As it slogs northeastward, the system may become a tropical depression or tropical storm – but flooding is a real threat regardless. The post Heavy rains slam the Texas coast ahead of Potential Tropical Cyclone One appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
In 2016, the Alfred Wegener Institute, together with the University of Bremen, the Palau Community College, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation, opened a research station at what is probably its warmest location: Palau. The archipelago lies in the heart of an area that is characterised by the cleanest air in the world. Moreover, this region is where the composition of the stratosphere - the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer - is determined for the whole planet. This makes the location ideal for studying the distribution of trace gases and particles in the atmosphere and their impact on the global climate, from Europe to the polar regions. Over the last ten years, the observatory has developed into one of the largest in the entire tropics and the largest in the Western...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02570F, Paper Yiming Zhang, Jiaxiang Zhao, Bosi Huang, Runhua Gao, Wenqiang Fang, Xinyu Luo, Kang Ma, Ming Yang, Jie Sun, Guangmin Zhou Molecular orchestration based on complementary charge engineering enables mutually reinforcing electrolyte chemistry, modulating solvation structure and synchronously stabilizing dual interphases for lithium metal batteries exceeding 500 Wh kg −1 . To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Disappearing sea ice is letting more sunlight in the Arctic Ocean and boosting phytoplankton growth, but this has depleted a crucial nutrient, which could severely affect animals higher up the food chain
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Does solar energy need subsidies to compete with fossil fuels? Unsubsidized utility-scale solar is now generally cheaper than building fossil fuel power plants. Costs are often compared using “levelized cost of energy,” the average lifetime cost to build and run a power plant divided by the electricity it produces. A 2025 analysis estimates the mean LCOE of utility-scale solar at about $58 per megawatt-hour without subsidies, compared to $79 for new natural gas plants and $128 for new coal. The International Energy Agency reports solar energy is the cheapest source of new electricity...
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink I’ve often come across graphs on social media showing atmospheric CO2 concentrations over time, with various dates of climate agreements highlighted. Shared by doomers and skeptics alike, they are used to argue that the rise of CO2 concentrations is inexorable and has not (or perhaps cannot) be slowed by actions we take. One example from the Orwellian-named climate skeptic group “ Friends of Science ”. On the other hand global CO2 emissions – the very precursors to those concentrations – have largely plateaued. After increasing by more than 20% in the 2000s, CO2 emissions today are a mere 3% higher than they were in 2013. This plateau has been driven in part by a rapid expansion of clean energy...
Antarctica was long thought to be seismically calm, but new technology makes it possible to detect unexpected types of earthquakes beneath the ice.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.
Around 58 of Indonesia's Tapanuli orangutans were crushed or buried alive by landslides brought on by the climate-change-fueled Cyclone Senyar.
The industry was booming before Congress repealed clean energy tax credits and the Trump administration began fighting wind and solar projects. The post Companies cancel clean energy projects that would have created 40,000 jobs appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Prehistoric squirrel droppings were analyzed and found to contain genetic material of numerous ice-age beasts, plants, microbes and fungi.
Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it is more likely than not to be a "super" El Niño. The climate pattern boosts extreme weather around the world, and could lead to record temperatures
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00129G, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Zahra Teimouri, Mahtab Masouminia, Ashkan Irannezhad, Reza Eslami, Joseph Deering, Navid Noor, Shunquan Tan, Amirhossein Foroozan Ebrahimy, Shayan Angizi, Sung-Fu Hung, Drew Higgins We identify three factors governing NiNC performance in MEA CO 2 electrolysis: nitrogen precursor impregnation, chelating-agent-assisted synthesis, and carbon support morphology, which collectively determine catalyst-layer structure and performance. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Open access notables Emergence of Uncompensable Heat Stress During Monsoon Season in India , Chuphal et al., AGU Advances Uncompensable heat stress (UHS), characterized by the loss of homeostasis due to excessive environmental thermal loading, causes substantial heat-related health risks in India. However, the spatial and seasonal heterogeneity, as well as temporal changes of UHS in India remain poorly understood. Using observations, reanalysis data, and climate model projections, we highlight the surge of UHS during the monsoon season (July–October) as the climate warms. In the observed period (1979–2021), the frequency and area affected by UHS have increased significantly across India. The observed UHS is more prevalent in summer (March–June) and...
