Climate

Europe’s Wildfire Crisis: How Extreme Heat Is Turning Summer Into a Disaster
Europe is facing one of the most challenging wildfire seasons of recent years as repeated heatwaves, prolonged drought and extremely dry vegetation create dangerous conditions across the continent. From France and Spain to Greece, Croatia, Germany and the United Kingdom, firefighters are battling blazes while thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to evacuate.
By Sagheen Khanabout a month ago in Earth
How an Icy Shipping Route at the Top of the World Is Bringing China and Russia Together
The Arctic is rapidly becoming one of the most strategically important regions in the world. As temperatures rise and sea ice patterns change, an ancient geographical barrier is opening new possibilities for international shipping. At the center of this transformation is the Northern Sea Route (NSR), a maritime corridor running along Russia’s Arctic coastline between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
By Sagheen Khanabout a month ago in Earth
The Whales Are Back From the Brink of Extinction — But Will Tourism Help or Hinder?
For decades, the return of humpback whales has represented one of the ocean’s most encouraging conservation stories. Once devastated by commercial whaling, these enormous marine mammals are now appearing in greater numbers along parts of Brazil’s coast, including waters near Rio de Janeiro. Their comeback is remarkable: the population that had fallen to fewer than 1,000 animals in the 1980s is now estimated at roughly 30,000–35,000. �
By Sagheen Khanabout a month ago in Earth
When Cleaning Up a River Does More Harm Than Good
When Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina in September 2024, rivers became something almost unrecognizable.
By Briar Roseabout a month ago in Earth
Will AI Take Over the World? Maybe Not. But It's Already Changing It.
We've all seen the movies. A superintelligent computer becomes self-aware. Robots overthrow humanity. Artificial intelligence spirals beyond our control while cities crumble beneath steel and smoke.
By Briar Roseabout a month ago in Earth
The Eclipse That Will Stop Europe: Everything You Need to Know About August 12, 2026
Picture yourself standing outside on an ordinary afternoon. The birds go quiet. The temperature drops a few degrees. The light turns strange, metallic, almost unreal — as if someone were slowly dimming a switch on the whole world. And then, in the middle of the day: darkness. A black disc where the sun used to be, ringed by a shimmering, silvery halo that no camera ever quite manages to capture.
By zenGazeabout a month ago in Earth
So, Maybe You Don't Think AI is All That Bad...
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A HUMAN WITH A HEARTBEAT, PLEASE DON’T BE OFFENDED, BUT I USED MY HANDS AND FINGERS AND BRAIN TO TYPE THIS OUT. Is that the disclaimer that we need nowadays?
By Stephen Kramer Avitabileabout a month ago in Earth
The Mountain Climber Who Survived Against Impossible Odds
Mountaineering is often described as a test of strength, endurance and courage. But sometimes survival depends on something even more important: the determination to keep moving when every logical reason says to stop.
By Sagheen Khanabout a month ago in Earth
Kolmanskop: The Forgotten Desert Town That Was Swallowed by Sand
In the middle of Namibia's vast desert stands a place that looks as though time simply stopped. Empty houses, old buildings and rooms filled with sand remain scattered across the landscape.
By Sagheen Khanabout a month ago in Earth
The Silence We Never Notice Until It’s Too Late
As a child, I couldn’t name every bird that visited our backyard, identify native butterflies, or tell different tree species apart. I paid little attention to conservation policy or endangered species; to me, each season brought its own unique soundtrack.
By Jenna Deedyabout a month ago in Earth
The accountant who decided to audit the planet: inside the climate work of Ambassador Dr. Mostafa Sherbiny
In 1989, Mostafa Sherbiny walked out of Cairo University's Faculty of Commerce with a degree in accounting and a habit that would define the rest of his career: he did not trust a claim until he could see the numbers behind it. Decades later, that same instinct sits at the center of his work on the climate. Ambassador Dr. Mostafa Sherbiny, the Egyptian sustainability and carbon footprint expert who became the first Egyptian appointed as a European Climate Pact Ambassador by the European Commission, has spent more than 35 years turning a bookkeeper's discipline into a method for holding governments and corporations to their environmental promises. Where others talk about ambition, he asks a harder question. Can you measure it, verify it, and put your name to the report? It is an unglamorous position in a field crowded with pledges, and it has made him one of the more credible voices on climate accountability to emerge from the Global South.
By Vipan K.about a month ago in Earth
Japan's Earthquake Victims Are Begging You to Stop Sending Paper Cranes
After the 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture claimed 38 lives, the disaster zone did not ask for more supplies. It asked, wearily, for people to stop sending paper cranes. Photographs on social media showed rows of colorful folded cranes sitting beside towering piles of relief goods. They looked wildly out of place.
By Jinabout a month ago in Earth