‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds. Analysis of six extreme heatwaves found when temperature and humidity were accounted for, all were potentially deadly for older people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s EPA chief Zeldin gives keynote speech at climate-denying group’s event. Lee Zeldin opens conference for Heartland Institute, which once compared climate advocates to the Unabomber. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Neat! We also mentioned this idea in passing in Brunner et al 2024 (www.nature.com/articles/s43...) but never really elaborated on it.

Maybe you saw this paper? It is a way of thinking through these dynamics. I don’t say we fix everything, but the paper was motivated by this kind of discussion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Using a 20-year period to compare methane the CO2 is a terrible idea. It heavily discounts the future and locks in greater warming. New York should move away from it, and instead set separate targets for CO2 and short-lived climate pollutants:

What does climate change smell like? The smell of rain. Forest air. Wildflowers. Climate change is quietly erasing them— and with them, pieces of our memories and culture. We won’t notice it all at once… until it’s gone. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

In a war with no winners, Netanyahu looks like the biggest loser. As Iran and US agree fragile ceasefire, Israel’s conflict has turned out to be a bust and, say opponents, ‘a political disaster’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Er staan genoeg huizen; stop met bouwen én met slopen: Er staan genoeg gebouwen in Nederland voor woningen, maar die worden verkeerd gebruikt, zegt Reinier de Graaf . Bouwen is een verdienmodel, en dat moet anders. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals.. Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Hatchings of two California bald eagle chicks delight vast livestream audience. Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets emerged from eggs on Easter weekend in Big Bear Valley as watched by thousands online. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump’s chaotic war on Iran has dragged into its sixth week because he is fighting an adversary he doesn’t understand. Ignorance and arrogance were his drivers. The idea that the regime plays by different rules, with its own goals, never occurred to him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

ICE agents reportedly detain wife of US soldier just days after their marriage. ‘She got ripped away from me,’ army soldier Matthew Blank said after his wife Annie Ramos was detained in Louisiana. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Analysis: Was Trump oblivious to the realities of Netanyahu’s promised ‘easy’ war on Iran? Senior US officials consider the PM’s pitch to have been overblown, creating potentially far-reaching consequences for Israel. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘Door in NAVO te blijven, wordt Europa straks in een wereldoorlog meegesleurd’. Met verbazing kijkt hoogleraar Koert Debeuf naar Europese steun voor acties van de VS en Israël in Iran en Libanon. „Ik zie Israël als de meest onverantwoordelijke staat in het Midden-Oosten.”. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Caroline de Gruyter: Welke ‘nieuwe wereldorde’? Column In Europa. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Grande Prairie, this is going to be you soon. That Kevin O'Leary datacenter Danielle Smith has waived all environmental regulations for will consume valuable farmland and natural areas, and turn it into this. #ableg #abpoli

Ukraine war briefing: Russian army records almost no territorial gains for first time since 2023, analysis shows. Russian advances slowing, thinktank’s data shows; 14 killed in Ukraine in massive drone and missile salvo. What we know on day 1,501. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘The frontline is like Terminator’: fighting robots give Ukraine hope in war with Russia. Use of unmanned ground vehicles has grown exponentially since 2024 turning the war into a technological contest. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Invisible plumes and ‘terrible pollution’: the reality of the US gas sites rated ‘grade A’. Exclusive: Guardian investigation into reliability of methane certification issued by MiQ reveals weakness of voluntary model. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sydney playground at centre of asbestos mulch scandal closed again after timber found ‘bleeding black tar-like substance’. Salvaged railway timber removed for testing from Rozelle parklands, previously closed in 2024 when asbestos was found in garden mulch. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water. Proposal, a win for RFK Jr’s Maha movement, is a ‘first step’ toward tackling plastic pollution, advocates say. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Arctic ice loss brings dual heatwaves to Europe and eastern Asia. The Barents Sea might seem too far away to affect our weather – but research shows it does. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ap...