The TEMPO mission helped scientists track morning nitrogen dioxide that contributed to afternoon ozone along the New York–Washington corridor in May 2026.
The number of icebergs in the Arctic has increased sharply since the 2000s. This is due to the destabilisation of large glaciers in north-east Greenland and parts of the Russian Arctic as well as the increasing mobility of sea ice. The result: Stones rain down from the melting icebergs, forming new hard-substrate habitats for marine life on the soft seafloor. This gradually alters the existing communities in the deep sea. At the same time, the increasing presence of icebergs also poses greater risks to shipping and fisheries. These findings were reported by a research team led by the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the journal Nature.
Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more damage to the ozone layer than a larger nuclear war in more northerly latitudes, increasing exposure to dangerous ultraviolet radiation all over the world
A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument simultaneously probes the atmosphere with three radar signals, spanning 36 to 240 GHz, for optimized sensitivity to a wide range of water droplet and ice particle sizes.
A mysterious geological structure that resembles a human hand with outstretched fingers has been revealed beneath East Antarctica. The discovery shows the frozen continent still hides many geological secrets.
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02633-wSouthern California is rarely affected by tropical cyclones at present. Here the authors show that this could change with warming, leading to an increase in landslide risk that is expected to disproportionately affect low-income households.
Learn how likely new Arctic deep-sea species could help researchers map fragile sponge gardens and hydrothermal vents before mining plans return.
Bleaching has devastated reefs around the world, raising fears of an irreversible shift. Yet new interventions have revealed that corals can be remarkably resilient if we can give them enough help to recover
Sea ice acts as the planet’s air conditioning – one that’s melting away. The post Arctic warming alters weather patterns across the globe appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01584K, Review Article Chengyuan Zhang, Zhihua Yu, Zhibin Sun, Chengjing Ding, Qing Xu, Bingnan Xuan, Dong Liu, Jiangang Qu, He Shan, Mohammad A Hossain, Mingzheng Ge, Zhijie Liang, Jianying Huang, Yuekun Lai, Hui Liu Global environmental crises and energy shortages pose a grave threat to human society. The widespread moisture offers an endless source of power for sustainable electricity production. However, traditional moisture electricity... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02083F, Paper Siyu Zhang, Yangyang Liu, Jiang Zhou, Gen Chen, Yuping Fan, Hamdy Khamees Thabet, Yu Yao, Zhuoxi Wu, Bingan Lu, Junwei Han Direct regeneration establishes a low-carbon and resource-efficient route for recycling lithium-ion batteries, yet its practical impact is constrained by inadequate defect homogenization and an exclusive focus on restoring pristine structures... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy
Researchers say the Arctic Ocean crossed a biological tipping point in 2009, when nitrate levels in the water suddenly started dropping due to a drastic reduction in sea ice extent.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 11, 16 June 2026.
Abstract Less than five years remain until 2030 deadlines for the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Global Biodiversity Framework. Yet, the gulf between lofty commitments and actual progress grows wider each year. Field stations have tremendous, largely untapped potential to turn these targets into on-the-ground achievements. This is particularly true in the tropics, where biodiversity and carbon mitigation opportunities are highest. Strengthening tropical field stations creates powerful opportunities to partner with locals, support sustainable livelihoods at the interface of wildlands and protected areas, and integrate Indigenous and traditional knowledge with scientific inquiry to develop informed conservation strategies grounded in context-specific evidence. If...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Scientists warn that the Trump Administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
Radar studies produce contradictory results, complicating efforts to gauge sea level rise in vulnerable areas
Learn more about Stonehenge's Altar Stone and how further study supports the idea that glaciers did not move the stone to England; Neolithic people did.
A new study finds mangrove forests are no longer shrinking worldwide, offering hope for coastal protection and climate resilience. But other research warns sea level rise could reduce their ability to store carbon.
