Wildfires near Indonesia's new capital deepen an air pollution health crisis
Fires burning within miles of Nusantara's government complex are pushing pollution levels far above safe limits as Indonesia's dry season intensifies.
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Climate & Science
Global warming, extreme weather, scientific reports.
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Climate change is not a future scenario; it is a measured present. This section follows global warming through its data: temperature records, ice and sea-level measurements, attribution studies that test whether an extreme weather event can be tied to the climate crisis, and the reports published by the IPCC and national agencies. Every story links back to where it came from — the dataset or the peer-reviewed paper — rather than to a second-hand figure.
Juneau builds an early-warning dashboard for its recurring glacial floods
A public flood-forecasting tool is helping Juneau residents prepare for the glacial outburst floods that have repeatedly damaged homes since 2023.
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A fifth of global emissions are tied to trade, and imports go largely uncounted
A new tracker finds a fifth of global emissions ride on international trade, exposing a blind spot in how countries count their pollution.
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Small, overlooked glacial lakes are causing deadly floods in the Himalayas
Tiny glacial lakes that form and drain quickly are proving harder to detect and more dangerous than previously understood, researchers say, after a series of deadly floods across the Himalayas.
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Some North Carolina coastal towns now flood up to 100 days a year
Rising sea levels mean ordinary high tides are now enough to flood roads in some North Carolina coastal towns, cutting residents off from work, school and medical appointments as often as 100 days a year.
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Indonesia's wildfire smoke is sending children to the hospital with pneumonia
El Nino-driven wildfires in Borneo and Sumatra have sent tens of thousands of people to health clinics with respiratory illness this year, with children at the highest risk.
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Rising heat is putting elderly populations at growing risk, study finds
A new Lancet study finds elderly populations face rapidly growing exposure to dangerous heat as the planet warms, with South Asia and the Gulf facing the most severe risks.
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August 2026 ties as the hottest month ever recorded
New EU satellite data shows last month tied July 2023 as the warmest on record, as the UN's climate chief warned the crisis is now an economic emergency.
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Indonesia's September forest fires emit more CO2 than many countries produce in a week
Copernicus data shows Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatra fires released nearly 20 million tons of CO2 in a single week, driven by El Niño heat and drought.
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Low river levels are squeezing Europe's economy again
Extreme heat and drought have pushed the Rhine and Danube to historic lows, disrupting freight, industry and nuclear power output across the continent.
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This summer's heat and drought hit European crop yields hard
Record heat, drought and wildfires across Europe this summer have driven down crop yields sharply, pushing global food prices to their highest level since early 2023.
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Nepal demands $20 million from big polluters after glacier collapse kills 1,300
Nepal's Foreign Minister says the world's largest emitters must "wake up" and pay for the disaster that helped cause a deadly glacier collapse.
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