

Two climate protesters painted Charles Darwin's grave orange to warn that Earth is getting dangerously hot.

Activism·News

Climate Activists Deface Darwin’s Grave as Global Temperatures Surpass 1.5°C Threshold.

Two climate protesters painted Charles Darwin’s grave orange to warn that Earth is getting dangerously hot. The Just Stop Oil activists wrote “1.5 is dead” on the white marble grave at Westminster

Govind Tekale

January 16, 2025