Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian moon’s ocean. Data from NASA’s Juno mission has provided new insights into the thickness and subsurface structure of the icy shell encasing Jupiter’s moon Europa. Using the spacecraft’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR), mission scientists determined that the shell averages about 18 miles (29 […]
Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past.
The European Space Agency’s innovative Biomass satellite is now fully commissioned, opening free access to a powerful new stream of data that promise a step change in our understanding of forest dynamics and their role in regulating the global carbon cycle.
The world endured its costliest wildfire on record in 2025, its sixth-deadliest heat wave, and four floods or storms that caused at least 1,000 deaths. The post Earth was hit by 55 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2025 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 2, 28 January 2026.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 18, 2026 thru Sat, January 24, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (7 articles) Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change "Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance, according to a study from Scripps Oceanography." Inside Climate News, Johnny Sturgeon, Jan 15, 2026. ‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts "Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists" The Independent, Maria Butt, Jan 17, 2026. 2026 will likely be among...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 1, January 2026.
An “epigenetic” adaptation could prevent large numbers of loggerhead turtles from hatching as female due to climate change – a threat that was feared to lead to population collapse
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05863E, Review Article Suo Li, Libo Li, Hang Yang, Zhixuan Wang, Xiangrui Deng, Wenyi Lu, Wenhao Xu Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries promise exceptional theoretical energy density but face persistent challenges, notably polysulfide shuttling and sluggish redox kinetics. High-entropy materials (HEMs), leveraging their distinctive configurational entropy and unparalleled compositional... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.
Global supply chains are systematically offshoring the physiological burden of climate change. To manage transboundary risks, regulators rigorously track indirect greenhouse gas emissions across a company’s value chain (1), but they overlook the human cost of heatrelated stress. To protect workers globally, trade and labor regulators in importing countries should monitor and penalize heat stress associated with international trade.
Winter weather is now less dependable in many cities that have historically hosted the games. The post To survive warming winters, the Olympics will need to change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Photographer Frédéric Noy's shots give an insight into life around the rainforests of Udzungwa Mountains National Park – and efforts to protect it
Open access notables Mapping Europe’s rooftop photovoltaic potential with a building-level database , Kakoulaki et al., Nature Energy Individual building-level approaches are needed to understand the full potential of rooftop photovoltaics (PV) at national and regional scale. Here we use the European Digital Building Stock Model R2025, an open-access building-level database, to assess rooftop solar potential for each of the 271 million buildings in the European Union. The results show that potential capacity could reach 2.3 TWp (1,822 GWp residential, 519 GWp non-residential), with an annual output of 2,750 TWh based on current PV technology. This corresponds to approximately 40% of electricity demand in a 100% renewable scenario for...
Learn how a decade of monitoring reveals why Antarctic penguins are breeding earlier than ever, and what those shifts may signal about life in one of the world’s fastest-warming regions.
An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are extremely slim due to the age of the reactors, which were shut down over two decades ago
Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago
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 solar panels release more emissions than burning fossil fuels? Solar panels produce far less emissions than coal or natural gas. “Lifecycle emissions” counts all aspects of raw materials, manufacturing, transport, installation, operation, and disposal. A major National Renewable Energy Laboratory review of thousands of studies found that while some emissions are generated when solar panels are manufactured and shipped, their lifetime emissions are much lower than fossil fuels. Coal’s lifecycle climate pollution is about 23 times higher than solar power, and natural gas about...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink Recently there has been quite a debate online about the extent to which opposing near-term oil and gas infrastructure – pipelines, refineries, new production – is both necessary and politically effective as a strategy to reduce US emissions. These conversations have occurred in the context of a broader pivot toward affordability as a rallying cry of the left in the US, driven by concerns around the rapidly rising cost of housing, energy, and other goods. Matt Yglesias had a provocative piece in the NYT arguing that liberals should be less opposed to oil and gas, arguing that it might help make energy more affordable and win more conservative states and labor (without which there would be no climate policy...
