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Paris Braces for a Very Hot Future
Paris Braces for a
Very Hot Future
Aug 20, 2025 7:15 PM CDT

Paris Braces for a Very Hot Future

City scrambles to plant trees, upgrade cooling infrastructure

(Newser) - Paris is bracing for a future when summer temperatures could reach a staggering 122 degrees Fahrenheit—a scenario that's no longer just science fiction, according to city officials and climate scientists. Faced with repeated record-breaking heat waves, the French capital is scrambling to prepare for breakdowns in everything...

Alpine Glacier Sees a 130-Year First

Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely

(Newser) - Italy's Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years. After this year's hot summer, geologists discovered that the simple stakes used as benchmarks...

It Doesn't Look Good for North America's Reindeer
It Doesn't Look Good for
North America's Reindeer
NEW STUDY
Aug 17, 2025 1:40 PM CDT

It Doesn't Look Good for North America's Reindeer

Wild caribou in Canada and Alaska could decline up to 80% by 2100 amid warming climate

(Newser) - Reindeer populations across the Arctic are facing a steep decline, with researchers warning that numbers could drop by as much as 80% by the end of this century. The finding, led by scientists from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen, highlights the North American herds—known...

Cloudbursts Spurred by Climate Change Leave 300+ Dead

Flash floods triggered by sudden, intense downpours hit India, Pakistan hard

(Newser) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 300 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries. Flooding began a day earlier in Indian-controlled Kashmir...

Climate Change Is Making 'Coastal Squeeze' Worse

Seaside homeowners erecting coastal 'armor' (i.e., barrier walls) may be hastening beaches' demise

(Newser) - It may seem to be common sense if you own beachfront property to protect it by building sturdy barriers between your abode and the water, especially as sea levels continue to rise. However, this measure of self-defense is actually contributing to the demise of America's shorelines, because as sea...

Wildfires Descend on Major Greek City

Thousands flee as blazes sweep Greece and southern Europe

(Newser) - As wildfires driven by scorching winds and relentless heat creep toward the heart of Patras, Greece's third-largest city, a wave of evacuations and devastation sweeps across southern Europe, highlighting the mounting toll of an unforgiving heatwave, the BBC reports. Fanned by high winds and temperatures nearing 100 degrees...

This Is the 'New Reality' in Canada
This Is the
'New Reality'
in Canada
Aug 12, 2025 6:25 AM CDT

This Is the 'New Reality' in Canada

Country experiencing its second-worst wildfire season on record, with 710 active fires currently

(Newser) - With more than 470 wildfires raging out of control across Canada and 7.3 million hectares already scorched, experts warn that this year's crisis signals a troubling new reality fueled by a warming climate. This is Canada's second-worst wildfire season on record so far after 2023 , with...

4 Mega-Dry Zones Have Formed Across Earth
4 Mega-Dry Zones Have
Formed Across Earth
NEW STUDY
Aug 11, 2025 8:01 AM CDT

4 Mega-Dry Zones Have Formed Across Earth

Groundwater pumping and climate change fuel rapid continental water loss

(Newser) - Continents have lost so much freshwater in the past two decades that they now outpace melting ice sheets as the main driver of global sea level rise, according to an alarming new study. Researchers at Arizona State University say nearly 70% of this water loss stems from heavy groundwater...

France's 'Water-Gate' Is Shaking Up the Bottled Water Industry

Filtration, climate change, contamination cover-up claims shake the water industry

(Newser) - France's bottled water giants are facing a reckoning, with the spotlight on whether labels like Perrier can still claim the title "natural mineral water." The controversy follows media reports that a third of mineral water sold in France had been quietly filtered to remove contaminants, a...

An Iconic Glacier Has Begun a Retreat

Argentina's Perito Moreno Glacier had long been thought stable

(Newser) - An iconic Argentine glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its "most substantial retreat in the past century," according to new research. The Perito Moreno Glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field for decades has been wedged securely in...

