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"If the blob persists for years, it could eventually cool the climate around Greenland, Iceland and northern Europe."

"El Niño has developed in the Pacific Ocean, a climate pattern that can reshape weather around the globe into 2027. The last El Niño was in 2023-24, and forecasters say this one is developing earlier than many typically do."

“You can hear and smell Meg Webster’s latest exhibition before you see it. Walking up the stairs of Paula Cooper Gallery in Chelsea, there’s a chorus of birds chirps. Then comes the smell: a dusky, dense scent reminiscent of wet earth. Finally, you walk into the main space and encounter “Thicket,” the show’s titular artwork, a beckoning spiral made of local branches, leaves and flowers."

“In a world where people accept global heating is bad, news that we had avoided a boiling-in-our-own-juices version of the planet’s future might have been welcomed. Instead, the news that a group of climate scientists had officially retired their very worst scenario for the future of the planet was proof – according to Donald Trump – that the scientists had been (in all caps) WRONG! WRONG! WRONG."

“Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science.”

“A Lecture To The Columbia Journalism School Class Of 2026.”

“The bottom of the ocean has barely been explored, but every journey to the deep reveals wondrous new lifeforms. As underwater mining gains momentum, we risk destroying one of the Earth’s last great wildernesses.”

“Inside the island colony being tapped to help save Australia's koalas from deadly chlamydia.”

“JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say.”