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Cocoa producer Giovanne holds a native Amazon species, which is naturally resistant to pests and extreme weather. Image by Cícero Pedrosa Neto.

Amazon floodplains cocoa offers a climate-resilient and sustainable chocolate

Sam Cowie, Cícero Pedrosa Neto 25 Jun 2026

Trump admin persists in quixotic quest against wind power despite legal defeat

Bobby Bascomb 25 Jun 2026
Firefighters from the Chico Mendes Institute work to contain a forest fire and prevent it from reaching Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in Brazil’s northern Goiás state in 2025. Image by AP Photo / Eraldo Peres.

Fire surge in 2025 threatened isolated peoples in Brazil

Aimee Gabay 24 Jun 2026
Farmers of Bangladesh harvest ripe rice crop

Bangladesh’s lightning death toll persists as years of gov’t safeguards fail

Sadiqur Rahman 23 Jun 2026
A howler monkey in the Amazon. As the world warms, plants and animals must quickly migrate to cooler places to stay resilient and survive.

Study offers first map of Amazon’s climate-resilient upslope corridors

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2026
Rain over the Amazon. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler

South America’s farms depend, in part, on a healthy Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Jun 2026

Rain along the Gulf Coast could become the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season

Associated Press 16 Jun 2026
The forest of Marston Vale in Bedfordshire in the U.K. where restoration efforts have yielded positive results for biodiversity and the community.

Can a new methodology save the carbon market?

Abhishyant Kidangoor 16 Jun 2026

Himalayan rivers shifting course as climate warming thaws the ‘Water Tower of Asia’

Naina Rao 16 Jun 2026

Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project

Associated Press 15 Jun 2026

El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

Associated Press 11 Jun 2026

The search for climate-resilient coffee: Diversifying beyond Arabica and Robusta

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2026

Sri Lanka’s recent drowning deaths linked to aftermath of extreme weather events

Kamanthi Wickramasinghe 10 Jun 2026

Indonesia’s grassroots farmers face increased unpredictability, experts say

Naina Rao 10 Jun 2026

Ancient Maya knowledge helps Guatemalan farmers cut agrochemical use

Mark Hillsdon 9 Jun 2026
A dead dusky morwong (Dactylophora nigricans) lies on a bed of seaweed at the water’s edge.

A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc

Nick Rodway 8 Jun 2026
Giant soft coral in South Korea

‘Slumping’ afflicted soft corals around a South Korean island in 2024. Will it return this year?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 8 Jun 2026

Scientists warn of climate blind spot as U.S. dismantles ocean sensors

Naina Rao 4 Jun 2026
Harsh sun floods the homes of local families. Their belongings are either stored away or ruined by the storm. Family artifacts and heirlooms now litter living spaces as jagged wood hangs from rafters. Image by World Central Kitchen via Flickr (CC BY 4.0).

From the wreckage of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, Pacific Islanders slowly recover

Anita Hofschneider 3 Jun 2026
Will Hackman at an Earth Day event in Washington, D.C. He argues that effective climate messaging should be framed around protecting people and communities, rather than saving the planet. Photo courtesy of Will Hackman.

New book offers tips to translate climate science into political gains

David Akana 2 Jun 2026
Harbor seals

Fisheries and climate research would be hit hard in Trump’s proposed budget

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jun 2026
Atlantic Puffin, Norway. Image courtesy of Ujval Pasupuleti / Ocean Image Bank.

Uncertainty about weakening Atlantic currents isn’t a reason to wait but to act (commentary)

Helen Findlay 2 Jun 2026

Global sand demand is outpacing nature’s ability to replenish it, UN says

Mongabay.com 1 Jun 2026

Intense heat during Mecca’s spring threatens millions of Hajj pilgrims

Naina Rao 1 Jun 2026
A view of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. The book notes that Rwanda is one of the few African countries with official guidance on urban forests. Image by Pacifique Gatete via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

As African cities heat up, a new book argues trees are part of the solution

David Akana 29 May 2026

Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings

Associated Press 26 May 2026
Lee White managed Gabon’s national parks for 10 years before becoming environment minister. Photo taken from his Facebook page.

Carbon cowboys and unpaid pledges: Ex-Gabon environment minister Lee White on conservation in Africa

Elodie Toto 25 May 2026
Aerial view of a cargo ship. Photo by Cameron Venti / Ocean Image Bank

The most underfunded climate opportunities may be at sea

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 May 2026

Climate change triples chance of deadly 2026 South Asia pre-monsoon heatwave: Report

Naina Rao 21 May 2026

New conservation effort launched to protect coral reefs in Yap

Naina Rao 21 May 2026
This elusive animal hunts in the dim light of dawn and dusk, making it difficult to observe and hard to count. One of the few ways to survey them is by laying nets, pictured here.

An Australian icon, the platypus is struggling — and scientists still lack answers

Paul Harvey 20 May 2026
Sand mining along the Mekong River

19,000 Great Pyramids a year: Report flags unsustainable rate of sand mining

Carolyn Cowan 18 May 2026

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