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Ocean waves under sunlight illustrating how seas absorb heat and carbon emissions

For decades, the ocean has been the great silent hero of the climate, absorbing nearly 30% of human-generated CO₂ and most of the heat, but at the 2026 Bonn conference, it became clear that this “blue defense” is already taking its toll

By Adrian Villellas

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July 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM

West African slender-snouted crocodile resting on a tree trunk above a forest river

One of Africa’s rarest crocodiles survives in the murky rivers of Ivory Coast, and, according to estimates by conservation experts, fewer than 500 adult specimens remain in the wild

By Adrian Villellas

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July 7, 2026 at 10:26 AM

A digital illustration of the carbon removal landscape, showing a balance between reforestation, direct air capture technology, and soil sequestration.

The fight against climate change is entering a challenging phase: it is no longer enough to simply reduce pollution, and scientists are talking about removing up to 9,700 million metric tons of CO2 per year by 2050

By Sonia Ramírez

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July 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Lush, intact rainforest canopy in Suriname, highlighting the biodiversity and primary forest cover currently at risk from agricultural expansion.

The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form

By ECONEWS

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July 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Soybean plants growing in an agricultural field as researchers study how climate change could increase yields while reducing nutritional quality.

A mixed bag for soybean farmers growing the crop in our future climate: higher yields but with poorer nutritional profiles

By Adrian Villellas

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July 3, 2026 at 4:30 AM

Yellowfin, an autonomous surface robot, surveys coral reefs in Majuro Lagoon to identify heat-resistant coral communities.

It looks like a yellow toy floating in a lagoon, but it has a huge mission: to find the most resilient corals before the ocean warms up again

By ECONEWS

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July 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM

The Spanish research vessel Odón de Buen sails during the MORIA 2 expedition to study Mediterranean Outflow Water and its influence on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

It all began with an extremely salty current flowing every day from the Mediterranean; now, a ship is traversing the ocean to investigate the Atlantic’s great climate engine

By Kevin Montien

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July 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Clean globe visualization showing a band of unusually warm water across the equatorial Pacific linked to El Niño.

The enormous mass of warm water in the Pacific that has just “woken up” and could influence storms, wildfires, monsoons, and temperatures through 2027

By Adrian Villellas

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July 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Cozumel dwarf fox resting on pale limestone ground in Cozumel, Mexico, in the first confirmed modern photograph of the rare canid.

An animal about the size of a small house cat has just caused quite a stir in Mexico after becoming the first known photographic evidence of the mysterious Cozumel dwarf fox

By Adrian Villellas

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July 1, 2026 at 4:24 AM

Aerial view of farmland and wooded rural land in Georgia at sunset.

Georgia has just created a $2 million fund to save farms before these centuries-old fields are turned into housing developments, warehouses, and data centers

By Kevin Montien

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June 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Wide view of red-rock canyons and desert cliffs in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Everything pointed to another cut, but Grand Staircase-Escalante has just narrowly avoided, at the last minute, a decision that would have forever changed one of the most impressive natural monuments in the United States

By Sonia Ramírez

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June 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Side-by-side satellite comparison of San Carlos Reservoir in Arizona, showing much higher water levels in June 2023 and severe shrinkage by May 2026.

NASA photos reveal San Carlos Reservoir shrinking to a mud-ring, visual proof that drought plus demand equals trouble

By Adrian Villellas

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June 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

People walk through a flooded neighborhood street after intense rainfall.

Sponge-city tech is teaching concrete to drink stormwater like a thirsty park — and it can’t happen fast enough

By Sonia Ramírez

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June 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Colorful coral reef with tropical fish under clear blue water, illustrating coral habitats that may better withstand ocean warming.

Coral reefs seemed doomed by marine heatwaves, but a new global map has just identified 64,200 square miles that may still have a real chance

By Kevin Montien

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June 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

By Adrian Villellas

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June 30, 2026 at 4:48 AM

Satellite image of Tropical Storm Arthur swirling over the Gulf Coast as heavy rain bands spread across the Southeast.

