Environment

Past eight years were hottest in recorded history

January 18, 2023 By Lylla Younes

A new report also names 2022 as the fifth-warmest, despite the cooling effects of La Niña.

Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100

January 17, 2023 By Associated Press

A new study calculates that two-thirds of the world's glaciers will disappear by the end of the century at current climate change trends.

EPA’s proposed air pollution standards for soot could save thousands of lives

January 13, 2023 By Jessie Blaeser

But health experts say it doesn’t go far enough to limit the deadly pollutant.

Vicious storms keep pummeling California

January 10, 2023 By Climate Nexus

The heavy rain has set off widespread flooding that, in addition to the obvious dangers, can also carry industrial and toxic waste.

Brazil’s Lula vows no deforestation but challenges loom

January 9, 2023 By Fabiano Maisonnave, Tatiana Pollastri And Eraldo Peres

When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as president of the second most populous country in the western hemisphere Jan. 1, few challenges will be greater than fulfilling his promise to end all deforestation...