A leading US science body will launch a major #report Thursday on how precisely specific #ExtremeWeatherEvents can be tied to #ClimateChange, a growing research field underpinning billion-dollar lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry.

Three decades of satellite imagery helped scientists reconstruct Adélie #penguin diets across #Antarctica, revealing links between #seaice, food webs and long-term population trends. DOI: doi.org/hb9xnp

🌡️ Not everyone is equally vulnerable to extreme heat, and workers are among those most at risk. In our latest #IIASAInsights article, Julia Beier and Eva Preinfalk explain why workers should receive greater attention in Austria's heat protection efforts. 👉 iiasa.ac.at/blog/jul-202...

Firefighting aircraft battled to contain a #wildfire raging in a forest south of #Paris for a second day on Monday, with the blaze forcing some residents from their homes as the region baked in a latest #heatwave. #France

📢 Publicly available soil moisture datasets: an overview and the UB-SMDC portal by Farzane Mohseni & Jan-Henrik Haunert 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2096... 💌 #Soilmoisture #agriculture #drought #opensource #GeoNetwork #hydrology #geovisualization #geoscience #remotesensing #GIS #dataanalysis #opendata

Efforts to plant more #trees in cities could be boosted thanks to a new #tool for planners and community groups, published by an international group of researchers. #TreeValueVisions

At least 2,700 people died in #England and #Wales as a result of #heatwaves that struck in May and June, according to a study released Monday.

#China and the southern United States were hit last year by some of the worst #sand and #dust #storms in decades, the United Nations said Friday. #US #Weather #WMO

The southwest #Pacific region is facing “increasing risk” from ocean warming, marine heatwaves and rising sea levels, the United Nations’ weather and #climate agency warned Tuesday. #Report DOI: doi.org/rd2g

How fast a city grows matters. A global study found that urban #plantproductivity declines once #urban expansion exceeds about 5.83 km² per year. DOI: doi.org/rdxv

#Wildfires raged across southern #Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race.

Which #plant species disappear first can matter more than how many are lost. A new study shows that losing dominant grassland species weakens the processes that keep #grassland #ecosystems stable over time. DOI: doi.org/rdqq

#ElNiño will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fuelling the likelihood of #extremeweather, the United Nations’ weather and #climate agency warned Friday. #WMO

Young Chinook salmon cope differently with warming #rivers as they develop. A new study shows that #heat tolerance changes across early life stages, offering new insight into how climate-driven warming could affect freshwater #salmon. DOI: doi.org/rdh9

The world’s #oceans just experienced their hottest June on #record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Niño and climate change drive #temperatures even higher, scientists said Wednesday.

#India is likely to see below normal rainfall in July after recording its fifth-driest June since 1901, forecasters said Tuesday, raising concerns over agricultural output. #Weather #Climate

Biochar can help reduce methane emissions from rice paddies, but nitrogen management is key. A new Biochar study shows that when mineral N input exceeds ~291 kg ha⁻¹, biochar may shift from mitigating CH₄ to increasing it. 🔗: doi.org/10.1007/s427...

A new review highlights how Soil microplastics reshape the hidden web of microbes, viruses, and bacteriophages in agricultural soils, influencing nutrient cycling, plastic degradation, antibiotic resistance, and ecosystem recovery. 🔗: www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...

The #WorldBank on Monday extended its #climate change #policy framework indefinitely, but dropped its targets for the percentage of financing that must have climate-related impacts, according to a statement.

Today is the International Day of the Tropics, so we wanted to showcase a recent article that captures how the environment of the tropics impacts our climate. (Image by Paul Brennan from Pixabay)

A new 3D method reveals how #AtmosphericRivers shape Antarctic #precipitation. Although they occur less than 10% of the time, they contribute 30%–60% of annual precipitation over much of #Antarctica. DOI: doi.org/hb6dc3

Europe’s deadly #heatwave pushed east Sunday with hundreds of millions still sweltering across the continent despite fleeting relief from overnight storms, notably in France and Belgium.

Swiss #glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the #heatwave battering Europe, the head of Glacier Monitoring in #Switzerland (GLAMOS) told AFP.