The season’s first named storm might morph out of Gulf Coast rainclouds—Mother Nature’s reminder she writes the calendar

By Sonia Ramírez

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June 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Malawian woman farmer standing in her homestead with chickens and small-scale farm structures

A Malawian farmer’s tiny plot became a blueprint for climate-smart ag without billionaire budgets

By Kevin Montien

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June 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Open-pit view of the Panguna mine in Bougainville, where communities are demanding justice for decades of pollution

Bougainville locals want justice for a toxic mine scar, proving “ghost” pollution never sleeps

By Kevin Montien

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June 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Mother and child overlook mining pollution in Cerro de Pasco, Peru

Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess

By ECONEWS

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June 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Box of smuggled shark fins hiding illegal marine wildlife products inside a shipment

Traffickers’ new nightmare: Artificial intelligence detects shark fins hidden in suitcases with 95% accuracy

By Adrian Villellas

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June 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Environment

For decades, the ocean has been the great silent hero of the climate, absorbing nearly 30% of human-generated CO₂ and most of the heat, but at the 2026 Bonn conference, it became clear that this “blue defense” is already taking its toll

One of Africa’s rarest crocodiles survives in the murky rivers of Ivory Coast, and, according to estimates by conservation experts, fewer than 500 adult specimens remain in the wild

The fight against climate change is entering a challenging phase: it is no longer enough to simply reduce pollution, and scientists are talking about removing up to 9,700 million metric tons of CO2 per year by 2050

The country with the largest forest area in South America may face a momentous decision: to accept large-scale soybean farming and cattle ranching projects or to protect the rivers, communities, and forests that took centuries to form

A mixed bag for soybean farmers growing the crop in our future climate: higher yields but with poorer nutritional profiles

It looks like a yellow toy floating in a lagoon, but it has a huge mission: to find the most resilient corals before the ocean warms up again

It all began with an extremely salty current flowing every day from the Mediterranean; now, a ship is traversing the ocean to investigate the Atlantic’s great climate engine

The enormous mass of warm water in the Pacific that has just “woken up” and could influence storms, wildfires, monsoons, and temperatures through 2027

An animal about the size of a small house cat has just caused quite a stir in Mexico after becoming the first known photographic evidence of the mysterious Cozumel dwarf fox

Georgia has just created a $2 million fund to save farms before these centuries-old fields are turned into housing developments, warehouses, and data centers

Everything pointed to another cut, but Grand Staircase-Escalante has just narrowly avoided, at the last minute, a decision that would have forever changed one of the most impressive natural monuments in the United States

NASA photos reveal San Carlos Reservoir shrinking to a mud-ring, visual proof that drought plus demand equals trouble

Sponge-city tech is teaching concrete to drink stormwater like a thirsty park — and it can’t happen fast enough

Coral reefs seemed doomed by marine heatwaves, but a new global map has just identified 64,200 square miles that may still have a real chance

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

The season’s first named storm might morph out of Gulf Coast rainclouds—Mother Nature’s reminder she writes the calendar

A Malawian farmer’s tiny plot became a blueprint for climate-smart ag without billionaire budgets

Bougainville locals want justice for a toxic mine scar, proving “ghost” pollution never sleeps

Peru’s Cerro de Pasco villagers haul a mining giant into court, demanding someone clean up a century-old mess

Traffickers’ new nightmare: Artificial intelligence detects shark fins hidden in suitcases with 95% accuracy

A handwritten note reading “Cap Wildy lost” led divers to a 1680 shipwreck, and the recovered objects are finally becoming public history

Engineers drove enormous steel foundations directly into bare Atlantic sand to hold offshore wind turbines upright, and what happens around those artificial structures afterward is changing the seabed in ways nobody designed them for

NASA’s Dragonfly is being built to fly on Titan, where thick air and weak gravity could make a truck-sized robot easier to lift

A new diabetes pill lowered blood sugar and body weight more than oral semaglutide, but the convenience came with a harder trade-off

A Tennessee solar farm is letting cows graze beneath moving panels, and the experiment could change what happens to farmland under clean energy

Engineers lowered a giant steel structure into the water off the Florida Keys where it will deliberately remain on the seabed, but what looks like abandoned industrial hardware is designed to become something alive

Scientists spent years testing a phenomenon researchers thought they understood, but the results revealed an unexpected mechanism hiding underneath and raised new questions about how the system actually works

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