Francis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point

This blog covers many different aspects of ecological overshoot focusing on climate change, pollution loading, and energy and resource decline. Specific areas of interest also include anthropocentrism, hubris, cognitive dissonance, and optimism bias.

The global average temperature for September broke records by such an absurd margin that climate experts are struggling to describe the phenomenon. "This

September shattered a record for the highest temperature anomaly of any month and could help push 2023 to be the first year to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures

Some parts of the country exceeded normal daily maximum temperatures for the peak of summer

Antarctica has been under heavy cloud cover, so NASA's Worldview coastline images are rare. Kris Van Steenbergen is relentlessly researching climate impacts in the Southern Ocean and West Antarctica. He may sound familiar as he broke the news of a...

Eight months after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, many people are coping with mysterious ailments and anxiety over potential long-term exposure to toxic chemicals.

I chat about the recent OECD report on climate tipping points, and how nonlinear delta-function effects that are much much faster than exponential change wil...

‘Shocking’ study finds Amazon rainforest will be unable to sustain itself and transport moisture once ‘regime shift’ occurs

A new “gut punch” of a study in the journal Nature shows that more than 40 percent of frogs, salamanders and other amphibian species are at risk of vanishing.

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday approved putting on-reserve lignite-fired power plants back online from October until the end of March 2024, the economy ministry said, as a step to replace scarce natural gas this winter and avoid shortages.

Catastrophic overflow of Lhonak Lake in state of Sikkim caused a dam to partially collapse and submerged army bases

Nearly two months after the fire anger is boiling over as the displaced residents of Lahaina languish waiting for assistance.

By the time Philippe aims for northern New England and Atlantic Canada, the weather setup will be complex. Philippe’s rain may become intermingled with two other systems over parts of the Northeast.

With a ‘Methane is Malicious’ Banner, Colorodans are kicked out of a national swanky insurance event CONTACT: Ciara Guerrero, ciara@350colorado.org, 719-360-6794 Colorado Springs, CO – Activists took the stage at...

Today I want to tackle once again the subject of the much-hyped “energy transition” which has been thoroughly debunked from articles…

Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent research takes a much more skeptical view.

October 4, 2023, marks 50 years of attacks on environmental protection and democracy by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). An estimated 98% of ALEC's funding comes from corporations and well-known conservative foundations established by ...

If sexually reproducing animals, including humans, lose the ability to yield offspring, then in the future the biosphere may host a radically reduced roster of higher life forms.

Firearm deaths and drug poisoning deaths in children rose in the last decade, according to a new study.

A vaccine against tuberculosis, the world’s deadliest infectious disease, has never been closer to reality, with the potential to save millions of lives. But its development slowed after its corporate owner focused on more profitable vaccines.

The undead are rising, and they are not happy.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is about to stand trial in the US. But many customers who lost big when the exchange collapsed are unlikely to get their money back.

Shares of Britain's Metro Bank suspended trading Thursday after tanking more than 29% amid reports that it was trying to raise £600 million ($727 million) in debt and equity.

Kevin McCarthy’s demise continues a cycle among House Republicans that now traces back nearly half a century.

Either the GOP will be crushed to near irrelevance in the 2024 elections, or they will win enough power to end the American experiment. Which will it be?

It’s tempting to ignore the former President’s expressions of rage, but the stakes for American democracy demand that attention be paid.

The former Trump adviser has helped create the spectacle of G.O.P. dysfunction, using it to build his own following and those of the right-wing House rebels who took down Kevin McCarthy.

From a mayoral candidate in Tennessee to prominent media figures, more and more far right figures are embracing the support of White Nationalists.

Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet moved 14 warships from Sevastopol Bay to Novorossiysk

Experts say Kyiv is likely worried as Slovakia votes for a pro-Russia politician, Poland drops aid, and the US wavers.