climate change
The Celebs Burning the Planet Down This Month
Plane, megayachts, supercars, oh my – which rich and famous person helped incinerate Earth in December?
Eight Dead in Australian Christmas and Boxing Day Storms
On Christmas night, severe thunderstorms hit south-east Queensland, NSW and Victoria and caused flash flooding and fallen trees and leaving more than 120,000 homes without power.
Crocodiles Seen on Queensland Streets During Record-Breaking Floods
“There’s crocodiles swimming around in the flood water now because the crocs want to find the nice calm water rather than the rushing river water.”
For Pacific Nations, a COP28 Agreement Could Be a 'Death Certificate'
“We will not sign our death certificate,” Samoa’s Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster told other delegates. “We cannot sign on to a text that does not have strong commitments on phasing out fossil fuels”.
Australia Backed a Global Transition From Fossil Fuels at COP28 – But Scientists Are 'Devastated'
Australia was one of the key proponents of the word “transition” in the final COP28 deal, but 130 countries wanted stronger language.
The Celebrities Helping to Set Our Planet On Fire
Peggy Gou in a gas-guzzling Lambo and WWE star Randy Orton on a private jet – who else had it in for the planet in November?
Family of Taylor Swift Fan Who Died After Brazil Concert Calls for Investigation
“I feel this loss deeply and my heart goes out to her family and friends,” Taylor Swift said in a handwritten statement.
Climate Change Is Threatening Fire Island’s Beaches—and its Queer History
On Fire Island, queer culture and ecology are inextricably linked.
Celebrity Polluters of the Month
Which of the world’s rich and famous rode gas-guzzling private jets and Hummers in October?
15,000 Scientists Warn Society Could 'Collapse' This Century In Dire Climate Report
"We are afraid of the uncharted territory that we have now entered.”
The Amazon Is Getting So Hot That Dolphins Are Dying En Masse
More than 100 Amazon river dolphins have died in the sweltering waters of Brazil’s Lake Tefé, which recently hit 102 degrees.
Climate Change Is Creating Strange ‘Polygon Fields’ In the Arctic, and Scientists are Worried
The presence of geological polygons can mean "faster rates of erosion" in permafrost, and may be a globally important phenomenon.