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The fifth round of negotiations for a new Global Plastics Treaty to end plastic pollution…

There are moments in history when we are called to pause, to reflect, and to…

We’ve all been there. You’re talking to someone who says that fossil fuels aren’t causing…

You may have noticed that the weather where you live is getting warmer and wilder…

In Canada, we are witnessing the deliberate weaponization of the term “woke” by political figures…

Donald Trump’s trade war is on hold – for now. It’s not a fight we…

The image below shows the temperature rise from end 2022 through February 27, 2025, with…

Since January 5, 2025, vehicles are being tolled to enter the Congestion Relief Zone in…

Solid-state batteries are considered next-generation energy storage technology as they promise higher energy density and…

Oil spills can pollute large volumes of surrounding water – thousands of times greater than…

A temperature of -40°C (-39.9°F) was recorded at the circle on February 19, 2025 14:00…

Since January 5, 2025, vehicles are being tolled to enter the Congestion Relief Zone in…

Pollution from microplastics – small plastic particles less than 5 mm in size – poses…

A temperature of -40°C (-39.9°F) was recorded at the circle on February 19, 2025 14:00…

The image below, made with a screenshot from Berkeley Earth, shows an annual average temperature…

The daily average carbon dioxide (CO₂) at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, was 428.60 parts per million…

Global sea ice area was 13.00 million km² on February 9, 2025, a deviation (1981-2000…

Following the US exit from the Paris climate agreement in January, Argentina’s government, under President…

In a late night session in Rome, the COP16 biodiversity talks – which resumed this…

Zimbabwe is planning to ramp up its use of coal and gas to meet its…

The UK said it will cut its overseas aid budget in a new blow to…

Neshwin Rodrigues and Duttatreya Das are energy analysts at Ember High cost of capital is…

At the first board meeting of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) since President Donald Trump…

Steve Edwards is head of biodiversity at South Pole.  The 16th United Nations Biodiversity Conference…

[ high temperatures forecast over the North Pole, click on images to enlarge ] The…

The 2024 global average surface temperature was 1.55°C above the 1850-1900 average, according to WMO’s consolidated…

Antarctic sea ice [ Antarctic sea ice, click on images to enlarge ]The above images,…

The title intrigued me – Did curiosity kill the cat or is it a vital…

Making do, sustainability and living a simpler life July 12th is National Simplicity Day – a day…

At Solutions for the Planet we support the right to repair Why? · One study…

Yet the young people that we work with @Solutions_for_the_planet in the landlocked cities of Bradford,…

Reflections after reading Sarah Milburn’s article on ‘Young People and Hope’ and Russell Brown’s article…

The policy framework, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), was engineered and passed through Congress by…

UNSW Sydney researchers have made an important breakthrough that could transform photovoltaic technology, making solar…

Applications are open for CSIRO’s latest ‘Innovate to Grow’ program, which helps Australian small and…

AGL has recently acquired Everty, an Australian-owned EV software platform that delivers comprehensive charging and…

An ethical oil startup has taken out KPMG’s $100,000 Nature Positive Prize — part of…

Sydney’s newest ferry has been named in honour of UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor Martin Green,…

As Australia ushers in a new era of climate-related financial disclosure, many organisations are gearing…

A newly launched sustainability trade show and multi-stream conference, named NET ZERO EXPO, has been…

On January 10, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their annual…

A report produced by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central finds that 2024 was…

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $100 million in a new affordable build-to-rent…

A pioneer wind turbine tower design is set to be put on trial south of Adelaide in…

Sustainability Victoria is serving up reusable cups at Australian Open 2025 to reduce single-use plastic waste…

New research out of the University of California, Davis and Stanford University has found that…

B-cycle is drawing attention to a risk in Australian homes and waste collections that increases…

What growth opportunities do you predict for your industry in 2025? As industries evolve, there…

Macquarie University researchers have investigated the level of sewage pollution in 18 global harbours, with…

An innovative tech collaboration is helping to finesse a low-cost rubbish recycling process that relies…

At the Energy LIVE 2024 conference in Houston, Texas, the path to a net-zero emissions…

There’s nothing quite like an Aussie-style Christmas lunch or dinner — fresh seafood, roast meats,…

A team of scientists at UNSW Chemistry has developed an organic material that is able to store…

Thirteen regional New South Wales councils have pooled their resources to make the shift to…

Boral has unveiled new carbon-reducing technology at its Berrima Cement Works, with Minister for Climate…

GS1 Australia has entered into a partnership with the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence (the…

FPR Energy, a new venture from CSIRO, has secured $15 million in seed funding with…

Following its win in October at the Australian Water Association (AWA) Victorian Water Awards, Victorian…

Today, more than ever, enzymes and microorganisms are being used to increase sustainable production. This…

A project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cotton production systems has received $1,985,000 from…

Riverina Oils, a NSW canola oil producer, has partnered with Australian renewable energy retailer Flow…

The Australian Government has commenced a review into how Australia’s largest electricity grid and market…

By Liu Lican China’s first Biennial Transparency Report on Climate Change was released last week,…

San Fernando, one of the affected areas pictured on the 7th of January 2025. Image…

The number of governments backing a proposal for a global levy on maritime emissions has…

Doug Specht is a reader in cultural geography and communication at the University of Westminster….