Europe's record June 2026 #heatwave was made significantly more intense and far more likely by human-caused #ClimateChange, according to a new attribution study. Researchers say the weather pattern wasn't unusual – the warmer climate made it far more dangerous. #ExtremeWeatherEvents

Climate model simulations of the 4 July 2025 Central #Texas #floods suggest warmer Gulf of Mexico waters weakened moisture transport into the storms. Rainfall could have been 5–8% higher under average Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures. DOI: doi.org/rctf

Tree swallows have become smaller and are producing fewer young as insect populations have declined, according to a study based on more than 50 years of data. The findings suggest #BiodiversityLoss may be driving changes often attributed to #ClimateChange. DOI: doi.org/rcsf 🐦🐝

President Donald Trump‘s rollback of federal regulations has spurred an unprecedented wave of #lawsuits in defence of #climate protections, a new global analysis of litigation trends showed on Wednesday. #Report

#Europe braced Wednesday for another day of a sweltering #heatwave that has smashed records, left tens of thousands of people without power and sent air conditioner sales zooming in a continent unused and ill equipped to handle searing heat. #France #PowerOutage

#UN Secretary-General António Guterres has launched a new initiative calling on AI companies to disclose the carbon, water and land impacts of their systems. The move follows a UN University report examining the environmental costs of AI infrastructure. #AI #Climate #Environment DOI: doi.org/q9m2

Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming, and warn they are set to become more frequent, longer and more intense, driven by humans’ burning of fossil fuels.

France’s average #temperature broke a #record for the month of June on Monday, the national #weather service said, as the country swelters under a brutal #heatwave.

Soil fungi help drive nutrient cycling, support plant growth and contribute to #carbonstorage. A new review examines how fungal diversity shapes #ecosystems, agriculture and #health, while influencing the resilience of soils to environmental change. #Science #Environment #Fungi DOI: doi.org/hb783q

The number of people exposed to dangerous #heatstress worldwide has risen sharply over the last half century propelled by #climatechange, according to a study released on Monday as Europe sweltered through a punishing #heatwave. DOI: doi.org/hb8d44

A global study of 5,151 species found climate-driven local extinctions are more common in temperate regions than in the tropics. The findings suggest biodiversity is already being reshaped by rising temperatures. DOI: doi.org/hb77dp #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #TemperateRegions

France banned alcohol in red-alert areas Sunday, Spain and Germany cancelled or postponed sports events and Britain warned of “tropical nights” as #Europe sweltered through a #heatwave threatening to break June temperature records.

Europe’s #foodsystems are facing a growing range of challenges, including food #fraud, cyberattacks, food safety threats, and other risks that can disrupt #supplychains and affect #public confidence.

Like humans, #wildlife is increasingly vulnerable as #climatechange fuels longer and more intense heatwaves, disrupting feeding and breeding, and in extreme cases proving fatal. #ExtremeHeat #Heatwave

Can forest #CarbonCredits be trusted? Researchers propose a new framework to address four key weaknesses and improve the integrity of #CarbonMarkets. DOI: doi.org/rb4z #Climate #Forestry

#Spain registered its third-warmest year on record in 2025, with 25 single-day #heat records set during the period, national #weather agency AEMET said Wednesday.

#India will prepare contingency plans to help farmers #weather potential low rainfall linked to the #ElNiño weather system, #agriculture officials said Tuesday.

New #research suggests parts of the #Amazon are already experiencing longer dry seasons and worsening water deficits once expected decades from now. Studies link recent #droughts to rising #fire activity, forest #degradation, and growing #climate risks. DOIs: doi.org/rbvt | doi.org/rbvv

The vast majority of Europe’s beaches offer “excellent” #waterquality for #swimming, the #EU environment agency said on Tuesday ahead of the summer season, with coastal nations and inland Austria topping the list. #Report #EEA

South-facing #greenwalls could help buildings stay cooler during extreme heat. The researchers found they reduced indoor temperatures by up to 1.7 °C under #heatwave conditions. 🌿🏙️ #Climate DOI: doi.org/rbr9

A powerful #earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the #Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as two metres (6.6 feet), exposing #coral and harming #marinelife, the environment department said Sunday.

Earth’s #climatesystem is accumulating excess #heat at a record rate, according to the latest Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) assessment published in Earth System Science Data. DOI: doi.org/rbc6

New research shows that sulfuric acid trapping can recover over 95% of NH3 and provide reliable δ15N measurements even at low concentrations, helping scientists trace emissions from croplands, livestock, orchards, and vegetable systems. Read more: www.maxapress.com/article/doi/...

#Arctic iceberg traffic has increased sharply since 2000. A new Nature study shows how rocks released by melting #icebergs are creating new #seafloor habitats and reshaping #marineecosystems far from their source glaciers. DOI: doi.org/rbh3

The phenomenon El Niño has arrived, the US #weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength. #ElNiño #Climate #ExtremeWeather

Future #climate may reshape how #sunlight reaches Earth. New research projects less surface sunlight in polar regions and more in parts of the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes as water vapour levels and cloud patterns change. DOI: doi.org/rbdf #ClimateChange #SolarRadiation

Planetary heating is intensifying and key #climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said Thursday, warning that funding decisions affecting #Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track #globalwarming. DOI: doi.org/rbc6