Open access notables Projected amplification of global warming by warming-induced greenhouse gas emissions , Abernethy et al., Environmental Research Letters Warming-induced emissions (WIE) of greenhouse gases from natural sources are a large amplifying feedback that most climate models do not yet represent. This absence risks systematic underestimation of projected future warming and overestimation of remaining carbon budgets. To assess the potential magnitude of these feedbacks, we derived relationships between global temperature and WIE rates from process-based model estimates across three Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, and SSP4-6.0. The warming-induced methane emission rate from permafrost, wetlands, freshwaters, and wildfire combined increases...
Learn more about the thousands of objects Yellowstone staff have removed from the park's hydrothermal features, including 280 hats, 54 lens caps, and $18 in loose change.
The longest satellite data record of ice-sheet change ever assembled has revealed that Greenland and Antarctica have lost a staggering 11 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s, driving global sea level up by more than three centimetres.However, the new findings also highlight that the story is not simply one of ice melting at the surface. The glaciers that drain these vast ice sheets are also flowing faster, channelling enormous quantities of ice directly into the ocean.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 9, September 2026.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler A few days ago, on an atmospheric sciences mailing list, Prof. Gary Lackmann pointed out that August 2026 set a record for the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. I thought this was right in TCB’s wheelhouse, so I’ve dug further into the numbers in this post. What does “precipitable water” mean? Precipitable water (abbreviated PWAT) is the water in the atmosphere that’s available to condense and fall as rain or snow. We quantify it by calculating how deep a puddle it would make if you condensed all of the water vapor in the atmosphere and rained it to the surface. The value is typically reported in millimeters. Here is the average PWAT over the 1991–2020 period. The global...
The reinstated federal BRIC program funds projects that make communities more resilient before fires, floods, and hurricanes strike.
Arctic zigs; Antarctic zags Greetings, readers! Our monthly sea ice analyses are returning just in time for the September equinox. In the Arctic, the sea ice extent this summer was tracking 2012 levels until August. While Siberia and the Canadian Archipelago experienced a very warm summer, the high-latitude Arctic Ocean was relatively cool. In the Antarctic, sea ice underwent an unusually large mid-winter decline over a week in August. Overview of conditions Arctic sea ice extent for August 2026 averaged 5.56 million square kilometers (2.15 million square miles), the seventh lowest in the satellite record (Figure 1a). This monthly average extent was 840,000 square kilometers (324,000 square miles) above the satellite record low set in 2012 (Figure 1b). Sea ice extent...
Sea level rise worsens flooding, cutting people off from work, school, and services.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, September 6, 2026 thru Sat, September 12, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) Satellite images of penguin droppings reveal impact of antarctic warming Penguin colonies are so large that their masses of excrement can be seen from space, offering scientists a useful means of studying the Antarctic birds. An analysis of 30 years of satellite images of penguin guano shows how the birds’ diets are shifting in response to warming. Yale Environment 360, Staff, Sep 06, 2026. Learning from the summers of 1976 and 2026 We have changed the climate in which our weather happens Climat Lab Book, Ed Hawkins...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 18, 28 September 2026.
Discover why the Odden ice tongue, once common in the Greenland Sea, is reappearing after years of absence.
Open access notables Early warning signals for tipping points in complex climate systems , LIU et al., Advances in Climate Change Research The growing risk of climate tipping events underscores the urgent need for reliable early warning signals (EWS). Here we synthesize recent advances in EWS research for climate systems, systematically categorizing available methods into three groups, namely statistical indicators, nonlinear dynamical diagnostics, and data-driven approaches, and evaluating their theoretical applicability to practical limitations. In conclusion, statistical indicators offer theoretical clarity but are sensitive to non-stationary noise, nonlinear dynamical methods provide enhanced robustness in high-dimensional settings, and network- and deep learning-based...
A stone bench and pillar on Bainbridge Island in Washington State show how sea levels could change over the coming decades.
Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, including shipping. The satellite now is flying 30 seconds behind its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Both satellites are providing precise sea level height measurements during what oceanographers expect to be a historic El […]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 17, 16 September 2026.
More than 1,000 visitors explored NASA sea level science firsthand during World Ocean Day at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Skidaway Island on June 6, 2026.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler This is the third and last in our series discussing the use of unadjusted data and how it overstates the warmth of the 1930s over the U.S. See part one and part two for more. A hall of fame for bad climate plots would definitely include this one: The plot covers the continental U.S., and it dramatically shows that temperatures in the 1930s were more extreme than those of the present period. The metric plotted, the heat wave index, is constructed as a station?average count of qualifying 4?day warm spells (mean temperature exceeds a local one?in?ten?year threshold) in each year, so higher values mean that heat waves were more frequent in that year. It was originally published in 1999 and has gone...
