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Flood-Ravaged Nepal on Alert as Scientists Warn of Additional Risk

Earth scientists are in the early stages of analyzing the devastating debris flow but say it fits a pattern fueled by global warming.

By Bob Berwyn, Nicholas Kusnetz

Locals walk through houses deluged in sludge after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Thursday. Credit: Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images
A boy sits near fishing boats in Adwoa, Ghana, on June 23. Credit: Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

As Oceans Warm, Children Face Growing Malnutrition Risk

By Teresa Tomassoni

Children play in the shrinking waters of the Ciliwung River in Bogor, Indonesia, on July 27 amid drought conditions intensified by this year’s El Niño. Credit: Agoes Rudianto/Anadolu via Getty Images

Global Warming Intensifies El Niño, Galápagos Coral Fossils Show

By Bob Berwyn

People stand at the bottom of a boat ramp that now ends hundreds of feet above the water levels of Lake Powell on Aug. 18 near Page, Ariz. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

The Biggest Carbon Polluters Are to Blame for Half of U.S. Western Water Lost to Climate Change, ‘Groundbreaking’ Paper Says

By Jake Bolster

The headquarters of the National Center for Atmospheric Research sits on the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colo. Credit: Ulysse Bellier/AFP via Getty Images

Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Smoke rises behind a residential area as a wildfire burns in Gironde, France, on July 23, 2026. New research suggests that dangerous conflagrations like the Gironde wildfire will become more common in the future. Credit: Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

Europe Faces Surging Wildfire Threat, New Research Shows

By Bob Berwyn

A firefighter works to secure the Moose Fire perimeter on Monday in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Credit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF Wildland Fire Information

Recent Rain Slowed Southwestern Montana Wildfires. Now the Heat Is Returning.

By Mosabber Hossain

At The Wetlands Institute’s Scotch Bonnet Island enhancement project, marsh vegetation is giving way to open water in areas that cannot keep pace with rising sea levels. Credit: Madeline Shaw/Inside Climate News

As Seas Rise, Scientists Race to Save Coastal Marshes From Drowning

By Madeline Shaw

A Steller sea lion rests on a rock in Alaska. Credit: NOAA

NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections

By Johnny Sturgeon

Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir expansion project in Boulder County, Colorado, is seen on April 9, 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Can a Dam Expansion Hold Back Climate Considerations on the Colorado River?

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

An air tanker drops fire retardant near Maverick Mountain Ski Area as crews work to slow the Sand Creek Fire in southwestern Montana on Aug. 12. Credit: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Wildland Fire Information

Montana’s Sand Creek Fire Burns Through Into Beloved Ski Area

By Mosabber Hossain

Estelle Vaughn has tended North Philadelphia’s Tioga-Hope Park and Garden for over 25 years. Credit: Nina Sablan/Inside Climate News

A Green Oasis Grows in North Philadelphia’s Heat Island

By Nina Sablan

Marguerite the zebra shark is released into Indonesian waters. Credit: Mark Erdmann/ReShark

Sharks on a Plane

By Johnny Sturgeon

A man cools off during a heat wave in Rome on July 1, 2025. Credit: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

State of the Climate: A Dimming, Overheated Planet, With Degraded Oceans

By Bob Berwyn

Wildfire smoke engulfs the skyline of New York City on July 16. Credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Wildfire Smoke Is Now a Bigger Prenatal Threat Than Human Sources of Air Pollution

By Liza Gross

Cranes fly over a protected wetland on March 3 in Anklam, Germany. Credit: Wolfram Steinberg/picture alliance via Getty Images

Revealing Europe’s Most Critical Wetlands

By Avril Silva

Activists attend a rally to protect the Tapanuli orangutan in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Credit: Devi Rahman/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The World’s Rarest Great Ape Is Worse Off Than We Thought

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Ships sit anchored in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on May 4. Credit: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP via Getty Images

A Fleet Idled by Conflict Is Now Spinning an ‘Ecological Roulette’ Across the World’s Ports

By Kate Waxman

A commercial fishing boat is seen off the coast of San Diego as the sun sets on July 5, 2025. Credit: Kevin Carter/Getty Images

This Year’s El Niño Could Spell Disaster for American Fishermen

By Johnny Sturgeon

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