A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the centre of Stonehenge southwards from north-east Scotland, but this scenario appears unlikely
Open access notables Historical Volcanic Eruptions Mitigated the Expected Rapid Arctic Sea Ice Decline Prior to 2000 , Wang et al., Geophysical Research Letters Arctic sea ice has declined at sharply contrasting rates over the past four decades—modest before 2000 and rapid thereafter. Using observational and model evidence, we show that large tropical volcanic eruptions can trigger decade-long Arctic sea ice recoveries, and that without the 1982 El Chichón and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions, Arctic sea ice would have declined approximately 1.5 times faster before 2000. We further show a model's sensitivity to volcanic aerosol forcing scales with its sensitivity to GHG forcing across CMIP6 models, offering a new strategy to identify models with realistic climate...
Learn where the Grand Canyon gets its water supply, and how a new 3D map of the canyon’s caves could help protect that supply from climate change and other dangers.
Description Sea level height data from the international Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite collected from March to May 2026 show higher, warmer water moving from the western Pacific Ocean to just off the coast of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. This phenomenon is known as a warm Kelvin wave, signified in this animation of the data by […]
A lobe of the Central American Gyre developed into Hurricane Helene, one of the most notorious Atlantic hurricanes of all time. The post This swirling gyre spawns storms. How will climate change affect it? appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE07525D, Paper Weina Xu, Zimin Li, Kangjie Li, Huitong Lin, Shaobing Zhang, Ruohan Yu, Haoqing Ma, Liheng Zheng, Zijie Tang, Guobin Zhang, Jialun Guo, Fujia Zuo, Lei Zhang, Kangning Zhao A self-inhibition mechanism for cathode dissolution in zinc–vanadium oxide batteries is proposed through pre-intercalation of Ca 2+ to break the cascade dissolution loop. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Skeptical Science is partnering with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. You can submit claims you think need checking via the tipline . Do electric vehicles almost always have a lower carbon footprint than gasoline-powered cars? The EPA, IPCC, and many independent studies have found that electric vehicles have lower lifetime emissions than gas-powered vehicles in nearly all cases. “Lifetime” calculations include emissions released during EV manufacture, as well as the generation of electricity used to charge the car. An average 300-mile range EV produces less than half the lifetime emissions of a conventional 30 miles per gallon car. This is mainly because EVs are significantly more energy efficient...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02250B, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Ziyang Song, Qi Huang, Yaokang Lv, Lihua Gan, Mingxian Liu Organic small molecules with a high mass content ratio of redox-active sites are promising high-capacity cathode materials for aqueous zinc batteries, but their strong interaction with aqueous electrolytes causes serious... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
But "It only takes one storm to make for a very bad season," said NOAA National Weather Service director Ken Graham. The post 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins: A strong El Niño could bring fewer storms appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 24, 2026 thru Sat, May 30, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (7 articles) Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in `Serious Trouble` The population has plummeted over the past seven years as climate change triggers mass starvation in warming Arctic waters. Inside Climate News, By Blaine Harden, May 24, 2026. An Unusually Early Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records Across Western Europe 'This is an unprecedented event with a one in 1,000 chance of happening at this time of year based on the climate from 1979 to 2025 and virtually impossible in the preindustrial era,'' Christophe Cassou, a...
The inland extent of watches and warnings will now be included, and an experimental cone will capture more areas at risk. The post Check out the brand-new hurricane ‘cone of uncertainty’ graphics arriving this season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Researchers have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon, dubbed the Zwan-Wolf effect, squeezing plasma "like toothpaste" in Mars' upper atmosphere. This effect, which also happens on Earth, was thought to be impossible on the Red Planet.
Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat
Open access notables Climate Change Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence , Schäfer et al., Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Chang Artificial intelligence (AI), and especially generative AI (GenAI), is rapidly reshaping climate change communication (CCC). Once dominated by news coverage and public campaigns, CCC now extends across scientists, NGOs, corporations, journalists, influencers, and citizens—all increasingly encountering and adopting AI tools. This article provides a comprehensive review of scholarship on the nexus of AI and CCC, synthesizing insights scattered across disciplines from social and computer science, and interdisciplinary fields like environmental and science studies. It identifies robust patterns alongside significant...
The widespread heatwave will gradually reduce in intensity in the coming days, with a transition to more unsettled and cooler weather by the weekend for many.
Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means for the "Doomsday Glacier."
