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Climate change and the rising influence of El Niño saw August reach the record for warmest month.
Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.
Raymond ZhongGlobal WarmingHeat and Heat Waves
Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strengthAugust was the joint-hottest month ever recorded around the world, with global temperatures reaching 1.65C above preindustrial levels, scientists said on Thursday, amid warnings of further heating on the way.August 2026 tied with July 2023 for the hottest month ever recorded, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Sea surface temperatures also soared to their highest levels on record for August. Continue reading...
Fiona Harvey Environment editorClimate crisisUK weather
Yes, El Niño is unusually powerful this time. But that’s not always a bad thing.
Judson JonesWeatherEl Nino Southern Oscillation
Two lawsuits seek to reverse the Trump administration’s moves to open the habitats of imperiled wildlife to commercial activities.
Maxine JoselowEndangered and Extinct SpeciesConservation of Resources
As British farmers confront intense heat waves tied to climate change, some are cultivating new crops rarely grown in their country.
Stephen CastleEnglandAgriculture and Farming
Plus, the State Fair by the numbers.
Jay GablerHeat and Heat WavesGlobal Warming
Exclusive: State government delayed releasing major report into the health of the koala population for more than 12 monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government sat on a report for more than 12 months that found the state’s koala population was in chronically poor health.The review of the state’s koala populations, led by state science agency the Arthur Rylah Institute in conjunction with scientists from major universities, was completed for the Victorian government in June 2025. Continue reading...
Lisa Cox Environment and climate correspondentVictoriaAustralia news
The agency played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. But the U.S. and other countries have pulled back, Nepali officials and humanitarian groups say.
Anupreeta Das, Sajal Pradhan and Binod GhimireNepal-Tibet Floods (August 2026)Floods
The Pentagon has again postponed PFAS cleanups at hundreds of military sites, in some cases up to 19 years, prompting bipartisan anger in Congress.
Hiroko TabuchiPFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances)United States Defense and Military Forces
The state is considering extending the life of its last nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, and allowing construction of new reactors to help meet its clean energy goals.
Ivan Penn and Adam PerezState LegislaturesElectric Light and Power
Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollarsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen grazier Peter Lake moved to the Clarence Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers region in 2007, he knew was “buying in flood country with … eyes open”.His cattle farm, about halfway between Yamba and Grafton, borders the Coldstream River and has flooded five times since 2009. Continue reading...
Donna LuClimate crisisEnvironment
Melting ice is opening a trade route through the Arctic. China has begun the first regular service, part of its polar ambitions.
Jeffrey Gettleman, Jenny Gross and Lily KuoChinaArctic Ocean
No company in the United States has ever restarted a reactor that was seemingly closed for good, but there are now three major efforts underway to do so.
Brad PlumerFactories and ManufacturingUnited States Politics and Government
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisisZack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham’s government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report by the UK’s spy chiefs that found the collapse of overseas ecosystems would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security.The Green party leader in England said the prime minister should come clean about the scale and impact of the climate and nature crisis and called on the government to publish in full the report that warns the UK faces devastating security consequences. Continue reading...
Matthew Taylor and Pippa NeillZack PolanskiClimate crisis
In the first project of its kind, scientists are trying to answer if the future of Alaska’s streams and tundra may depend not on survival of the fittest but on how species adapt togetherOn Alaska’s North Slope, scientists tread carefully across clumps of tussock grasses toward a fast-flowing stream draining the imposing Brooks Range of ice and snow. Near Galbraith Creek, they string out a mist net for white-crowned sparrows. The birds have recently arrived from southerly latitudes, intent on feasting on the insects that will soon descend on the tundra like storm clouds.The Arctic summer is short-lived, and sparrows have only a few weeks to establish territories, find mates, lay eggs and raise their chicks on a steady diet of bugs. From every ensnared bird, the scientists collect blood, feather and faecal samples to see what they are eating and how that changes over the summer.Galbraith C
Gloria DickieAlaskaArctic
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust is looking for suitable areas to reintroduce the animals.
Douglas Head has been formally designated a Conservation Area - but what does that actually mean?
Firefighters say community spirit also helped them get through the blaze that started on the A31.
Steve Backshall calls for nature education as a survey says 55% of children have not climbed a tree.