Andrew Hoffman, an incoming professor of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences who will join Rice University’s faculty July 1, was awarded a …
Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories
Changes would allow companies to begin more construction before an air permit is issued—ramping up the pressure for permit approval.
A New Study Explains How Carbon Dioxide Cools the Upper Atmosphere—and Warms Earth Below
Researchers have solved a long-standing atmospheric puzzle: how rising carbon dioxide cools the stratosphere even as it warms Earth’s surface and …
Once-in-a-century ‘super’ El Niño in the cards as ocean temperatures reach near record highs in April
El Niño typically increases global temperatures on top of global warming, which increases the likelihood of extreme weather events like the wildfire …
Scientists Dispute Hypothesis That Climate Change Will Unleash Massive Ag Pest Populations
May 12, 2026. News. Photo of a small brown insect on a bright green leaf It has been assumed that warming temperatures under climate change will boost …
Thousands of deaths per year caused by invisible wildfire pollutant, satellite data shows
Over the past few decades, climate change — primarily driven by human activities like burning coal — has turned wildfire smoke from an occasional, …
1816: Tambora, climate change, and the year without a summer – College of the Atlantic
A massive volcanic eruption in the Indonesian Archipelago 211 years ago this April created a volcanic winter across the Northern Hemisphere and …
Government blocks climate–change lawsuits – both current and future – against so-called …
Neil Sands. The government is flexing its constitutional muscle to override a Supreme Court decision allowing an environmental activist to sue six …
Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits – NZ Herald
By Kate Newton of RNZ An activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking his case and others like …
Most apocalyptic climate scenario thrown out by experts – The Times
The most extreme projections for global warming have been discarded as implausible by the world’s top climate modellers.