environment

A national heatwave plan has been activated to help people stay cool during the Netherlands’ increasingly hot summers Households in Amsterdam are being urged to hang their curtains outside their windows as health experts recommend simple hacks to moderate the heatwave rolling across the Netherlands, where homes were built for old-fashioned damp and coldish northern European weather. In a viral so…

With this cross-journal Collection, we invite manuscripts that highlight work related to advancing sustainable transport to shape the future of mobility. Submissions are encouraged by 28 March 2027.

Forced to stay home or switch jobs, working mothers are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis as classes go online for weeks or months at a time Outside, the temperature has passed 41C (105.8F). Inside Sakshi Katyal’s city apartment, the air conditioner is blasting but it does little to relieve the stress of balancing housework and helping her five-year-old log in on a laptop to online classes.…

A natural quasi-experiment in Suba, Bogotá, found that more stringent COVID-19 mobility restrictions were associated with larger reductions in PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ air pollution. The findings suggest targeted traffic and emissions controls could improve urban air quality, although ozone responses were more complex, and the results may not generalize beyond this high-traffic district.

Plastic products are part of daily life for most people. We store food in plastic containers, use cosmetics packaged in plastic, and rely on many medical and household products made from plastic materials. Because these products are so common, few people think about the chemicals they may contain. However, a new study suggests that some […] The post Everyday Plastics May Cause Heart Disease Death…

Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.

Town of Eureka evacuated due to risk from Iron fire as officials forecast more hot weather in week ahead Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions are fueling multiple wildfires across the US west, including a massive blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town, with hot weather in the forecast raising the risk of more blazes in the week ahead. The Iron fire in Utah’s Juab county was fi…

At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.

France, like much of the rest of Europe, is in the grips of a severe heat wave as summer begins this week, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights warehouses that has been burning since Wednesday.

Americans are far more likely to engage on climate change when they believe governments can deliver meaningful results.

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 14, 2026 thru Sat, June 20, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (8 articles) What's driving up your expenses? Many Americans say climate change Most Democrats and moderate Republicans agree that global warming is increasing the cost of livi…

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07744-5 Carbon footprint and embodied carbon transfer in industrial cities: an analysis of Chongqing based on the SRIO and GM (1,1) models

Freshwater lakes across North America and Europe are becoming noticeably browner, reducing underwater visibility and reshaping fish populations. Research found that several popular sport fish, including trout, bass, perch, and whitefish, tend to decline in darker waters. Meanwhile, walleye and northern pike often become more abundant because they are better adapted to low-visibility conditions. T…

Sports and nationwide music festival affected, with temperatures for some expected to reach 42C from Monday Authorities in France have placed more than a third of the country under a red heat alert, cancelled some outdoor sports events and restricted alcohol consumption at the nationwide Fête de la Musique event amid a brutal heatwave forecast to push temperatures above 40C. Level 1 or 2 heat ale…

UN’s Word Food Programme and agriculture agency issue joint appeal for funds to avert global hunger crisis before it happens Adugna Woyessa was a little boy the first time drought tore his country apart. As harvests failed in rain-starved regions of Ethiopia in the early 1970s, and his school turned a classroom into a grain store for farmers to send aid, he had no idea that scientists were beginn…

Crews struggle to contain fire from cold-storage facility that continues to spew smoke across the metro area Mayor Karen Bass has declared a state of emergency for the city of Los Angeles, as firefighters still struggle to contain a blaze from a cold-storage facility that continues to spew smoke across the metro area. “This emergency declaration is crucial because Boyle Heights is not just respon…

Health alerts are in place as very high humidity adds to danger of heat stress for the most vulnerable The Met Office has expanded its extreme heat warning for the UK, predicting record-breaking highs of 38C (100.4F) this week. The Met Office forecasts that extremely high temperatures could last from Monday until Thursday, leading to health concerns for elderly and vulnerable people. The forecast…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 21 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-58621-9 Impact of land use change on the long-term economic value of carbon sequestration in Central Alborz, Iran

The health of the Amazon rainforest is key to the global climate, but many dangers threaten to make it unrecognizable in the future.