How Britain’s Flooded Coal Mines Could Heat Homes With Mine-Water Pumps
Flooded coal workings can supply steady low-temperature heat to heat pumps. Here is how mine-water heat works, where it can help, and its limits.
If Insurance Companies Can’t Deny Climate Risk, Why Should We?
If insurers are pricing climate risk into their decisions, why should the rest of us ignore it? The case for accepting climate reality and beginning mitigation.
Record El Niño 2026–27 Winter Forecast: What NOAA and WMO Predict for US and UK
Winter weather headlines have been running hard on warnings of a "polar vortex snow bomb" bearing down on the UK and northern United States.
Record September Heat and the Largest Southern Plains Drought Since 2022: What NOAA and NIDIS Data Show for October 2026
Crop shortfalls that could affect food prices, concerns about rural well water levels, and flash-flood risks on roads that had been cracked by drought
NOAA’s 2026 Winter Outlook Favors Wetter Conditions for California as Swain Estimates 80–90% Odds on the Strongest El Niño on Record
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its updated winter outlook on October 15 showing elevated odds of wetter-than-average conditions across the southern United States — including California — during December through
Rahul Somvanshi
Costa Rica’s “Suicide Tree”: The Fascinating Fact—and the Osa Claim It Gets Wrong
A tree described in a video from Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula is commonly called the “suicide tree” because it flowers and fruits once, then dies. That life-history trait is real. But the
Would Changing India’s Government Alone Stop Environmental Damage?
A video from the Bhoomi Army argues that removing the BJP would not, by itself, end illegal mining, corruption or ecological damage in India. Its wider point is that large corporate interests,
Govind Tekale
Vancouver Island Old-Growth Debate Returns as Walbran Blockade Reports Logging
Blockaders and forest advocates say logging activity is continuing near the Walbran area of Vancouver Island, where some of British Columbia’s remaining old-growth temperate rainforest stands are located. The campaign has renewed
ICJ Climate Opinion: What the Pacific Students’ Campaign Changed
In 2019, 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu began watching the ocean rise toward their communities and asked a question nobody had formally put to the
Mount Pleasant High Court Ruling: Scope 3 Emissions Explained
Australia's High Court handed down a 3–2 ruling on the Mount Pleasant coal mine this week. The single question that drove the most immediate searches—does this decision close the mine?—has a clear
Southeast Asia’s Last Ice Field Has Under 4 Metres Left: BMKG Warns the East Northwall Firn Could Be Gone by 2028–29
Scientists from Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) and glaciologists from Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center are warning that the Puncak Jaya glaciers in West Papua are
California Flooding: Super El Nino, Kelvin Wave and Vetoed Levees Converge
California’s emergency just got worse. Hurricane Polo crashed into Baja California on September 29, sending its soaked remnants northward. At the same moment, the state faces something even more menacing: a Kelvin
Sonali Tiwary
Trump AI CEOs Sign Voluntary Safety Pact, Back Data Center Expansion Amid Energy Fears
Trump AI CEOs Sign Voluntary Safety Pact, Back Data Center Expansion Amid Energy Fears Your electricity bill just got a new driver. Trump and AI CEOs signed a voluntary safety pact at
Indonesia’s Puncak Jaya Glaciers Lost 97% of Their Ice Since 1980—Scientists Project Complete Loss by 2030
— Indonesia's Last Glaciers on Puncak Jaya Are Vanishing—Here's the Timeline The tropical glaciers on Puncak Jaya in Papua, Indonesia are on a documented path to complete extinction. A peer-reviewed study published