Net zero wasn’t always the target – the consensus used to be that we could continue releasing greenhouse gases and maintain global temperatures. How did that change?
Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable power is crucial. The opening of Tesla's first "gigafactory", which used economies of scale to electrify our transport and energy systems, marked a turning point in this endeavour
New oil and gas leases could open more than a billion acres of U.S. coastal waters to development. The post U.S. public invited to weigh in on major offshore drilling proposal appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 11, 2026 thru Sat, January 17, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (10 articles) As a climate scientist, I know heatwaves in Australia will only get worse. We need to start preparing now "During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers" Comment is Free, The Guardian, Opinion by Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Jan 8, 2026. Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year "Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems." Science, Inside Climate...
Trump's calls for a takeover of Greenland puts open scientific collaboration that is helping our understanding of the threat of global sea-level rise at risk.
The 1995 film depicts a U.S. president standing up for the common good. The post Rob Reiner’s ‘The American President’ shows the path we could have taken on climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Stacks and Joules training program partners with a social service agency to make sure students who struggle with poverty and homelessness have their basic needs met. The post NYC nonprofit trains people for energy efficiency jobs and does so much more appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02541-5Economists have spent a decade designing the perfect climate club, yet political reality has hitherto rendered these designs practically infeasible. The Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Markets offers a path forward, but only if its architects recognize that understanding political feasibility is crucial to turning a declaration into a functioning carbon pricing club that could close the emissions gap.
These overview articles and reports will help you catch up on the legal, scientific, and economic landscape for climate change and energy. The post 5 climate resources to get you up to speed for 2026 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As floods, droughts, and heat waves rise, growers face make-or-break seasons with an insufficient safety net. The post Small farms fight for survival in a warming Midwest appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Human-caused global warming pushed global temperatures to near-record levels despite the cooling influence of the La Niña phenomenon, which typically suppresses global temperatures. The post 2025 was Earth’s 3rd-warmest year on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Worldwide, millions of people live in river deltas that are sinking faster than sea levels are rising, research suggests. This exacerbates the risk of catastrophic coastal flooding and land loss.
Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. Earth’s global surface temperature in 2025 was slightly warmer than 2023 – but within the margin of error the two years are effectively tied according to an analysis by NASA scientists. Since record-keeping began in 1880, the hottest year on record remains 2024. Global temperatures in 2025 were […]
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 Global warming continues to ramp up, with 2025 one of the hottest three years we've ever observed, and probably the hottest in over 100,000 years. With these scorching temperatures, we've seen devastation in the form of natural disasters, like heatwaves, wildfires, floods, storms and droughts. So what will this year bring in terms of climate change? And how are climate scientists able to answer this before the year is even fully underway? Ultimately, though, the biggest questions for a our climate have us much to do with the political as the planetary...
A report warns that we may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming, which could damage economic growth
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06874F, Paper Mengxiao Li, Yu Li, Huijie Wang, Mingjun Hu, Jun Yang Aqueous alkaline nickel-based batteries are regarded as ideal candidates for large-scale energy storage due to their high safety and inherent low cost, but they are plagued by the toxicity, side... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Mission to Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands reveals degradation of a sea ice haven
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 clearing trees for solar panels release more CO 2 than the solar panels would prevent? Clearing trees to build solar farms does not negate their climate change benefits, because one acre of solar panels prevents far more CO 2 emissions than an acre of forest absorbs. In the U.S., replacing equivalent natural gas power with one acre of solar prevents about 175 to 198 metric tons of CO 2 emissions per year. In contrast, an average acre of forest sequesters less than 1 metric ton of CO 2 per year. An acre of solar cuts roughly 200 times more CO 2 than an acre of trees...
