Source: Union of Concerned Scientists Warmed Oceans Will Not Be Ignored It’s easy for us land dwellers to forget that we live on a water planet, more than 70% of it covered by a vast ocean. But we are entering an age—or more accurately, have created an age—when that fact will be impossible to ignore. With global climate change, the seas are rising, yes, but they are also warming, slowly but steadily, and that warmth is now reaching levels that can drive profound changes here on land. Many of...

Source: Nepali Times Securing a future for community-managed conservation area below the world’s third highest mountain Nepal’s Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) is one of the most unique experiments in community-managed nature protection in the Himalaya. The landscape below the world’s third highest mountain in eastern Nepal supports globally significant biodiversity, including the endangered snow leopard, red panda, musk deer, and black bear. But it also sustains mountain livelihoods,...

Source: Union of Concerned Scientists We’re now officially in Danger Season 2026—the period between May and October when North America experiences its worst climate impacts—and we should expect disinformation to ramp up on social media and other platforms. It’s the time when maintaining what I call the “safety chain” matters most. When this chain is strong, we have what we need to understand the extreme weather and disasters worsened by climate change that may be coming our way, be ready for...