Why thousands of New Yorkers swap gas for induction stoves in clean energy push: ‘It makes sense’. US states from California to Georgia are promoting induction stoves for climate, health and cost benefits. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists. Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals. Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Friday briefing: Why does your Easter egg feel smaller? Because it is. In today’s newsletter: Cocoa shortages, climate shocks and global conflicts have collided to ​make chocolate pricier than ever before. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

New story with details about the ‘SR-1 Freedom’ nuclear propulsion mission to Mars. How would it work, and where did the idea come from? Is there any chance of meeting the timeline? 🧪🔭⚛️🛰️ #planetsci www.science.org/content/arti...

The Dec 2028 timeline for an entirely new mission, using untried technology, seems completely implausible. It appears to be driven by the end of Trump's presidential term, not science or engineering. 🧪🔭🛰️ #planetsci The quotes in the NASA press release are eye opening. www.nasa.gov/news-release...

NASA's new leadership has plans: - A nuclear propulsion spacecraft (a technology that has never been implemented) delivering multiple helicopters to Mars in 2028. - A surface base on the Moon (no orbiting Gateway), and expanded commercial launches. 🧪🔭🛰️ #planetsci www.science.org/content/arti...

US judge rules against deporting man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years in prison. Decision came after hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam, 64, said he didn’t kill Thomas Kinser when he was 19. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Wéér allemaal mannen. En toen ze over vrouwen spraken, heb ik de tv uitgezet: Aan de vooravond van de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen wéér een rijtje meneren op tv, bij ‘Nederland kiest: het debat’, zag onze recensent. Ze hadden het ook over het lastigvallen van vrouwen. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Waarom laat behandeling van de Wpp zo lang op zich wachten?? De wet werd in 2019 gepresenteerd door minister van Binnenlandse Zaken Ollongren, in 2022 in consulatie gebracht door minister Bruins Slot en in 2025 ingediend als wetsvoorstel door toenmalig minister Uitermark. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past? In 2003, the US claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the title of worst-planned war in American history. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The world cannot allow Gaza’s horrors to be replayed in Lebanon. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

In an Istanbul market, I found an old German phrase book – and a reminder of how not to speak to migrants. Turkish immigrants to Germany in the 60s were seen as temporary labour, not people. Today’s government in Berlin is at risk of repeating the mistake. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds. Peaches, strawberries and grapes were almost always found to be contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ in the analysis. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Visible from space’: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses. Andalusia houses ‘Europe’s vegetable garden’ – a laboratory of development and innovation producing vegetables for all of Europe. By Alessandro Gandolfi www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit Earth? This woman Aarti Holla-Maini, of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs, is primed and ready should a planetary strike occur – and just over 12 months ago, she thought it might. www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

Het internationale recht kalft niet af, het breidt zich juist uit. column Caroline de Gruyter. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Column Beatrice de Graaf: Rancuneuze Realpolitik. De motivatie voor besluiten rondom oorlog en vrede kan heel profaan zijn. Wraakzucht bijvoorbeeld. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Trump EPA relied on industry science to weaken formaldehyde cancer rules, documents show: Papers reveal how chemical lobby influenced policy, reversing Biden-era limits on a common carcinogen. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is exactly what @cashman.bsky.social and I warned about last week in @the-breakdown.bsky.social: oil shocks have all sorts of bad outcomes- higher prices hit working class people the hardest, windfall profits for oil companies, and as seen here, justification for new fossil fuel production

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing: Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fossil fuel companies finally accept the climate crisis – just not their role in it: The era of corporate climate denial is over but in courts around the world the big names have shifted. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A war of regression: how Trump bombed the US into a worse position with Iran. Analysts fear Iran has played a weak hand well and the US has blundered into a defining strategic failure. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The delusion of easy victory from the air may have seduced the US into another war. Air superiority is supposed to deliver a quick triumph. But history has shown that promise to be written on the wind. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Sinds 2020 wint Antarctica onverwacht ijs door extra sneeuwval share.google/QGQrWdGB6PV8...

Ukraine war briefing: Russia setting up long-range drone bases in Belarus, Zelenskyy says Ukraine president vows to respond to move that would draw Belarus more directly into the war; EU anger at Hungary over Russia information sharing. What we know on day 1,490. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy says US has linked security guarantees to ceding of Donbas. Ukrainian president says peace deal proposed by US included ceding land to Russia. What we know on day 1,492. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...