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections The year that just ended saw numerous records broken on climate and clean energy. It was the second-hottest year on record at Earth’s surface, behind only 2024 . The high temperatures were shocking for a year with a La Niña event. La Niñas draw cold water up to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, and hence are relatively cool years at Earth’s surface, while El Niño events have the opposite effect. 2025 was by far the hottest year with a La Niña event. For perspective, 1998 was a record-shattering hot year at the time because it experienced the strongest El Niño event on record, but it was more than half a degree Celsius colder than 2025. Global warming has made 1998 look so unremarkable...
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 4, 2026 thru Sat, January 10, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (8 articles) Analysis: UK renewables enjoy record year in 2025 – but gas power still rises Carbon Brief, Simon Evans & Ho Woo Nam, Jan 2, 2025. The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Climate News tracked in 2025. Inside...
Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on the planet.
China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean energy.
The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06795B, Paper Xijun Liu, Le Zhang, Qiangchao Sun, Shuyu Bi, Min Lin, Guanghui Cao, Xionggang Lu, Hongwei Cheng Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are promising for renewable energy storage due to their inherent safety and reliability. However, zinc anodes are plagued by parasitic reactions, particularly under high-current-density conditions,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Learn how exhaust methane from lunar spacecraft may pollute the moon, potentially contaminating molecules that are billions of years old.
Open access notables A Long-Term Shift in Flow Regimes over the Antarctic Peninsula , Guarino et al., Journal of Climate We present consequences of Antarctic surface warming for the stability of the lower atmosphere since the 1950s. We show that the surface atmosphere over the Antarctic Peninsula has become less stable, and that this reduced stability favors the generation of atmospheric gravity waves from the Peninsula, one of the major sources of atmospheric waves on the planet. We provide a physically based explanation (i.e., a shift in flow regimes) for the increased gravity wave forcing that we find in an unprecedented set of reanalysis products, satellite observations, and model simulations, and that we present here for the first time. Gravity wave forcing...
Natural grasslands cover about 40% of the Earth’s land surface. Grassland plants have largely coevolved with wild grazing animals, making these ecosystems generally well-adapted to grazing livestock. Evidence shows that when grazing is properly managed — such as avoiding soil tillage, excessive grazing intensity, and high nitrogen fertilizer inputs — grasslands can function as net carbon sinks, even after accounting formethane emissions from livestock. If parts of this vast grassland area are managed with grazing practices that maintain this role, the potential global benefits for climate change mitigation could be substantial. However, despite growing attention and evidence on the role of grasslands, efforts to reduce climate change from land use have mostly focused on forests. In contrast...
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief The UK’s fleet of wind, solar and biomass power plants all set new records in 2025, Carbon Brief analysis shows, but electricity generation from gas still went up. The rise in gas power was due to the end of UK coal generation in late 2024 and nuclear power hitting its lowest level in half a century, while electricity exports grew and imports fell. In addition, there was a 1% rise in UK electricity demand – after years of decline – as electric vehicles (EVs), heat pumps and data centres connected to the grid in larger numbers. Other key insights from the data include: Electricity demand grew for the second year in a row to 322 terawatt hours (TWh), rising by 4TWh (1%) and hinting at a shift towards steady...
Grazing his flock at solar farms lets him raise sheep, earn a steady income, and keep the family legacy alive. The post How one rancher beat drought, debt, and low cotton prices appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Samantha Harrington Renewable energy and climate action boomed in communities, states, and the world in 2025, despite setbacks at the federal level in the U.S, so much so that Science designated the “seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy” as its 2025 Breakthrough of the Year . Climate solutions come in all shapes and sizes, and at Yale Climate Connections, we started off the year with the launch of our climate solutions hub , a page designed to help you easily identify climate actions that fit into your life. It’s a great place to find a climate-related New Year’s resolution if that’s your jam. To close 2025 out on a high note, check out our favorite solutions...
Learn how ancient DNA and tooth enamel are rewriting England’s medieval history and showing connections between climate change and migration.
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based on NASA's Apollo lunar samples.
Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US economy, but the inconsistent policies of successive presidents are the "worst case" scenario
A 2016 astronaut photo of the Bahamas shows a series of luminous, rippling sandbanks partly carved out by a coral reef. The image also reveals subtle differences in the ocean's surface caused by a steep, hidden ocean drop-off.
The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, showing the ice sheet’s vulnerability
This is a re-post from Carbon Brief by Izzy Woolgar , director of external affairs at the Centre for Net Zero ; Andy Hackett , senior policy adviser at the Centre for Net Zero ; and Laurens Speelman , principal at the Rocky Mountain Institute Electric vehicles (EVs) now account for more than one-in-four car sales around the world, but the next phase is likely to depend on government action – not just technological change. That is the conclusion of a new report from the Centre for Net Zero , the Rocky Mountain Institute and the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute . Our report shows that falling battery costs, expanding supply chains and targeted...
Hayden is tapping renewable thermal energy to affordably heat and cool its new business park — and entice companies looking to reduce energy costs. The post Why this Colorado coal town is digging geothermal appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The amount of rainfall in the southern Amazon basin has declined by 8 to 11 per cent since 1980, largely due to the impact of deforestation
Learn more about the new research that backs up the theory that the bluestones of Stonehenge were carried or dragged by Neolithic people.
Solar geoengineering could halve the economic cost of climate change, but stopping it would cause temperatures to rebound sharply, leading to greater damage than unabated global warming
Despite its small size, Mars seems to have a huge impact on the orbital cycles that govern Earth’s climate, especially those that cause ice ages
Jan. 24, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07550E, Paper Zhe Zhang, Wenli Qi, Shiwan Zhang, Jiacheng Zhu, Linlin Wang, Yue Bai, Jiale Chen, Yifan Chen, Guangqiang Hou, Xiaogang Niu, Xuefeng Wang, Ji-Tao Chen, Xiao Ji, Yujie Zhu To advance the practical application of potassium-ion batteries (PIBs), the lack of robust electrolytes must be addressed, as the prevailing fluorinated solvents present a cost-prohibitive and environmentally unsustainable solution. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Children’s developing lungs make them vulnerable to air pollution. The post Wildfire smoke is a growing threat to kids appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
An incoming Arctic blast will send temperatures plunging and trigger a massive and long-lasting winter storm. But will it trees explode?
Already recognised for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small prototype mission has succeeded in paving the way for a new constellation of similar satellites, known as EPS-Sterna.
Learn more about the climate events that may have led to food shortages and the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.
In fall 2025, more than 50 educators and over 1,500 young people across Maine and New Hampshire participated in NASA’s Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Green Down, a citizen science (also known as participatory science or community science) initiative that engages students and volunteers in tracking seasonal changes in plant life. By observing and documenting leaf color change and leaf drop, participants contributed valuable data used by scientists studying how ecosystems respond to a changing climate.