From Kenya's Tree of Life to a Svalbard glacier, these stunning photos are taken from a new book by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose The Earth From Above was a smash hit 25 years ago
Image: Europe is in the middle of a heatwave – Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image on Tuesday 26 May
Sea level data from a satellite launched by NASA and European partners shows that a swell of warm water hundreds of miles wide has arrived in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, a sign that El Niño will likely emerge later in the year. Because water expands as it warms, a rise […]
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02022D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Hongyu Lu, Jisong Hu, Botao Jiang, Kaiqi Zhang, Zhengyu Ju, Gehong Su, Yuanyuan Gao, Zhaodan Fu, Jingxin Zhao, Bingang Xu, Guihua Yu Aqueous zinc-ion batteries have garnered considerable attention in the field of large-scale energy storage due to their low cost, inherent safety, and environmental friendliness. Nevertheless, the issues of uncontrollable dendrite... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE00044D, Paper Xiongbin Yang, Xinhong Qi, Yihang Li, Shichen Zhang, Yanlin Qin, Gaohong He Chemically driven approach induced highly polar β-PVDF to promote LiTFSI dissociation to release more Li + , which is transported along an interchain pathway with a low energy barrier. Ionic conductivity and interfacial stability are improved. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D5EE04922A, Review Article Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Christian Rischer, Ignacio Saldivia Gonzatti, Daniel A. Friess, Patricia Grasse, David Keller, Johannes R. Krause, Sarah Lück, Carisa MacPherson, Jennifer McHenry, Christine Merk, Tiffany Troxler, Rudi Voss, Wilfried Rickels BCEs sequester ~270 MtC yr −1 and could deliver substantial additional CDR by 2050 despite cost and feasibility uncertainties. Integrating BCEs into climate policy and accounting is key to unlocking sequestration potential and co-benefits. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal...
An area of ice nearly the size of Texas has failed to form over the Bellingshausen Sea, off western Antarctica, as researchers investigate the links between sea ice loss and global warming.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01622G, Paper Ningxin Chen, Sida Xie, Jie Deng, ZiChan Yuan, Kun Kun Guo, Zihan Guo, Chaoji Chen, Yue Ma, Wenshuai Chen, Zhaohui Wang High-areal-capacity thick electrodes are essential for enhancing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries, yet their deployment is limited by redox heterogeneity caused by sedimentation-induced material segregation during electrode thickening. Here,... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Advance Article DOI : 10.1039/D6EE90045C, Editorial We would like to take this opportunity to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Energy & Environmental Science in 2025, as selected by the editorial team for their significant contribution to the journal. To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above. The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Hemiscyllium dudgeonae is the tenth recorded species of walking shark, which use their pectoral fins to move across reef flats, and its limited range means it may be at high risk of extinction
China is building a dam system that will generate more hydroelectric power than the U.S. generates yearly. But the project comes with huge risks for people downstream.
Winemaker Maison Ruinart created a collection of Champagnes from grapes grown in years with abnormal weather. The post A Champagne with notes of climate change appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, June 7, 2026 thru Sat, June 13, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Change Impacts (7 articles) What happens when the world`s breadbaskets start failing simultaneously? The Conversation, Ekamjot Dhillon, Jun 07, 2026. This 1,000-year-old pine tree`s protector fears changing weather patterns Mayors from around the world gathered last week in Huangshan to discuss how to protect their cities from climate change and overtourism. NBC News World News, Jennifer Jett, Jun 07, 2026. `Severe` stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial...
A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experimental cryptocurrency called Quip, and it is able to do it faster and with better energy efficiency than conventional machines
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01852A, Communication Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Enis Oğuzhan Eren, Evgeny Senokos, Tim Horner, Leonardo Cancellara, Ernesto Scoppola, Jiyong Kim, Morten Johansen, Kangkang Ge, Barbara Daffos, Pierre-Louis Taberna, Patrice Simon, Paolo Giusto Sodium-ion batteries are considered a promising and sustainable energy-storage technology, yet achieving competitive energy density requires electrode materials with high reversible capacity. Here, we introduce a chemical vapor deposition strategy... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
The arrival of El Niño is increasing confidence in a quieter-than-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season. Colorado State University now expects only 11 named storms this year, well below average. Still, forecasters warn that it only takes one landfalling hurricane to cause significant impacts, regardless of seasonal totals. The post El Niño is officially here, raising confidence in a quiet 2026 Atlantic hurricane season appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Studies of the Atlantic's circulation find signs of both weakening and unexpected stability in the face of global warming
A new analysis finds climate change is increasing the odds of dangerous heat during many 2026 World Cup matches, putting players, fans, and workers at greater risk. The post The 2026 World Cup could be the hottest yet appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Anthropogenic ocean warming affects ecosystem functioning but is not necessarily the primary climate driver regulating tropical seas. Tropical semi-enclosed marine ecosystems are poorly understood, geographically distinct, and influenced by compounding ...
