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Scientists use AI to produce first high-resolution map of global seagrass extent
Almost 70% of the global extent of seagrass meadows is found off the coasts of just five countries. However, only 21% of this fall within marine protected areas. These are some of the key findings fro
Mongabay3h
Once endangered, Australia’s numbat is making a hopeful recovery
The animal emblem of Western Australia, the numbat, is recovering after decades of conservation efforts, according to the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority. For decades, the numbat or b
Mongabay3h
Desert rain frogs threatened with extinction in southern Africa
The survival of a unique frog species that lives in the coastal sand dunes of South Africa and Namibia is under threat from diamond mining, the proposed Boegoebaai Green Hydrogen Project and climate c
CalMatters3h
How Newsom’s complex history with the oil industry could affect a presidential run
Gavin Newsom and his family have had a long and complicated relationship with the oil industry. The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and political dispute over state aid to the California’s refiner
Mongabay3h
Suspect charged and manhunt continues over Jakarta 3-ton pangolin scales case
JAKARTA — Indonesian authorities have charged one person and are pursuing at least two others in connection with one of the country’s largest wildlife trafficking cases, following the seizure of
Yale Climate Connections4h
Home batteries could become the next must-have household appliance
An energy expert explains how batteries can lower electric bills, keep homes running during outages, and ease pressure on an increasingly strained grid.
Yale Climate Connections4h
Boston’s first public housing project gets a climate-friendly makeover
The redevelopment includes all-electric energy-efficient units, mature shade trees, and rain gardens.
Mongabay6h
Bangladesh gets ready for its first release of tiger rescued from poachers’ trap
In a first, Bangladesh is preparing to release a tiger back into the wild after it was rescued from a poacher’s trap and provided with medical treatment. On Jan. 4 this year, the Forest Department res
Inside Climate News6h
Arizona Regulators Are Raising Contaminant Limits for a Uranium Mine With an Arsenic Problem
A monitoring well at the site of a uranium mine operating in a national monument nine miles from the Grand Canyon’s south rim has been detecting rising arsenic levels since 2025. Four times, those ars
Inside Climate News6h
A Chemical Plant Mishandled Hazardous Waste for Years, Then Quietly Shuttered
ZEBULON, N.C.—The blank, beige building at 507 N. Industrial Drive, still emblazoned with the words “Braven Environmental,” looks benign from the street.
Grist6h
The nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear
For the past four years, Angie Mummaw has been told the gas-fired electrical plant the Tennessee Valley Authority is building a few miles from her home in rural Tennessee was a necessary stop on its m
Mongabay9h
Nepal’s Rhino translocation success in numbers masks habitat struggles
While Nepal’s efforts to revive its rhinoceros population is hailed as a conservation success, habitat degradation is forcing translocated rhinos to wander far beyond their designated release zones, a
Mongabay17h
How effective are canopy bridges really?
When roads cut through forests, they can become a death trap for wildlife. Canopy bridges, structures that connect trees on either side of roads, are considered a crucial lifeline for tree-dwelling an
Inside Climate News17h
Report on Elevated Lung Cancer Fails to Quell Uproar Around New York’s Largest Landfill
This article previously appeared in Water Front.
Inside Climate News21h
Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support
A proposed artificial intelligence data center in western Montana has stalled before construction could begin after the property owner withdrew his signature from a required land-use application on Ju
Inside Climate News21h
Florida Regulators Stood by as Dozens of Sloths Died, New Records Reveal
The first warning reached the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission before a single sloth had arrived in Orlando.
Grist21h
Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe
Don’t underestimate heat. While less visible than other extreme weather events like hurricanes or floods, heat consistently accounts for more U.S. fatalities than any other type of weather disas
Dialogue Earth21h
How fuel-importing countries in South Asia can survive the next global conflict
Amid signs that the US and Iran are nearing a war-ending deal, it is time to examine the economies that the conflict effectively brought to a standstill this year.
Mongabay22h
In Honduras, solar power has done more harm than good, communities say
In 2013, officials in Honduras made renewable energy development a “national priority,” with a special interest in attracting foreign investment in new solar power technology. Over the last 20 years,
Reason Magazine22h
Washington Promised Puerto Rico $14 Billion To Fix Its Grid. Most of the Money Is Still Stuck.
In 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, causing an 11-month blackout in some parts of the island. In the years since, the federal government has allocated billions of dollars to fix the grid.
