By Sinead Campbell, The Guardian Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems. Farmers divert a stream contaminated by waste water discharged from nearby mining industries into farm fields in Dongchuan, China. Photograph: Reuters About one sixth of global cropland is contaminated …
Why the shipping industry’s new carbon tax is a big deal — and still not enough
By Joseph Winters, Grist Modeling suggests it will only reduce emissions up to 10 percent by 2030. A container ship in Cuxhaven, Germany, in 2023. Sena Gallup / Getty Images Each year, all the cargo ships that crisscross the oceans carrying cars, building materials, food, and other goods emit about 3 percent of …
New technologies are helping to regrow Arctic sea ice
By Matilda Hay, Grist But should we use them? Courtesy of Real Ice In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter’s day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered pump. It …
Dire wolves might sound cool, but they do nothing to fix our biodiversity problem
By Brian Kateman, Fast Company Through gene editing, scientists at Colossal Biosciences are reviving long-extinct animals. But is it really for the sake of conservation, or just human curiosity? [Photos: Colossal Biosciences, Shelby Tauber for The Washington Post/Getty Images] Earlier this week, Time published an explosive story about an American company that reportedly revived …
Proceed with caution: Emerging marine-climate projects outpacing effective governance
Phys.Org Global distribution and development of marine-climate interventions. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2025). DOI:10.1038/s41558-025-02291-4 Oceans are at the forefront of many new climate-related projects, but the speed that these projects are being developed and expanded is outpacing the ability to govern them effectively—and manage their potential impacts on marine ecosystems and communities. …
The European Politician Bringing Nature Into the Halls of Power
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News Carola Rackete has used her position as a member of the European Parliament to amplify the voices of grassroots communities and the interests of the natural world. Carola Rackete looks into the Majdanpek copper mine in East Serbia. The mine, run by the Chinese …
Countries must bolster climate efforts or risk war, Cop30 chief executive warns
By Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending. Ana Toni: ‘We need to take climate change very seriously, otherwise we will have even more wars in the future.’ Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters Countries looking to boost their national security through …
Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies
By Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News March 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest mass firings by the Trump administration outside the NOAA headquarters …
Half of 2023’s fossil-fuel carbon emissions tied to 36 companies
By Andrew Freedman, Axios Organizations with the greatest CO2 emissions By share of global CO2 emissions in 2023 A new analysis finds that a few companies are responsible for much of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, and that state-owned firms dominate the list of top emitters compared to investor-owned oil and gas …
‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires
By Benjamin Swift, The Guardian New plants sprouting around a burned out tree near Santa Ana de Velasco. The Bolivian government declared the wildfires a national disaster but residents fear the effects are still being felt. Photograph: Laura Barriga Dávalos Residents battle food shortages and health issues after vast areas of …