Learn how whale falls in the Diamantina Zone became a deep-sea refuge for unusual creatures while preserving clues about whales, carbon, and ocean life over millions of years.
Global sea surface temperatures were the second-highest on record for May. The post May 2026 was the world’s second-warmest May on record appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
The Atlantic's enigmatic "cold blob" has once again been linked to a weakening of key ocean currents and a devastating climate tipping point.
An advocate warns that rolling back a key climate finding could expose children – especially in Black and Brown communities – to more dangerous air pollution. The post Trump EPA move sparks fears over kids’ health appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.
Learn more about the treasure trove of evolutionary data uncovered from ancient Arctic ground squirrel droppings.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01796G, Paper Xiaotong Li, Xinhui Guo, Qian Liu, Yunxia He, Youwen Rong, Zijian Tan, Yiyuan Jiang, Zhou Chen, Dunfeng Gao, Guoxiong Wang, Xinhe Bao Acidic CO2 electrolysis offers great potential for high-efficiency single-pass CO2 conversion to valuable fuels and chemicals, yet is challenged by the kinetically favorable hydrogen evolution reaction. Electrode coatings can engineer... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler You have likely seen a headline like this: 62,000 people died from record-breaking heat in Europe: link It’s a striking number. It’s also not clear what it means. Is this the number of people killed by extreme heat? Or climate change’s contributions to the extreme heat? Or the number of deaths above what we would expect in a normal summer? Or something else. This matters a lot. If we want to accurately communicate the impact of climate change on human mortality, we need to be precise about what we’re actually counting. A graduate student and I just published a paper on this in GeoHealth ( link ), using heat-related mortality in Texas to demonstrate the issue. Here’s...
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01563H, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Jiaxin Ren, Peigong Liu, Yuji Qin, Xi Yuan, Xiang Cao, Teng Zhou, Jian Zeng Direct air capture of carbon dioxide has been limited by the energy-intensive thermal regeneration of adsorbents imposed by the low CO2 uptake capacity, high regeneration temperature and parasitic water evaporation.... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02664H, Paper Ling Wang, Jinpeng Guan, Na Li, Jing Li, Zhaoyu Wang, Jin Yin, Yilin Liu, Maolin Yu, Yongbiao Mu, Zetao Chen, Yuwei Li, Jianxiong Xu, Lin Zeng Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries (AZIBs) are attractive for safe and low-cost energy storage, yet their practical deployment is hindered by the instability of both Zn anodes and iodine cathodes, particularly under... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Record-low snowpack and historic late-March heat were among the standout events. The post Second-warmest spring in U.S. history appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Bob Henson It might have seemed exotic when it first appeared, but the forecast “cone of uncertainty” used by the NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now a familiar part of tropical cyclone readiness in U.S. states and territories. For 2026, NHC has made a couple of key tweaks to its standard cone product. It’s also testing an expanded version of the cone – one made feasible by a new way of understanding how and where forecast errors arise. Since its debut in 2002, the cone has become what a University of Miami writer called “arguably [the center’s] most iconic graphic,” a mainstay of TV coverage and weather apps. Prior to the cone, hurricane maps simply showed a line depicting...
An expert said climate change is a key element in the spread of a tropical species that thrives in warm weather. The post What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, May 31, 2026 thru Sat, June 6, 2026. Stories we promoted this week, by category: Climate Policy and Politics (8 articles) Scilencing The Trump Administration would just as soon we didn't know stuff, especially about our planet The Crucial Years, Bill McKibben, May 31, 2026. Companies No Longer Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Climate Risk Progressive lawmakers and environmental groups strongly condemned the decision, arguing that it leaves investors in the dark regarding trillions of dollars in hidden climate liabilities and systemic economic risks. Climate News Now, Climate News Now, May 31, 2026. DOE restarts home efficiency rebates, and...
