On 2 June 2026 the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued the news that, fueled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Niño conditions are developing and are set to influence global temperature and rainfall patterns, increasing the … Continue reading →
The following overview comes from an article on the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) website, where you can find more information. El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of a naturally occurring climate pattern known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation … Continue reading →
What is a heatwave? The UK Met Office has a complicated definition of a heatwave which says there must be three or more days where the maximum temperature is at or above a certain level which varies from 25°C to … Continue reading →
The European State of the Climate (ESOTC) 2025 report published on 29 April 2026 by Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) states that since the 1980s, Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average, making it the fastest-warming … Continue reading →
Most of this list was produced by Ben Ballin and published by Sustainability and Environmental Education (SEEd) News. The Guide to Glass Recycling was suggested by Scout Ben Fisher. Most, but not all, of these resources are accessible online without cost. … Continue reading →
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Donald Trump the “Peacemaker-in-Chief” on 26 August 2025. But Trump shed the cloak of peacemaker and revealed his true nature when he joined Benjamin Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran on 28 February 2026. … Continue reading →
Biodiversity is the world’s strongest natural defense against climate change, as we explained in a previous article. We can all help the fight against climate change even in a small way such as by encouraging biodiversity in our gardens and … Continue reading →
Nature is in crisis Biological diversity — or biodiversity — is the variety of life on Earth, in all its forms, from genes and bacteria to entire ecosystems such as forests or coral reefs. The biodiversity we see today is … Continue reading →
In a White House ceremony on 11 February 2026, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was nominated “Champion of Coal” and described by a White House article as the “undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal”. During the event … Continue reading →
On 20th January 2025 we reported “President Trump – A Disaster for World’s Climate”. Now, on 8 January 2026, things have got even worse. He has withdrawn the US from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Intergovernmental … Continue reading →