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02761-3Author Correction: Tree species richness relates to long-term forest photosynthesis increase
It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it's a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help.
A hard-right turn this weekend will push the former Cat 5 hurricane toward the state’s northwestern islands, with the potential for broader impacts statewide.
Copernicus Sentinel-3 is one of the most diverse missions for measuring and monitoring Earth’s climate systems. It captures a breadth of data about the environment and has contributed substantially to what we know about climate change over the past decade. The launch of the mission’s third satellite heralds the continuity of this vital source of knowledge.
Arctic Report Card: A Close Watch on a Warming Region By Michon Scott The Arctic Report Card, supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is an annual, peer-reviewed snapshot of environmental conditions north of 60°N. Topics range from air temperature to land and sea ice to changes in marine algae to marine debris left by ship traffic to community monitoring programs. As far away as the Arctic may seem, it directly affects the United States. “The United States is an Arctic country,” NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) scientist Walt Meier said. “Alaska is a part of the Arctic. It is strategically important for national security, for commerce, and there are residents, US citizens, who live in the Arctic.” In the early 2000s, scientists...
Open access notables Misrepresentation of Human Climate Fingerprint in DOE Report , Santer et al., Earth s Future A July 2025 report from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) made the key claim that the stratosphere has warmed since 2000, contrary to model projections and inconsistent with the expected anthropogenic fingerprint. The DOE report provided no references or data to support this claim. Its basis appears to be an unpublished figure comparing simulated and observed tropical trends in the temperature of the lower stratosphere (TLS), a layer extending from roughly 15 to 20 km above Earth's surface. The observed tropical TLS trends shown in the unpublished DOE figure are incorrect. When the correct observational data sets are used, model tropical TLS trends are consistent...
China is rapidly expanding its ability to harness renewable energy sources.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk It’s been a rough summer for outdoor sports. July was the hottest month ever recorded in the contiguous U.S., and wildfire smoke has repeatedly reached unhealthy levels across large areas of the country. Soccer players competing in the World Cup had to grapple with potentially dangerous heat and humidity , two ski areas suffered major damage from wildfires this summer, trout streams in the Rockies were closed to fishing in the afternoons due to warm water, and the list goes on. Many people who love the outdoors are left with choosing between not recreating at all or doing so in marginal conditions. But athletes, fans, and outdoor enthusiasts can all be part of the solution. Outdoor recreation is a potentially...
Learn more about some of the different ways you can get out and experience the natural world, either from a national park or your computer.
The yellow fever virus is reemerging in regions where it hadn't been seen for decades. Warmer temperatures and extreme weather could make conditions more favorable for the mosquitoes that carry the virus.
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
The Antarctic coastal zone is not simply the edge of the continent. It is a tightly coupled system where the ice from the ice sheet extends over the seabed, initially resting on it and further out floating as ice shelves. Here, mass, heat and nutrients are exchanged with the ocean through various processes. Even the smallest changes can have outsized consequences. Yet key coastal conditions remain poorly mapped as an international review published in the journal Reviews of Geophysics shows. It highlights key knowledge gaps and the need for improved observations at a pan-Antarctic scale. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and...
While Earth's atmosphere protects us from harmful cosmic rays, other cosmic particles are passing through us every second.
Glacier collapse, not an earthquake, was the direct cause of the disaster that has left thousands missing.
The meandering Congaree River sustains towering forest ecosystems and fashions oxbow lakes as it shifts across its floodplain.
Learn how El Niño events have been significantly stronger over the past four decades than during the previous millennium, as shown by corals from the Galápagos and climate models.
Wildfires are projected to increase dramatically due to climate change. That could trigger a massive increase in heart attacks, premature births and early deaths, research reveals.
Open access notables Carbon emissions exacerbating the Western US water crisis , Williams et al., Communications Earth & Environmen In the western US, limited water supply and high demand--accentuated by anthropogenic climate change--have resulted in overallocated water resources and rapidly depleting groundwater. Simultaneously, legal and policy mechanisms are being pursued regarding the contributions of large emitting entities (“Carbon Majors”) to such impacts. Here, we quantify impacts on western US water resources attributable to the Carbon Majors, and compare results with a simpler-to-use (‘proportional’) approach. Anthropogenic climate change has driven large decreases in water supply (snowpack and streamflow) and increases in water...
