Science
Biotechnology Emerges as a New Tool for Helping Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change
Conservationists are beginning to use genomics, cloning, selective breeding, engineered microbes and assisted gene flow to help vulnerable species survive…
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Climate Change
Environment
Clean Energy Expansion Could Accelerate Global Climate Action Through Positive Tipping Points
Discover how positive tipping points in the clean energy transition are accelerating global climate action through falling costs and rapid…
Environment
Plastic Has Transformed Modern Life, but Its Environmental Cost Is Becoming Impossible to Ignore
Explore the hidden environmental cost of plastic, from microplastics and climate impacts to global waste challenges and innovative circular solutions.
Environment
El Niño Threatens Asia With Drought and Rising Food-Security Risks
As El Niño intensifies in late 2026, Asia faces rising drought risks, agricultural disruptions, and food-security challenges. Read the latest…
Environment
GLOF Threat: The Growing Risk Facing India’s Himalayan Hill Towns
Explore the growing risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Himalayas. Learn how India monitors expanding lakes and…
Environment
Extreme Weather and Climate Risks Put Greater Focus on Global Environmental Action
Record ocean heat, a near-decade of exceptional global temperatures, and a still-alarming pattern of costly disasters are keeping climate adaptation…
Science
Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost 11.3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice. Most of It Was Not Surface Melt
The longest reconciled satellite record yet shows Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023,…
Environment
Extreme Heat, Drought, Wildfires and Floods Continue Worldwide in 2026
Extreme heat, drought, wildfires and destructive floods have affected large parts of the world during 2026, unfolding against an unusually…
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Deadly Disasters in the Himalayas Over a Dozen Years
A catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border is the latest in a series of deadly Himalayan disasters. Explore a 12-year…