Understand the science of a changing climate, the evidence scientists measure, and the decisions shaping our future. Clear context behind temperatures, emissions, and extreme weather.
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The greenhouse effect explains why gases like carbon dioxide from power plants trap heat in Earth's atmosphere, which is why rules on plant emissions are tied to climate change.
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A rule that once forced American power plants to trap their own carbon dioxide has just been scrapped, with regulators betting the change will save money instead of the climate.
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What if the rust-colored rocks under the Australian outback were quietly brewing fuel? Researchers studying Western Australia's iron-rich rock formations found they naturally generate hydrogen gas, and the reaction might be sped up to make far more.
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Imagine tracking the planet's pulse for 40 years and then losing the signal for even a few months. NASA calls the fix 'foresight' — planning future satellites years before current ones fail.
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Smoke from a wildfire near Blaenavon traveled 30 miles and could be smelled in Cardiff, and new monitoring data now ranks this small Welsh county among the world's biggest carbon emission hotspots this year.
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Climate change is the long-term shift in global temperature and weather patterns, and it explains why regions like Wales, not known for wildfires, are now burning and releasing stored carbon.
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Crossing a border became deadlier than ever in early 2026, as war, extreme weather, and economic collapse pushed people onto riskier journeys worldwide, new United Nations tracking reveals.
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Why did Spain and France burn so fiercely this summer? A rapid climate study found the hot, dry, windy conditions fueling the fires were made at least 20 times more likely by global heating.
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Imagine a city known for clean lakes and maple trees suddenly having the dirtiest air on the planet. That happened to Toronto, Canada this week, as wildfire smoke drifted in and pushed its air quality past even Delhi's and Kinshasa's.
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Many students and parents want to know why a warming ocean far away in the Pacific can mean less rain in India and higher prices for rice or wheat back home.
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A tool the world uses to track which countries and factories are polluting the most has been found to contain significant errors — and that could affect decisions worth billions of dollars in climate action.
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Machine learning is the technology that lets computers find patterns in huge amounts of data and make predictions — but it can still produce wrong answers, especially when the data it learns from is incomplete or biased.
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At the same moment that Kerala welcomes the monsoon's first heavy rains, the northern plains are baking under a heatwave — and understanding why these two extremes happen together reveals how India's giant weather system really works.
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A mosquito bite can end a child's life — and in Zimbabwe right now, that risk is rising fast. Malaria cases are climbing sharply as foreign aid funding dries up and climate change creates more breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that carry the disease.
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The monsoon brings most of India's annual rainfall in just a few months, feeding rivers, farms, and reservoirs. Learn how this seasonal wind system forms, why it arrives when it does, and what it means for daily life.
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Every new road, apartment block, and office tower quietly adds to a carbon crisis: the global construction sector now produces 37% of all carbon emissions — more than cars, ships, and planes combined.
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Fire was humanity's greatest invention, but the same fossil fuels we burn today are making wildfires fiercer and more dangerous than at any time in recorded history. New research traces this troubling loop from prehistoric hearths to smoke-choked modern skies.
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Super Typhoon Sinlaku has developed in the western Pacific Ocean. NASA satellites are tracking its structure and wind speeds as it moves across the region.
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Farmers and truck drivers in Ireland held fuel protests this week, prompting an emergency cabinet meeting. They say high fuel taxes are pushing up their costs.
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A lightweight plane running entirely on solar energy has finished a 40,000 km trip around the world without using a single drop of fuel.
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