On 26 August 2026, the Polarstern achieved an impressive milestone: the German research icebreaker has covered a full two million nautical miles since it entered service on 9 December 1982. Of course, the ship’s crew of around 40 people is always on board, ensuring reliable operations at all times. Up to 55 researchers, working in international teams, investigate processes ranging from the seabed through the water column and all the way through to sea ice and up to the atmosphere.
Ocean acidification makes it harder for corals to grow and for oysters and clams to create shells.
Learn how satellite radar captured the moment a Manhattan-sized ice island broke away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier and why scientists are keeping a close watch.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Electric vehicle sales are a surprising beneficiary of the Trump presidency – at least outside of the United States. The Iran conflict caused global oil prices to surge above $100 per barrel in March, April, and May of this year. Gasoline prices soon followed suit, exceeding $4 per gallon in the United States most days since April Fools’ Day. As the biggest consumer of oil from the Middle East, Asia was hit hardest by its rising prices, shortages, and restrictions. But China’s measures to cut back on its oil imports have prevented global oil prices from escalating as high as many experts predicted. Electric vehicles are one contributing factor. A recent analysis estimated that China’s rapid...
Learn about Naegleria fowleri , a brain-eating amoeba that recently killed a Louisiana child and may become more common due to warming waters.
Learn why a bank vole may hold clues as to how some animals can adapt and survive as climate change shifts habitats and food sources.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that the daily global sea surface temperature has reached its highest level since records began.
Description This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air sensors provide a detailed look at particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter, also known as PM2.5, one of the world’s deadliest forms […]
This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator and climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy . It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any). Video description In the fight against climate change, the world has made immense progress on renewable power - with wind and solar growing faster than ever. And finally carbon dioxide emissions are flatlining. But if we've made so much progress, why is CO2 building up in our atmosphere faster than ever before? And what can we do to finally protect our climate and ourselves? Support ClimateAdam on patreon: https://patreon.com/climateadam
As heat waves intensify, advocates are pushing for protections for incarcerated people, who have little ability to escape dangerous temperatures.
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier’s floating ice tongue broke away on 4 August 2026.The event marks the glacier’s largest loss of floating ice since 2012 and the most significant calving event in the Arctic since 2020 – revealing once again how rapidly Earth’s polar landscapes can change.
On 15 August 2026, China’s Ecological and Environmental Code entered into force, consolidating more than 30 environmental laws into a unified framework of more than 1240 articles (1). At the time of this publication, the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP17) is ongoing in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2). This rare convergence offers an opportunity to extend China’s ecological governance beyond national borders through evidence-based dryland restoration cooperation.
Nature, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02586-2They release compounds that contribute to ozone emissions, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler and Zeke Hausfather Global temperatures are predicted to soar due to the El Niño event that is currently ramping up. Most forecasts predict that 2027 will set records, with the global average temperature reaching levels we would not expect until the late 2030s. This plot, from the Washington Post and one of us (ZH), shows how 2027’s temperatures could rise to levels expected in 2037. To what extent does this upcoming El Niño give us a preview of what the climate will be like a decade or two from now? What is El Niño? Here’s what one of us (AD) wrote in his climate textbook : The best-known example of unforced variability in our climate is...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 16, 28 August 2026.
Live Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Niño could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sanket Jain Extreme heat and widespread drought related to climate change have been in the headlines this summer everywhere from Europe to the Colorado River Basin to Puerto Rico and Bangladesh . But drought is only the beginning of the problem for drinking water. Scientists say the depleted groundwater supplies that remain will warm by 2.1 degrees C globally by the end of this century – changing their chemistry and leading to contamination. And heat is just one concern. Droughts and fluctuating rainfall patterns are also altering groundwater quality. The good news is that around the world, local and regional authorities are experimenting with ways to replenish groundwater, including methods for collecting...
Learn why elk accounted for more aggressive wildlife encounters than bears across Canadian national parks.
These titles showcase how disciplines across the curriculum can inform our response to climate change.
In this exclusive video, we explore how climate change and rising temperatures can affect mental health.
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Josh Gabbatiss, Daisy Dunne, Molly Lempriere, Dr Simon Evans Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing anti-net-zero policies, alongside vehement opposition to immigration. The hard-right populist party is currently mired in a funding controversy and only has a handful of MPs, yet, until recently, it had been leading in national polls for more than a year. As seen with many similar parties across Europe and beyond, a rejection of climate science is central to Reform’s ideological outlook. Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, is a vocal critic of what he calls “ net stupid zero ” and has incorrectly blamed “the sun or volcanoes”...
