Climate Change

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is renowned for its coral, but far less so for its expansive seagrass meadows. “People don’t dive on them, don’t snorkel on them, and don’t go rock pooling on them,” said Emma Jackson, director of the Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre (CMERC) at Central Queensland University...Read…

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The rainforests of the Congo Basin are the planet’s largest forested carbon sink: as these 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3 million square miles) of trees in Central Africa breathe in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, they turn it into leaves and bark and branches, helping to mitigate the effects of…

Hotter summers in Ireland mean people risk “suffocating” in A rated homes, a housing expert has warned.  Heatwaves have become increasingly frequent in Ireland, something that has significant repercussions for infrastructure and nature. On The Claire Byrne Show , Lorcan Sirr of TU Dublin explained that houses in Ireland have…

The weight of growing cities and falling groundwater levels can make the impacts of climate change worse. Credit: Shutterstock Sea-level rise is not just about the oceans. New research shows that sinking land is dramatically increasing flood risk in many coastal cities. As climate change pushes oceans higher, many of…

ASPEN, Colo. — Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, defended data centers, touted oil and gas rules and bemoaned climate change in a recent interview in this mountain town.Why it matters: Colorado has long been a microcosm of the nation's debates on energy, AI and the effects of a warming planet.Polis...Read…

The city’s primary winners campaigned on affordability, yet climate change, a major driver of rising costs and inequality, was conspicuously absent from the conversation. Progressive New York primary winner Darializa Avila Chevalier did not include climate action on her list of priorities. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images) On June…

A Paris official is facing backlash after blaming widespread American usage of air conditioning for Europe’s deadly heat wave instead of addressing the continent’s chronic lack of cooling infrastructure.    Socialist Audrey Pulvar, Paris’ deputy mayor for international relations, lashed out after American tourists and commentators mocked France’s lack of…

This story is a collaboration between Grist and 9 Millones , an independent news network that amplifies Puerto Rican voices. The videos and photography in this story were supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project . Lee este artículo en español​ aquí. ​​ Tomás Ayala leaps off the…

A new worldwide study has found that fear of climate change as a 'very' or 'somewhat' serious threat has risen to three quarters (75%) for the first time 14:05, Mon, Jun 29, 2026 Updated: 14:13, Mon, Jun 29, 2026 Worldwide fears of climate change have reached an all time high…