This is a re-post from the WMO Press Office The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2025 was one of the three warmest years on record, continuing the streak of extraordinary global temperatures. The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record, and ocean heating continues unabated. Key messages Past 11 years have been 11 warmest on record Temporary cooling by La Niña does not reverse long-term trend Ocean warming continues unabated WMO consolidates eight datasets for single authoritative source of information International data exchange underpins climate monitoring The global average surface temperature was 1.44°C (with a margin of uncertainty of ± 0.13°C)...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06121K, Paper Xueming Dang, Shuai Wu, Qian Li, Xiaorong Gan, Alex K.-Y. Jen, Dangyuan Lei, Huimin Zhao An oxygen spillover strategy achieves O* transport from metal atoms to couple with OH* on carbon atoms, then formation of OOH* in peroxy–ether intermediates for H 2 O 2 synthesis by Ni-CDs/COFs from H 2 O. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05739F, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Hyun-Wook Lee, Woojin Jeong, Seong Soo Park, Ho-Jeong Ji, Ji-Su Woo, Juhyun Lee, Ye-Jin An, Yu-Chan Hwang, Dong-Ha Kim, Hongjun Chang, Minseok Kim, Mikang Jeong, Moonsu Yoon, Dongsoo Lee, Jongsoon Kim, Zheng-Long Xu, Taeseup Song, Janghyuk Moon, Junghyun Choi, Won-Jin Kwak Dry-processed thick electrodes are a key strategy for increasing the energy density of batteries. However, thick dry electrodes, especially anodes, suffer from limited ion mobility, causing non-uniform solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI)... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm yesterday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and large parts of Europe. The storm broke a record that had stood for more than two decades.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06908D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Siddhartha Nanda, Andrei Dolocan, Ayrton Yanyachi, Saurabh S. Satpute, Doosoo Kim, Kami Hull, Donal P Finegan, Ofodike Ezekoye, Hadi Khani Potassium(K)-ion batteries are an attractive alternative to lithium-ion due to their resource abundance, graphite-anode compatibility, manufacturability, and reduced reliance on critical metals. Yet their thermal safety remains poorly defined. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The Trump administration canceled a grant meant to help city residents pay for insulation and new heating systems. The post Milwaukee pushes ahead on energy efficiency despite lost federal funds appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07175E, Paper Quan Zong, Xuelian Liu, Keyi Chen, Qi-Long Zhang, Haoran Yuan, Shuang Zhou, Guoying Wei, Gongxun Bai, Anqiang Pan Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (ZIBs) are promising candidates for large‐scale energy storage owing to their high safety, low cost, and environmental friendliness. However, the practical application of ZIBs remains challenged by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
It never used to be possible to attribute individual weather events to climate change and map their full consequences. Thanks to the work of two pioneering climate scientists, it is now
Although we’re on course to cross 1.5°C of warming, the alliance of small island nations that revised our goal down from the 2°C threshold transformed global climate policy
The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the U.K.
Eruptions from volcanic arcs, found where tectonic plates converge, are one of the major drivers of natural carbon emissions, but a model of Earth’s ancient carbon cycle suggests this is a relatively recent phenomenon
Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one of Earth’s largest mass extinctions.
From high-wind forecasts and wildfire behavior to floods, aviation hazards, air quality and space weather, science developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research informs decisions that aim to reduce risk.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00134C, Review Article Madhusudhana M Devadiga, Subham Sarangi, Anushree S Bhat, Magdalena Osial, Kuruvilla Joseph, Sunday Olusegun, Jagdeep Singh, Nannan Wang, Luiz Antonio Ribeiro, Jr., Santosh K. Tiwari Despite decades of research on CO 2 capture and conversion, translating laboratory advances into products for widespread public use remains elusive. This review argues that the persistent emphasis on incremental... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The map shows diverse geological features shaping Antarctic glaciers from below, which can improve climate models of ice melt.
Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.
Iraq is highly affected by climate change and its consequences (1), with rising temperatures surpassing the global average (2). As a result, the country is facing both droughts and flash floods, a devastating combination that threatens its water, food, and social security. To address the challenges associated with climate extremes, Iraq needs an urgent strategic plan.
More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
Some of the world’s biggest megacities are located in river deltas threatened by subsidence due to excessive groundwater extraction and urban expansion, compounding the threat they face from sea-level rise
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06668A, Paper Xinran Fu, Yicai Pan, Zhixiang Chen, Fulong Li, Yongqiang Yang, Min Chen, Haoran Tu, Tianyu Qiu, Zhenyue Xing, Peng Rao, Zhenye Kang, Wenjun Zhang, Xiaodong Shi, Lutong Shan, Xinlong Tian The applications of Zn-I2 batteries are plagued by severe side reactions, including the polyiodide shuttle on the cathode and parasitic by-products on the zinc anode. Herein, we introduce an amino... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Construction generates between 10 and 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but cities can slash their climate impact by designing buildings in a more efficient way
Learn more about the Norris Uplift Anomaly at Yellowstone National Park and how advanced monitoring systems helped researchers spot it again.