Video: 00:06:30 Plants may look still and silent, but every leaf is constantly responding to its environment.As plants photosynthesise, they emit an incredibly faint glow called fluorescence. Invisible to our eyes, this signal can reveal how plants are using sunlight and how they respond to heat, drought, pests and other environmental stresses.ESA’s Fluorescence Explorer, or FLEX, will detect this faint signal from space. Using its highly sensitive FLORIS instrument, FLEX will map plant fluorescence across Earth, giving scientists a new way to observe plant health and photosynthetic activity on a global scale.These observations will help us better understand how vegetation responds to a changing climate, including the effects of drought, and improve our understanding of the global carbon...
Climate change will increase our exposure to myriad infections, from tick-borne diseases to drug-resistant bacterial infections.
The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter.
The Tara Polar Station – a ship built specifically for polar missions by the French organisation Tara Ocean Foundation – is deliberately allowing itself to become trapped in the sea ice in order to explore the Arctic Ocean. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute are also taking part in the Tara Polaris I expedition (2026–2027). The Tara Polar Station has now reached the ice floe; the resulting drift marks the start of an international research programme planned for the next two decades. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the state of our planet’s only polar ocean, as well as the state of the Earth itself.
Permafrost is a key component of the Arctic’s complex ecosystem: it stores large quantities of carbon over long periods and provides for firm, stable ground. As the ice melts, the ground subsides, creating a depression in which meltwater can collect and, over many years, grows into a lake. While these thermokarst lakes accelerate the thawing of permafrost, they are a vital source of livelihood for local people at the same time. With technical support from North American partners, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have established the ‘Lost Lakes‘ database, which provides key information on the state of Arctic thermokarst lakes in real time, as well as over longer periods. This enables detecting changes in permafrost landscapes as soon as they occur and helps local communities to respond...
NOAA data show unprecedented heat across the contiguous U.S., as deepening drought, shrinking reservoirs, and a severe wildfire season underscore the growing impacts of a warming climate.
In this excerpt from "The Carbon Wave," author Leah Stokes explores the lead up to that moment, and the wave of environmental action that followed.
New research finds that western Siberia is becoming wetter as the world warms, while eastern Siberia seems to be getting drier. And both these conditions are fueling a rise in methane emissions, spelling trouble for the climate.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Does hosting wind turbines provide farmers with additional income? Wind projects provide farmers with substantial economic benefits while allowing most land to remain in agricultural use. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates about 98% of land within a typical wind project remains available for farming, grazing, or other uses. Meanwhile, farmers who host turbines can receive long-term lease payments that provide additional income and financial stability. One study found that farmers with turbines invested about twice as much in their farms, while 80% had plans for who would take...
Hurricane Lowell to bring impacts to Hawaii, isolated 14 inches of rain could produce flash floods, and could cause streams to overflow.
Ninety million years ago, Earth’s climate was so warm that dinosaurs roamed swampy rainforests even in what is now icy Antarctica. A team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, RWTH Aachen University and Northumbria University has now found – in a sediment core - evidence of recurring wildfires in Cretaceous Antarctica near the South Pole. The fires apparently promoted the spread of early peatlands in the wet swamp forests. This ancient co-evolution of fire and peatland formation provides valuable insight into the development and preservation of raised bogs, which are now acutely threatened by climate change and increasing drought. The findings have now been published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 30, 2026 thru Sat, September 5, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (6 articles) When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal`s catastrophic flood - and why climate change is raising the risks The Conversation, Umesh Haritashya, Aug 29, 2026. Climate crisis pushes French winemakers to bet on warmer future in Brittany and Normandy An important part of the French economy is chased north by climate change but successful adapatation is not a certainty. France 24, France 24 staff, Aug 31, 2026. Coral Reefs Are Running Out of Time to Recover, Research Finds Rising sea temperatures mean reefs...
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.
Learn how radar revealed weeks of movement before the Nepal collapse and what nearly two centuries of glacier loss show about Langtang.
Almost every aspect of our food system will be transformed by climate change.
A Duke University program is training rural faith leaders to educate residents and provide relief during heat waves.
Learn about Thismia daemona, the “devil flower” recently found in a Thai national park that survives without sunlight.
Nature, Published online: 02 September 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02753-5Earth will breach a long-standing target before the end of the decade, report says.
