Climate Change

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hurricane Melissa is the most devastating storm to hit Jamaica in recorded history, CNN reports. It rapidly intensified over the past few days, with its winds reaching 185 miles per hour at the time of landfall. This intensification is a feature of hot water, and the Caribbean in that area […]

Climate Crisis

How Extreme Temperatures Strain Minds and Bodies: A Karachi Case Study

The Conversation

By Gulnaz Anjum, University of Limerick and Mudassar Aziz, University of Oslo (The Conversation) – When the daytime air feels like an oven and night brings no relief, people in Karachi, Pakistan, say the heat “goes straight to the head”. They mean more than dizziness or sweat. It’s the creeping panic of a body that […]

Climate Crisis

Forced to Work on an Overheating Planet

Open Democracy

Workers on the front lines of climate change are treated as expendable. This is morally bankrupt and unsustainable By Denise Brennan As the planet heats up, labour conditions are rapidly shifting. Climate change is supercharging exploitation and normalising unsafe work as corporations continue to prioritise profits over workers’ rights and wellbeing. This new era needs […]

Climate Crisis

Rivers are heating up faster than the Air − that’s a Problem for aquatic Life and People

The Conversation

By Li Li (李黎), Penn State (The Conversation) – When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and unbearable summer afternoons. These heat waves dominate the headlines because we feel them directly. Rivers, on the other hand, are often seen as cool refuges, places to escape the heat of summer. […]

Climate Crisis

Why Conflict Refugees are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Risks

The Conversation

By Kerrie Holloway, ODI Global (The Conversation) – After heavy rains, a landslide “completely levelled” a remote village in western Sudan in early September. It was the temporary home of hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled the conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, to what they had […]

Climate Crisis

New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells, Despite Trump Denials

ProPublica

by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica Co-published with Inside Climate News and The Texas Tribune ( ProPublica ) – Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on a budget. The property where he lived with his wife didn’t have […]

Arctic

Warming Temperatures affect Glaciers’ ability to store Meltwater, contributing to rising Sea Levels

The Conversation

(The Conversation) – Danielle Halle, University of Waterloo and Wesley Van Wychen, University of Waterloo In higher elevations, firn, frozen water that is something between snow and ice, covers the top of glaciers. Firn plays a critical role in regulating glacial meltwater and sea level rise. It does this by absorbing meltwater, the water released […]

Climate Crisis

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

The Conversation

By Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona (The Conversation) – Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in recent years have been destructive and deadly. Since July, flooding during the 2025 summer monsoon has killed more than 700 people in Pakistan as water and mud swept through settlements […]