With Donald Trump, a notorious climate change sceptic, poised to enter the White House for…

To no-one’s surprise 2024 was the warmest year on record – and by quite a…

Rapid progress in the use of machine learning for weather and climate models is evident…

So-called “forever chemicals”, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are widely used in consumer, commercial…

This webinar will detail recent efforts in proton exchange membrane-based low temperature electrolysis degradation, focused…

  Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells are ubiquitous in electric vehicles and stationary energy…

Go Carbon Neutral without paying large fees and commissions Carbon Offset Sales a division of…

Compensate for your carbon footprint with Carbon Offset Certificates Financing UN endorsed projects that eliminate…

The perpetually restless and occasionally explosive volcano in New Zealand has been emitting steam, volcanic…

Several plumes billowed from Los Angeles-area fires in the days after their ignition. Read More…

Patches of forest thrive on a plateau that straddles the border between North Dakota and…

The older and newer cities of the Greater Cairo region look very different at night…

A NASA analysis shows that global temperatures in 2024 were 1.28 degrees Celsius (2.30 degrees…

The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea suddenly manifested an island in early…

Powerful Santa Ana winds and dry conditions contributed to the rapid spread of several brush…

The first major, widespread winter storm of 2025 delivered snow, ice, and frigid temperatures to…

Lush green hillsides turned brown after Cyclone Chido hit the islands in December 2024. Read…

Logging, farming, and fires have contributed to the loss and degradation of forest reserves in…

Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The December 2024 puzzler is…

  Update on December 17, 2024: This Landsat image shows the Messak Settafet plateau in…

Update on October 30, 2024: This Landsat image shows ghost forests in North Carolina. Congratulations…

Forecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous weather situation’ in California; Gavin Newsom hits back at House…

Region faces ‘extreme fire risk’ warnings and ‘significant risk of rapid fire spread’ as official…

Global heating means atmosphere can drive both extreme droughts and floods with rapid switchesClimate “whiplash”…

The news from California is clear, but we don’t want to see it. It’s too…

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our…

John Vaillant, the author of Fire Weather, explains why fires such as those in Los…

Death toll rises to at least 24 as first identifications emerge of Los Angeles residents…

Terminal Temperature Acceleration? On December 30, 2024, the temperature was at a record high for…

Sea ice [ click on images to enlarge ] The above image shows Arctic sea…

Models that analyze what is driving up the temperature all too often omit specific sources,…

A double Blue Ocean Event could occur in 2025. Both Antarctic sea ice and Arctic…

[ click on images to enlarge ]Temperatures remain extremely high, even though La Niña conditions…

by Andrew Glikson What further evidence do the inhabitants of planet Earth need to have…

The above image, created with monthly mean global temperature anomalies by LOTI Land+Ocean NASA/GISS/GISTEMP v4…

Earth’s Energy Imbalance is now about four times as high as it was a decade…

Sunspots In a cataclysmic alignment, the next El Niño threatens to develop while sunspots are…

The image below shows NOAA monthly mean concentration of carbon dioxide (CO₂) recorded at Mauna…

High temperatures persist The image below, created with NASA data while using a 1903-1924 custom base, illustrates…

Temperatures are forecast to reach 46.5°C or 115.8°F in Saudi Arabia (green circle left) and…

Large pieces of sea ice are breaking away from the northern tip of Greenland, to…

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) takes into account the effect of temperature, RH (relative humidity),…

Temperatures are risingThe NASA temperature anomaly vs. 1904-1924 shows that the temperature has been above…

 by Andrew Glikson Figure 1. 2023 was the Earth’s warmest year since modern record-keeping began…

Global temperature [ from earlier post ]The above image, from an earlier post, shows that…

The above image shows a trend (magenta), based on NOAA August 2008 through June 2024…

Water vapor feedbackThere are numerous self-amplifying feedbacks that accelerate the temperature rise. One of them…

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360. After a decade of declining to finance large hydroelectric dams, the…

Europe’s climate service said on Friday that 2024 was the hottest calendar year on record…

