Despite the influx of climate doom and irreversible damage, 2025 scored some pretty big victories for the planet. Climate change’s ubiquitous presence looms over the world like a grey cloud, pushing millions into a constant state of fear. The internet is saturated with bad news, not all of it accurate. But the reality is extreme […]
A research team led by scientists at the University of Ottawa has produced a new set of detailed 3D models that map temperatures deep beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada. These models shed light on how the region formed over millions of years and help explain how Greenland’s massive ice sheet has responded, and may continue […]
Record warming met weak political resolve as climate pressures mounted this year. 2025 was a challenging year for climate politics, and a challenging one for our warming planet. In the past 12 months, climate change has been impossible to ignore, whether we would like to or not. Euronews takes a look back at a year […]
As cocoa production plunges, scientists have turned to a climate-resilient plant to save the chocolate industry. Chocolate is facing a “climate barometer” as extreme weather conditions threaten the future of global cocoa crops. The majority of cocoa (around 60 per cent) comes from West Africa, produced in humid countries such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, where […]
Researchers have warned of the unexpected consequences of extremely hot, humid conditions during pregnancy. Millions of children risk experiencing stunted growth if heat-trapping emissions continue to bake the planet. The dangers of extreme heat are already well established, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning that exposure to elevated temperatures exacerbates underlying illnesses such as […]
The EU has softened its 2035 car emissions ban, raising questions about climate targets and the pace of EV adoption. European officials on Tuesday moved to ease their ban on sales of cars with internal combustion engines by 2035, responding to pressure from governments and automakers. Currently, EU law mandates that all new cars after […]
A hypertropical climate has not occurred on Earth in at least 10 million years. The Amazon rainforest may be developing a climate unseen on Earth for tens of millions of years. In a study published this week in Nature, scientists argue the region is nearing what they call a ‘hypertropical’ climate, a hotter, drier and more […]
Around the world, fresh water is not only running low – we are depleting it. Conventional wisdom has long held that freshwater availability – that which is stored in our soils, aquifers, lakes, rivers, snow, and glaciers, and on which we depend – is fixed. Withdrawals from these reserves are eventually replenished through the hydrological cycle. New […]
A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and the link between GDP and rising emissions is starting to break. An increasing number of countries are slashing CO2 emissions while their economies continue to grow, debunking decades of climate-blocking progress. A new report from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit(ECIU) has analysed 113 countries, representing more than […]
Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age drew to a close. Global temperatures rose, the early Holocene began, and human communities gradually shifted toward more permanent settlements. A new study published in Nature Geoscience highlights how the Southern Ocean around Antarctica helped drive this major climate transition. The research team, led by Dr. Huang Huang of […]