Yale Climate Connections23h
June 2026: Earth’s 2nd-hottest June on record
An astonishing heat wave in Europe June 22-30 broke 10 all-time national heat records and set 394 all-time heat records at stations with a long-term period of record of at least 40 years.
Texas Tribune23h
A data center proposed at a quiet corner of East Texas leaves a community bracing for a boom
Kaesha Avishai stands beneath the power lines that cut through her property near Lufkin on June 12, 2026. She has concerns about AI data centers potentially being constructed close to her home.
Mongabay23h
Can conservation change how the world sees the Strait of Hormuz? (commentary)
In recent months, the Strait of Hormuz has again been described in the language the world knows best: Oil, tankers, naval risk, energy security and war. That is understandable. Around one-fifth of glo
Dialogue Earth23h
Ladakh’s apricot lifeline challenged by a changing climate
Nusrat Rehman can’t wait to be home from school. It’s summertime in the otherwise cold and arid Kargil in Ladakh, where the 10-year-old lives. It’s also the season to harvest her favourite fruit – apr
Mongabay1d
Bangladesh relocates refugees after landslide kills at least 5 children
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh used loudspeakers and a network of volunteers and community leaders to relocate people from risky areas to safety Thursday
Mongabay1d
Ethiopia’s iconic Walia ibex is critically endangered once again
The Walia ibex, a rare species of wild goat found only in northern Ethiopia, is once again considered critically endangered, after recent population estimates showed a sustained decline below a key th
Dialogue Earth1d
Vietnam’s gas projects stall amid investor claims of unbankability and a renewables pivot
In September 2025, Vietnam’s then prime minister, Pham Minh Chinh, joined the country’s wealthiest person, Pham Nhat Vuong, to break ground on what was to be the country’s largest liquefied natural ga
Texas Tribune1d
Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries
Omaira Garcia stands at her property line bordering OpenAI’s flagship “Stargate” data center in Abilene. The data center’s gas-fueled power plant is located roughly 500 yards from her home.
Yale Climate Connections1d
10 cosas que debes saber sobre los domos y las olas de calor
Incluyendo que hay impactos económicos y en la salud
Yale Climate Connections1d
Nonprofit encourages Latinos to get politically involved amid rising energy costs
Poder Latinx created a bilingual website to help people understand how policy decisions influence electricity bills.
Mongabay1d
Lawmakers seek rights probe into Indigenous conflict at Indonesian timber firm
JAKARTA — Indonesian lawmakers have called for a government fact-finding probe into a long-running conflict between an Indigenous community in Borneo and an industrial timber company linked to one of
Outlier Media1d
Environmental advocates say they’re being shut out as Detroit drafts data center rules
“It’s almost like making residents go through a process ... when the die is already cast.”
Mongabay1d
A win-win, animal crossings make roads safer for wildlife and people
Worldwide, roads act as both death traps and barriers for wildlife, fragmenting the landscapes animals need to survive. However, ecologists and engineers are working to “reconnect the wild”
Inside Climate News1d
NYC Invests in Air Quality, but the Bronx Still Can’t Breathe Easy
NEW YORK—When Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that $20 million from the city’s congestion pricing revenue would be redirected to fight childhood asthma in the Bronx, Javier Marchand celebrated.
Inside Climate News1d
A Court Ruling Leaves Some of New York’s Most Important Wetlands Unprotected
Four years ago, the New York State Legislature made a major move to better protect wetlands. Now some of those safeguards are delayed for potentially several more years.
Grist1d
How to build a highway in the age of climate change
Between the view, the marshes, and the birds, Liat Meitzenheimer concedes the drive along California State Route 37 is scenic. Still, she avoids it for two reasons: congestion and flooding.
Texas Tribune1d
Battle over East Texas water rights heats up after Dallas millionaire files federal lawsuit to lift moratorium
Kyle Bass speaks during the Reuters Global Investment 2019 Outlook Summit in New York on Nov. 14, 2018.
Yale Climate Connections1d
The rising risk of landslides
Climate change is supercharging hurricanes, heavy downpours, and wildfires, all of which make landslides more likely.