Mark Maslin is professor of natural sciences at University College London (UCL) and Iain Hanson…

The world’s richest people are likely to have already used their fair share of the…

Oscar Berglund is a senior lecturer in international public and social policy at the University…

As 2024 turns to 2025, we asked subscribers to our newsletter what the top climate…

The year 2024 has officially been declared the warmest year globally, with average temperatures surpassing…

Since 2022, Shell has sold more than 20 cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as…

President Joe Biden has announced a US target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 61-66%…

Trade unionists and campaigners seeking a fair deal for workers whose jobs will be affected…

Brice Böhmer is climate and environment lead at Transparency International. As the dust settles after…

Governments have failed to agree on a global mechanism for tackling drought at a United…

With just $69 million in the bank account of the fledgling loss and damage fund…

Perrine Fournier is a trade and forests campaigner at the forests and rights NGO Fern…

Sikeade Egbuwalo is the biodiversity lead at Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment. Here in Nigeria,…

This is a follow-on post to the previous summary of interesting work related to the…

It’s 20 years since we started blogging on climate here on RealClimate (December 10, 2004)….

There is a need to make climate science more agile and more responsive, and that…

An interesting commentary addressing a rather odd prior commentary makes some very correct points. Back…

The title of this post might seem like a truism, but for about a decade…

A truly impressive paper was published this week with a new reconstruction of global temperatures…

Just over a year ago, Shell sued Greenpeace UK, Greenpeace International and nine individuals for millions over…

Plastic products have been marketed to us as innocuous items of convenience. Plastic bags, food…

Preserved Forest Area in the Realidade District, Humaitá, Amazonas © Greenpeace Brasil Just ten days…

On Christmas Day in 1741, when Swedish scientist Anders Celsius first noted down the temperature…

For all of us concerned about climate change, 2023 was a grim year. According to…

Which battery technologies are you focusing on at Argonne? We work on everything. We work…

Follow the particulates: Snapshot of airborne pollution produced when a car brakes. (Courtesy: Adapted from…

Magnetic resonance methods, including nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), are non-invasive,…

A sensible crew cut, a chic bob, an outrageous mullet. You can infer a lot…

The market for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is expected to grow ~30x to almost 9 TWh…

For academic researchers, the cell format for testing lithium-ion batteries is often overlooked. However, choices…

Around the world, sustainability has made its way to the forefront of everyone’s mind, including…

In the past few years, the topic of climate change has worked its way into…

As more and more consumers are pushing businesses to become environmentally sustainable, many are looking…

Climate change is considered the greatest single threat to humankind, and while individuals are working…

How Climate Change Will Impact Global Supply Chains Global supply chain issues have hit the…

Algae!!!…Green, gooey, slimy, messy, smelly, unpleasant…All these words come to mind when I hear the…

Many talented people are forced to leave their native countries in search of a better…

In this series, I will spotlight some of the coolest, innovative and out-of-the box solutions…

In my 20 years of work experience, I have never felt so passionate and committed…

Home to huge expanses of biodiverse forest and endemic species, Colombia’s battle against deforestation is…

Water inundates the marshes along Delaware Bay, which provide protection against flooding and erosion, as…

Lights in Chile’s central city display an array of colors and densities, reflecting various land…

The precise geometry of the protected area encompassing an iconic New Zealand volcano is unmistakable…

Large numbers of rectangular holding ponds lie amid mangrove forests in southern Ecuador. Read More…

Scientists use satellites in orbit and boots on the ice to monitor glacial changes on…

Satellite imagery and local data helped researchers assess how landscape features, such as watering holes…

After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer…

Under the cloak of darkness, Iceberg A-83 wiggled away from glue-like sea ice and drifted…

Images of nighttime lights reveal patterns in population and urban development. Read More…

An extratropical storm system dropped torrential rains on parts of Morocco and Algeria. Read More…

Every month on Earth Matters, we offer a puzzling satellite image. The September 2024 puzzler…

Update on August 23, 2024: This Landsat 8 image shows several golf courses north of…

Update: This Landsat 8 image shows ship wakes and wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean…

Update on July 23, 2024: This false-color image shows a plume—likely an orographic cloud—streaming from…

Update on June 4, 2024: This image shows greenhouses in eastern China. Congratulations to James…

On May 11, 2024, the day-night band of VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi…

Update on May 21, 2024: This image shows a phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of…

Update on April 23, 2024: This image shows Sortebræ, a large surge-type glacier in eastern…

Energy from the Sun warms our planet, and changes in sunlight can also cause changes…

Update on March 11, 2024: This image shows Spirit Lake, located in south-central Washington, on…

Requiring key sectors to switch to clean energy by specific times could trigger benevolent cascades,…

Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhereAs…

The Hollywood actor and activist backs Harris for president as she warns of climate emergency…

The Rev Sue Parfitt has lost right to conduct religious ceremonies after her arrest at…

Cal Fire says Robert Hernandez ignited blazes while off duty in forest land in north…

The Middle East crisis, wildfires in Portugal, floods in Poland and London fashion week: the…

Firefighters have been rescuing people stranded on their balconies and rooftops after Storm Boris triggered…

Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a…

Since last week, wildfires have been raging in central and northern Portugal. At least seven…

Energy minister Chris Bowen says Peter Dutton must explain what happens to national grid over…

From flooding to drought, extreme weather is devastating our communities. It is time for the…

‘Risk’ analyses largely ignore the dangers of the climate crisis. Unless we wake up to…

Showing climate delivery can be done effectively and fairly would be an extraordinary climate legacy…

Hosting the conference would help us overcome our colonial mentality and the fossil fuel lobby,…

The Marshall Project and the Prison Journalism Project asked incarcerated reporters to document the impact…

A network of public bodies are supposed to safeguard us from flooding. But, like old…

Once clean enough to drink, the Andean lake was poisoned by mining pollution and urban…

Widespread bleaching of reefs is devastating delicate ecosystemsIt is one of the least understood processes…

Locals called it a ‘miracle’ when the steel plant in JD Vance’s home town got…

With storms becoming more frequent due to the climate crisis, insurers are forcing operators to…

In Brief: Such high-tide flooding that inundates roads and buildings along the west coast of…

In Brief: Methane ‘hot spots’ in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta are more likely to be found…

In Brief: NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth’s forest and wetland ecosystems…

In Brief: Scientists using space-based radar found that land in New York City is sinking…

Currently, the temperature in the Northern Hemisphere is higher than it was last year at…

[ click on images to enlarge ]Temperatures remain high, as illustrated by the above image,…

For about one year now, global temperature anomalies have been extremely high, as illustrated by…

Temperatures in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) have been very high in 2024 (see black line,…

The image below shows that temperatures in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) were very high during the…

The April 2024 temperature was 1.32°C higher than 1951-1980, as illustrated by the above image,…

 by Andrew GliksonWhere “Two plus two equals five if the party says so” (George Orwell)and…

The image below, adapted from Climate Reanalyzer, shows the temperature in the year 2100, in…

The temperature in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) reached a new record high on April 24,…

The image below indicates that Arctic sea ice volume has meanwhile passed its annual maximum….

The temperature in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) reached a new record high on April 23,…

By Andrew Glikson “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to wake” (James…

The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, reported a daily average carbon dioxide (CO₂)…

The temperature in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) reached a new record high on April 20,…

Sea surface temperature at record high The image below, created with Climate Reanalyzer screenshots, shows…

The astonishing recent rise in temperatures makes one wonder whether a Regime Change did take…

The MADNESS of NUCLEAR and CLIMATE HORRORby Andrew GliksonThe 24-hour media news cycle clouds the…

The image below shows that the monthly Atlantic surface temperature anomaly in February 2024 was…

The temperature in the Tropics (23.5°S-23.5°N, 0-360°E) reached a new record high on March 13,…

On March 15, 2024, the daily average carbon dioxide (CO₂) at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, was…

A new report from the United Nations environment program (Unep) finds that on current pledges,…

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From melting ice caps to dying forests and thawing permafrost, the risk of ‘abrupt and…

Weatherization programs can help. As the leaves turn and the temperature drops, many people worry…

To protect the climate, most coal, oil, and natural gas must be left in the…

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Climate economics researchers have often underestimated – sometimes badly underestimated – the costs of damages…

Michael Bloomberg has poured his time and hundreds of millions of dollars into projects aimed…

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Global heating could bring “untold suffering” for humans.  It could also mean less fresh water…

Governments should promise in their next round of climate plans, due by early next year,…

A razor-thin vote in favour of the EU’s nature restoration law on Monday has salvaged…

UN climate talks in Bonn ended in finger-pointing over their failure to move forward on…

  YouTube”Both Oman and the UAE, which hosted last year’s COP28 UN climate talks, have previously…

 “Plans for two industrial pellet plants would increase carbon emissions and hurt the health of…

 “Michael Mann Wins $1 Million Verdict In Defamation Trial Victory over climate deniers sends a…

 Climate Choir Melbourne supporting Extinction Rebellion protestors at their sit down on the busiest intersection…

Congratulations humanity! For the first time in recorded history we have breached 2C above preindustrial…

Aug 18, 2022 OUR LOCAL presented by AFL Players For Climate Action, reconnects past &…