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Ancient lake from ice age comes back to life in Death Valley after record rainfall

Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert.

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Flash floods kill dozens in Moroccan town of Safi

Flash flooding in Morocco caused by heavy rain hit the coastal town of Safi on December 14. At least 70 homes and businesses have been affected with dozens killed and injured. Drought-hit Morocco often faces severe weather, but Sunday's flooding in Safi is already the deadliest such disaster in at l…

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Virginia Regulators Weigh Expanded Use of Data Center’s Polluting Generators

This past summer, a fire at an electrical substation forced data centers in Loudoun County to rely on backup diesel generators as their power source. Grid failures like this happen often, but this time, shoppers in a nearby Walmart parking lot heard the noisy generators start up and reported smellin…

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Online classes and construction ban as toxic haze covers Delhi

A toxic haze engulfed Delhi on Monday, affecting visibility on the road and delaying flights and trains.

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Northern Ireland recycling rate stagnates as Energy from Waste expands, Daera figures show

Stats show continued progress away from landfill in Northern Ireland, but little movement in recycling rates
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One Big, Shining Beacon for Climate Hope

From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with author and climate activist Bill McKibben. In September 1989, along with a poem from John Updike and fiction from Muriel Spark, the New Yorker published an article t…

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Warming‐Driven Abrupt Shifts in Alpine Permafrost Dynamics With Elevation

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 12, December 2025.

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Climate Clashed With Affordability, and Affordability Won

Greg Ip, Wall St. Journal Whatever happened to the climate crisis?
In 2021 Bill Gates was...

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How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming

Many industries are eyeing up hydrogen as a source of clean energy, but with supplies of green hydrogen limited, we should prioritise the areas where it could have the most positive impact on carbon emissions, say researchers

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How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly

From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.

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Toxic smog blankets New Delhi, disrupting travel and plunging air quality to hazardous levels

Dense toxic smog has blanketed New Delhi, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks and disrupting travel

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IT Sustainability Think Tank: Perspectives on the print industry's net-zero push in 2025

A year is a long time in tech, and the same is true of IT sustainability. So here are some reflections on how the green IT conversation changed during 2025

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China’s Fossil Fuel Power Output Set for First Drop in a Decade

China’s fossil fuel power plants are on track to chart their first annual drop in generation in a decade as renewables flood the grid to meet rising demand.

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Exmouth Gulf Marine Park Declared, Protecting Hope Spot

Cover image: Courtesy of Oceanwise Australia
EXMOUTH GULF, AUSTRALIA – Exmouth Gulf and the Ningaloo Coast form one of Earth’s extraordinary marine ecosystems, home to whales, dugongs, dolphins, turtles, manta rays, sea snakes, and migratory shorebirds. The area is also home to significant Aborigina…

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Why New York Has Backed Off on Addressing Climate Change

With affordability and energy costs looming large as political issues, Gov. Kathy Hochul is less focused on going green.

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Ten Years Since the Paris Agreement: How Far We’ve Come and Where We Have To Go

With the renewable energy revolution firmly underway, the next years need to be about decisive, collective and fast transformation.
The post Ten Years Since the Paris Agreement: How Far We’ve Come and Where We Have To Go appeared first on 350.

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Weather tracker: Bushfires ravage Western Australia as temperatures soar

Extreme heat follows blazes in New South Wales, while winds plunge Brazil’s largest city into darknessExtreme heat and bushfires have ravaged the parched landscape of Western Australia. With temperatures expected to continue soaring above 40C (104F) over the coming days, the Bureau of Meteorology ha…

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EU agrees tougher End-of-Life Vehicles rules to boost recycled content and cut material losses

A provisional agreement between the European Parliament and Council will introduce mandatory recycled-content targets, stronger producer responsibility and tighter controls on vehicle exports, aiming to accelerate the transition to a more circular automotive sector. The European Union has reached a …

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Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks

Satellites are emerging as a powerful new tool in the fight to curb emissions of methane. While methane is much shorter-lived in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, it is vastly more potent at trapping heat, which makes rapid cuts essential for slowing warming in the short term. The same satellite t…

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Decade‐Long Bird Trends in China: Stable Species Richness but Increasing Biotic Homogenization

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 12, December 2025.