Inside Climate News1d
Feds Grant Final Approval for Arizona Mine Situated in Critical Habitat for Jaguars and Mexican Spotted Owls
The U.S. Forest Service Tuesday approved a proposed mine in southern Arizona that will extract up to five critical minerals and was the first added to a program designed to streamline federal permitti
Mongabay1d
Seeking swordfish, catching dolphins and whales: EU pushes to rein in driftnets
Driftnets, vertically hanging nets that drift with ocean currents and can stretch for kilometers, are used to catch large pelagic species such as swordfish and tuna. However, they have long drawn crit
Inside Climate News1d
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into a Secretive System That Undermines Climate Action
What if companies affected by government efforts to protect the environment could get international arbitrators to award them billion-dollar payouts?
Mongabay1d
Could a blighted urban inlet become a global beacon of waterway renewal?
VANCOUVER — Two hundred years ago, Talaysay Campo’s ancestors harvested clams and cockles along the shore of Vancouver’s False Creek. “It was a huge aquaculture site,” Campo, a member of t
Mongabay1d
Dark earth: Ancient Amazonian soil can boost forest restoration, study finds
Soil created centuries ago by Indigenous peoples in the Amazon could help speed up recovery of degraded lands, changing the way ecological restoration is approached in Brazil. A study conducted by res
Mongabay1d
Microplastic pollution can fuel rise in antibiotic resistance, studies find
Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 million metric tons, with most plastic waste ending up in the environment,
Mongabay1d
Like wolves, non-native lake trout have radically altered Yellowstone ecosystems (commentary)
Yellowstone National Park is often told as a story of recovery. Wolves returned and then elk changed their behavior. Willows and aspens then rebounded and rivers, it is said, changed course. The reint
Dialogue Earth1d
Mapped: Colombia and Argentina’s energy transition copper boom
Miners have applied for hundreds of permits across Colombia and Argentina in response to soaring demand for copper. A supply shortfall is predicted to occur by 2035, partly driven by the energy transi
Dialogue Earth1d
Why subsidies won’t work for EV battery recycling in China
China is soon to see a wave of EV batteries reach the end of their working life.
Mongabay2d
Confronting culture to protect vultures: Interview with Nigeria’s Michael Williams
Known for their unique ability to polish off animal carcasses and minimize the potential for disease outbreaks, vultures are one of the most endangered bird groups on the planet today. Around many pa
Mongabay2d
A fraction of promised climate money reaches Amazon communities: Interview with Latimpacto’s leaders
The Amazon is the largest rainforest on Earth, with many funders making financial commitments to conserve this crucial ecosystem. Yet, when the declarations are traced to the ground, the capital is ra
Mongabay2d
Ugandan farmers sue TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline project in UK court
Four Ugandan farmers have filed a lawsuit before the High Court in London, U.K., against a contentious oil pipeline under construction in Uganda and Tanzania, human rights group Avaaz announced at a p
Mongabay2d
Clinical trials begin in DRC epicenter of Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
Clinical trials for treatments targeting the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus disease began on July 2 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The goal is to develop a standard treatment for the strai
Grist2d
El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
We’re not even one month into “super” El Niño, the natural Pacific weather pattern characterized by warmer than average sea surface temperatures, and fisheries around the world are already getting scr
Grist2d
Another super typhoon just pummeled the Pacific
When a 150-mph cyclone hit the Mariana Islands in mid-April, federal officials handed out more than 1,400 tents and 1,100 temporary roofs to help families with damaged or destroyed homes. Last week, l
Mongabay2d
Thai rubber smallholders race to meet new EU deforestation rules
Thailand’s natural rubber industry is racing to comply with a new EU anti-deforestation law that will take effect in 2027, reports Mongabay’s Carolyn Cowan. Thailand is the world’s largest producer of
Mongabay2d
The growing global popularity of wildlife crossings
Nearly three years ago, Newscast guest, author and journalist Ben Goldfarb discussed his book Crossings, which is about wildlife crossings and road ecology. Wildlife crossings help reconnect habitats
Inside Climate News2d
Extreme Temperatures Once Again Prove Deadly in Europe and U.S.
This summer has been off to a particularly hot—and deadly—start.
Mongabay2d
‘A targeted, data-driven approach’: Interview with Vietnam’s antipoaching unit
Southeast Asia’s middle class has grown exponentially in recent decades, driving demand for exotic pets, meats and animal parts used for luxury goods and traditional medicines. In Vietnam, long a dest
Inside Climate News2d
Record Heat Drives Wildfires in Europe, Forces Thousands to Evacuate
Wildfires are tearing through southern France and parts of Spain, Portugal and Greece, forcing thousands of people to evacuate from their homes.