Climate News

The Conversation

I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?

August 7, 2026

The Conversation

You might be buying the wrong home battery. Here’s how to tell

August 7, 2026

• home batteries
• energy storage
• solar power
• home improvement
• electricity
• renewable energy

The Conversation

Firefighting aircraft aren’t enough – Britain needs to build a wildfire-resilient society that involves everyone

August 6, 2026

• wildfires
• firefighting
• climate resilience
• land management
• emergency preparedness
• uk environment

The Conversation

The world’s mangrove forests are bouncing back. That’s good news for our coasts and climate

August 6, 2026

Matched: climate

• mangroves
• climate
• conservation
• coastal ecosystems
• reforestation
• biodiversity

The Conversation

Disabled people face greater climate change risks – and they can also help NZ adapt

August 5, 2026

Matched: climate

• disability
• climate change
• new zealand
• climate adaptation
• inclusion
• resilience

The Conversation

Climate change may be making us lonelier: How heat waves and extreme weather disrupt social connections everyone relies on

August 5, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate change
• loneliness
• extreme weather
• mental health
• social isolation
• heat waves

The Conversation

Butterflies are on the move as the planet warms: new research

August 5, 2026

• climate change
• butterflies
• wildlife migration
• conservation
• biodiversity
• habitat

The Conversation

How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires

August 4, 2026

• rewilding
• wildfires
• uk environment
• conservation
• biodiversity
• land management

The Conversation

East Africa’s iconic snow peaks will soon disappear for good – what will be lost when they melt

August 4, 2026

• climate change
• glaciers
• east africa
• global warming
• indian ocean
• biodiversity

The Conversation

Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals

August 4, 2026

Matched: climate

• tapanuli orangutan
• endangered species
• deforestation
• climate change
• wildlife conservation
• great apes

The Conversation

Climate-related ‘silent adaptation’ coping strategies are going beyond official directives

August 3, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate adaptation
• grassroots initiatives
• climate policy
• local governance
• community resilience
• informal coping strategies

The Conversation

‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question

July 31, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate change
• heatwave
• extreme weather
• fossil fuels
• climate attribution
• global warming

The Conversation

Falls in whale sightings, rare seabirds appearing – is something unusual happening in the Southern Ocean?

July 30, 2026

• southern ocean
• marine heatwaves
• whale sightings
• seabirds
• ocean ecology
• climate change

The Conversation

Flash droughts pull ‘alarming’ amounts of moisture from the landscape and intensify wildfires: new research

July 29, 2026

• flash drought
• wildfire risk
• drought research
• soil moisture
• climate change
• fire weather

The Conversation

Gironde wildfires: what the logistical challenges behind the mass evacuations tell us

July 29, 2026

• wildfires
• france
• evacuation
• emergency management
• gironde
• disaster response

The Conversation

‘The fire has such power’: why the wildfires gripping France and Spain are off the charts

July 29, 2026

• wildfires
• france
• spain
• climate change
• firefighting
• extreme weather

The Conversation

Donald Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke — but global warming is loading the wildfire dice

July 28, 2026

• wildfires
• climate change
• donald trump
• canada
• air quality
• misinformation

The Conversation

Wildfires: why media coverage doesn’t always make the climate connection

July 28, 2026

Matched: climate

• wildfires
• climate change
• media coverage
• journalism
• environmental reporting
• attribution science

The Conversation

Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation

July 28, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate change
• tropical vegetation
• biodiversity
• deforestation
• ecosystem disruption
• environmental science

The Conversation

French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight

July 28, 2026

Matched: climate

• climate litigation
• france
• oil companies
• corporate accountability
• climate law
• environmental justice

The Conversation

Batteries are getting cheaper while gas gets pricier. Here’s why

July 28, 2026

• batteries
• renewable energy
• natural gas
• energy prices
• electric vehicles
• australia

The Conversation

What two centuries of Perth storm records tell us about future climate risk

July 28, 2026

Matched: climate

• perth
• climate history
• storm records
• australia
• climate change
• fossil fuels

The Conversation

Fire can destroy peatlands. But in Australia, it can also help protect them

July 27, 2026

• peatlands
• australia
• wildfire
• wetlands
• carbon storage
• conservation

The Conversation

Refugee camps explained: why South Africa has avoided them

July 27, 2026

• refugees
• south africa
• refugee camps
• asylum policy
• international law
• migration

The Conversation

It’s getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds – schools aren’t ready to handle extreme temperatures

July 27, 2026

• climate change
• education
• extreme heat
• school safety
• public health
• infrastructure