The season’s mean temperature was made around 130 times more likely due to human-induced climate change.
From a five-year-old weather enthusiast and a much-loved Labrador puppy, to meteorological pioneers and Shaun the Sheep, the Met Office, and its partners, has revealed the storm naming list for the 2026/27 season.
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink On the morning of August 26th, part of a glacier cliff on the north face of Langtang Lirung (a ~7,200 meter peak 60 km north of Kathmandu) collapsed. The falling mass of ice and rock released energy equivalent to a magnitude 5.2 earthquake according to the USGS , and set off a debris flow that traveled ~100 km down into the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi rivers. This buried and washed away large parts of towns, severed the only highway between Nepal and China, and damaged at least six hydropower facilities. Currently (the morning of August 28th), reports put the death toll at around 500, with roughly 2,000 people still missing across Nepal and Tibet, and we expect these numbers to continue to rise. The tragedy is unfortunately familiar...
A listing of 29 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, August 23, 2026 thru Sat, August 29, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (8 articles) Climate change is unearthing new archeological discoveries, while also threating them NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology. NPR, Danielle Kurtzleben, Aug 23, 2026. The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: ‘Bigger shocks are on the way’ Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and...
Learn how six sensor-wearing narwhals traced warm Atlantic water into Greenland’s fjords, where it may accelerate glacier melt.
Discover the top stories from Aug. 22 to Aug. 28, 2026, including mummies made 2,000 years before the rise of Egypt and a rare brain-eating amoeba that is spreading across the U.S.
An analysis of coral taken from the Galápagos Islands reveals that El Niño has become nearly 40% stronger since the preindustrial era.
Catastrophic floods in Nepal may have resulted from a "hazard cascade" that may have been amplified by climate change, one scientist has warned.
1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle
Sports and recreation have more influence than you might think.
In June 2026, the southern margin of the Taklamakan Desert experienced an unprecedented extreme precipitation event, triggering sudden and severe flooding (1). The phenomenon of desert flooding challenges the conventional understanding of hydrological processes in hyperarid regions, where flooding events have traditionally been considered rare. However, this perception is increasingly challenged by observational evidence.
NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades. Sustaining that record for the scientific and operational communities who depend on it requires more than engineering talent. It requires planning for an uncertain future: anticipating where a mission delay […]
Experts are analyzing decades of images from Landsat satellites for clues about how the iconic birds have responded to sea ice disruptions in the past.
Learn how a magnetic field may have helped shape the Solar System, embedding traces of ancient magnetism within a meteorite from Antarctica.
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Do wind turbines release more emissions than burning fossil fuels? Wind turbines generate emissions during construction and transportation, but their overall climate impact is far lower than that of fossil fuels. “Lifecycle emissions” is a measure of all emissions from raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, installation, operation, and disposal. A National Renewable Energy Laboratory review estimates that wind power produces about 13 grams of CO2-equivalent per kilowatt-hour over its full lifecycle. Natural gas averages about 486 grams, while coal is roughly 1,001 grams–or...
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts. In new research, scientists at NASA’s SHIELD (Solar Wind with Hydrogen Ion charge Exchange and Large-Scale Dynamics) center — one of […]
Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most detailed looks ever at the city’s air pollution. Over the course of three years, these sensors measured particulate matter that is 2.5 micrometers or less […]
Scientists are trying to figure it out.
Extreme heat will become more common as the climate continues to warm. That will affect almost every facet of our health.
Learn how retreating sea ice and shifting prey are turning East Greenland into a summer feeding ground for thousands of whales.
NSIDC’s analysis site Sea Ice Today returns With the generous support of the Climate Science and Communication Fund from Surge Climate Talent, NSIDC’s Ice Sheets and Sea Ice News and Analysis (ISSINA) is able to start up monthly science assessments for the Sea Ice Today site, which has continued to offer maps and charts of polar sea ice data. However, Ice Sheets Today will remain paused. Science commentary will return for NSIDC’s Sea Ice Today analysis site at the beginning of September 2026. Our format will be similar to previous posts; however, mid-month posts will not resume during the peak Arctic melt season. Our monthly posts will still feature weather and climate conditions of the preceding month, current status of the ice in both hemispheres, and...
Chang’e-7 will sample lunar ice in a polar crater to trace its origins
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 19 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02727-5Extreme heat events are increasing, and urban adaptation is urgently needed for humans and non-humans to function safely under heat. Here we present a thermal justice framework and highlight how its use facilitates equitable adaptation and minimizes heat-risk displacement.