Water & Oceans

How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood

"Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses." "Roughly 160 people are dead and hundreds more—including dozens of international tourists—are missing after flash floods hit a region on the mountainous border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday."

Source: WIRED, 08/27/2026

Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects

"A handful of mega data center projects would emit over 100 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, an enormous amount roughly equal to the annual emissions of a mid-sized industrialized country."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/27/2026

"The Revolution Will Be Planted With Wildflowers"

"When you buy the “Decolonize This Yard” native wildflower mix seed packet from Matiz Press in Chicago, you get much more than a lush garden" "A new generation of green thumbs are creating beautifully designed seed packets to encourage the growth of lush gardens — and social consciousness."

Source: New York Times, 08/26/2026

Living With Drought Has Taught Pastoralists Lessons The World Needs

"Half a billion pastoralists draw on generations of knowledge to thrive on rangelands. They say protecting their way of life would help others prepare for a hotter, drier world."

Source: Grist, 08/26/2026

At Least 35,000 Excess Deaths Recorded In Europe’s Back-To-Back Heatwaves

"At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent."

Source: Guardian, 08/26/2026

Canada Retaliates With Up to 50% Tariffs on Hundreds of U.S. Products

"Canada announced retaliatory tariffs as high as 50 percent on hundreds of American products on Tuesday, just days after the collapse of trade talks triggered punishing tariffs from the Trump administration." "Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs."

Source: New York Times, 08/26/2026

Wisc. City Perfected Clean Water For Beer — Now It’s Fighting Nitrates

"CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc. — Ever since Jacob Leinenkugel discovered spring waters here that were pure enough to brew his famous beer, this small Wisconsin city’s devotion to clean water has been paramount. That’s why in 1997, when Chippewa Falls utility managers detected potentially dangerous concentrations of nitrates in a well supplying city water, officials acted."

Source: The New Lede, 08/25/2026

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