It was the first year in a decade without a U.S. hurricane landfall - but it still ranked third for billion-dollar disasters. The post 2025: The fourth warmest year in U.S. history was full of deadly weather extremes appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Some of climate change's sharpest realities are being felt on small island nations, where extreme weather is claiming homes and triggering displacement. Those able to stay are spearheading inventive adaptation techniques in a bid to secure their future
A 2025 satellite image shows a series of ghostly ice swirls sculpted on the surface of Lake Michigan by strong winds during an extreme cold snap that covered Chicago in a blanket of snow.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02542-4The authors quantify long-term (2003–2024) changes in Northern Hemisphere mountain aspect asymmetry—the difference in vegetation density between polar-facing and equatorial-facing slopes. They show a weakening trend, linked to changing hydrothermal conditions.
Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year – but it could come at a cost to the Arctic ecosystem
The country holds the world’s largest oil reserves, but its oil industry now operates far below its historical potential. The post Five keys to understanding Venezuela’s oil history appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Last year saw the U.S. move backward on climate while China ascended. Here’s what to expect next. The post Where things stand on climate change in 2026 appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
As Storm Goretti’s influence wanes through Friday further snow and ice warnings have been issued, with disruption likely for much of Scotland and northern England on Sunday.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07366A, Paper Yan Jin, Jihao Qin, Jin Cao, Zhenyang Zhang, Xin An, Shenghan Wang, Xue-Lin Yang Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries present a compelling route for sustainable energy storage yet remain hindered by uncontrolled dendritic growth and the parasitic polyiodide shuttle effect. Here, we surmount these challenges by... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate
A global network of experts at Science Feedback is correcting false claims about climate change and clean energy. The post Scientists push back on climate myths appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Often called Earth’s green lungs, tropical forests pull down massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, release oxygen and help regulate the global climate. While the threat of large-scale deforestation is well known, new findings reveal a surprising culprit – the clearance of small areas of forest accounts for more than half of net carbon losses across the Tropics.
Learn how researchers were able to use a climate model to uncover information about water on ancient Mars.
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan, Italy on July 1, 2025. Storm observations from space station help scientists study Earth’s upper atmosphere, which can improve weather models and protect communication systems and aircraft. Space station crew take photographs of […]
The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period by satellites from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE06738C, Paper Zhijian Qiu, Yongpeng Cui, Lina Ge, Wanning Xiong, Zeyi Zhang, Kaian Yang, Yao Wang, Xiu Li Gao, Pengyun Liu, Xuejin Li, Qingzhong Xue, Wei Xing The imperative for reliable lithium batteries under extreme low-temperature (LT) conditions has revived interest in organic electrodes, yet their practical deployment is frustrated by severe electrode dissolution and sluggish Li + ... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Learn about the longest observation of an active solar region, a feat that could start a path to improved solar storm forecasts.
An ambitious form of climate modelling aims to pin the blame for disasters – from floods to heatwaves – on specific companies. Is this the tool we need to effectively prosecute the world’s biggest carbon emitters?
Climate Trace is mapping data from power plants, factories, and other industrial facilities. The post Satellites are now tracking big polluters around the world appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D5EE05711F, Paper Xinhua Zheng, Bibo Han, Chaofan Liu, Ruilin Li, Cheng Chao Li, Shikai Liu, Faxing Wang, Yuping Wu Developing practical zinc (Zn) batteries necessitates taming Zn electrodeposition at source to suppress associated unfavorable reactions while enhancing Zn utilization efficiency at commercially relevant areal capacities (≥10 mAh cm-2). This... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time). The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created […]
An Arctic airmass continues to cover the UK, bringing cold conditions with snow, sleet and hail showers.
The colorful formations found in this bowl-shaped escarpment in southwestern Utah are the centerpiece of Cedar Breaks National Monument.