Phoenix Just Had Its Hottest August Day Ever

City hit 118 degrees Thursday

(Newser) - Phoenix experienced its hottest August day ever recorded Thursday, with temperatures hitting 118 degrees Fahrenheit. The previous record high for August was 117 degrees, set in 2011, 2015, 2020, and 2023. Thursday also broke the record for the warmest overnight low, AZFamily.com reports. Temps only got down to 94...

It's an Unwelcome First for Australia's 2 Biggest Reefs

Great Barrier and Ningaloo reefs experience mass bleaching simultaneously

(Newser) - Two-thirds of the Great Barrier Reef has seen its sharpest annual decline in coral cover since records began 40 years ago, with scientists warning this iconic ecosystem may be nearing a tipping point, per the Guardian . The latest survey from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)—covering 124...

Pentagon Does a 180 on Hurricane Satellite Data

Military data deemed essential will continue to flow through 2026

(Newser) - The Pentagon has reversed course and will continue to provide satellite weather data that hurricane forecasters deem essential, at least through September 2026. Previously, the Navy had planned to cut off this data as part of a broader Defense Department modernization initiative, raising alarm among scientists as hurricane season...

Experts Warn of Tehran's Water Crisis: 'Day Zero' Is Coming

Drought, mismanagement, climate change push water reserves to the brink

(Newser) - Iran's capital is staring down a water crisis so critical that experts warn "day zero"—when taps in Tehran might simply stop running—could hit in a matter of weeks. Drought and heat are nothing new in Iran, as are water shortages, but this time, the...

EPA Moves to Rescind a Major Key in Climate Regulation

'Endangerment finding' from 2009 found greenhouse gases were toxic to public health

(Newser) - President Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed revoking a scientific finding that has long been the central basis for US action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. The proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule rescinds a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger...

Report: LA Wildfire Damages Top $50B
It's Another Year
of Costly Disasters
Jul 29, 2025 10:25 AM CDT

It's Another Year of Costly Disasters

Global disaster losses in the first half of 2025 total more than $131B: Munich Re

(Newser) - A surge of wildfires and powerful storms has already driven global natural-disaster losses to more than $131 billion in just the first half of 2025. While that figure is down from the $155 billion tallied over the same period last year, it remains well above the long-term averages, reflecting...

Heatwaves Hit 96% of Oceans in 2023
For World's Oceans,
an Unwanted Heat Record
NEW STUDY
Jul 25, 2025 11:35 AM CDT

For World's Oceans, an Unwanted Heat Record

96% saw extreme heat events

(Newser) - A new study finds that 2023 set an alarming record for marine heatwaves, with 96% of the world's oceans experiencing extreme events. Researchers say these heatwaves—unusually warm periods in the ocean—were the largest, most intense, and most persistent since records began in the 1950s. The study, published...

UN Court: Countries That Harm Planet Could Be Breaking Law

Court finds clean environment is a basic human right

(Newser) - For the first time, the United Nations' top court has declared that failing to protect the planet from climate change could breach international law. The highly anticipated advisory opinion delivered in the Hague on Wednesday "is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world,...

Hershey Hikes Candy Prices
Hershey Hikes Candy Prices
Jul 23, 2025 5:11 AM CDT

Hershey Hikes Candy Prices

Cocoa shortage and climate woes push cocoa costs to record highs

(Newser) - Hershey fans will soon feel a bigger pinch at the checkout. The Pennsylvania-based chocolate giant confirmed Tuesday it's hiking prices across its candies by a "low double-digit" percentage, a move tied to surging cocoa costs rather than tariffs or trade disputes. Shoppers should expect the changes to...

Invasive Mushrooms Are Threatening Midwest Forests
Invasive Mushrooms Are
Threatening Midwest Forests
NEW STUDY
Jul 21, 2025 10:09 AM CDT

Invasive Mushrooms Are Threatening Midwest Forests

Study finds golden oyster mushrooms crowd out native species, cutting fungal diversity in half

(Newser) - Golden oyster mushrooms, a visually striking and culinarily-favored species native to Asia, are now rapidly taking over North American forests and threatening native fungi, according to new research. A study published Wednesday in Current Biology finds these mushrooms are crowding out local fungi, especially around the Great Lakes, and...

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