Editor’s note: This article was updated on June 5. A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys, and genetic testing on marine microorganisms found evidence that warming ocean waters may be limiting nutrient availability across much of the global ocean. The researchers report that this nutrient stress affects microscopic marine organisms and could influence […]
Discover how a new study breaks down the drivers of sea-level rise, allowing scientists to explain nearly all of its causes.
Over the last decade, wildfires have worsened ground-level ozone pollution across much of the contiguous United States, creating unhealthy air far from active flames.
Oxidative cleavage of carbon-carbon double bonds often requires hazardous reagents and demanding conditions. In this study, we report a photocatalytic oxidative cleavage of alkenes using benign carbon dioxide (CO2) as an oxygen donor, producing ketones ...
Learn how ancient DNA shows cave lions were a distinct evolutionary lineage from modern lions, yet still interbred with them after more than a million years apart as Ice Age climate brought them into contact.
Global warming will amplify the impacts of El Niño events, and could also make them much stronger and more far-reaching
A circle running along the 27° east and 153° west meridians divides the globe into two halves with equal reflectivity – and this may have implications for solar geoengineering schemes
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler I’ve long been struck by how hard it is to predict the evolution of our energy system, even a few years in advance, never mind 25 or 30 years. I still remember the “ peak oil ” craze in the mid 2000s, when people were telling me the end of oil was nigh. It sounded convincing right up until it turned out to be wrong. In this post, let me show you how bad previous predictions have been for the electricity sector. evolution of our energy system in 6 charts Each plot below shows annual predictions of how a particular source of electricity will evolve as well as what actually happened . The data come from the Energy Information Administration and cover the U.S. electricity sector. We’ll...
For the first time, AWI researchers have performed a detailed calculation of the amount of carbon stored in permafrost in Arctic river deltas. In a new study in the journal Nature Communications, they point out the risks endangering the storage function of these highly sensitive landscapes due to rapid climate change.
‘Hurricanes fascinate me,’ she says. The post 10 questions for Irene Sans, our new meteorologist appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE01476C, Paper Gangli Zhao, Daozhi Shen, Shuaiqi Han, Dingyun Zhang, Linglan Guo, Qiaolin Gu, Feng Zhan, Linmin Zhu Moisture-enabled generators (MEGs) can harvest electrical energy from ambient water vapor, offering a promising self-powered solution for wearable electronics and Internet-of-Things systems. However, their practical application is hindered by limited... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections Thanks to the transition from fossil fuels to clean technologies, what used to be considered the worst-case climate change scenario now appears to be outside the realm of plausibility, climate scientists said in a recent study. That study made headlines in May when President Donald Trump falsely claimed that climate scientists had admitted that their projections had been wrong, a claim akin to an anti-vaxxer gloating that the official end of the pandemic proved that COVID was never a problem. And the study contained sobering news: The best-case climate scenario is close to slipping out of reach, and a business-as-usual scenario is still a very dangerous one, with high risks of widespread species extinctions , extreme heat-related...
Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer
May 30, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done. The post Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Nature, Published online: 29 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10605-5Author Correction: US oil and gas system emissions from nearly one million aerial site measurements
The harsh realities of global warming are becoming difficult to ignore in Norway’s Longyearbyen
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02323A, Paper Jiale Zhang, Shaofeng Li, Yan Yan, Jiexiang Li, Zeyu Dong, Peng Ge, Yue Yang, Jie Zeng The recycling of spent LiFePO4 (LFP) is crucial for the sustainable development of Li-ion batteries. However, conventional lithium-replenishment repair merely restores the material to its original state, falling short of... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
West Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" is on the brink of losing its ice shelf, further compromising the already melting ice mass and threatening to unleash devastating sea-level rises.
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Jeff Masters In brief: Scientists expect dramatic swings between active and inactive hurricane seasons in the future. The risk of back-to-back hurricanes is growing. Hurricanes are expected to get more damaging and deadly. Wild year-to-year swings — from punishing hyperactive seasons to quiet years with little activity — could well become the norm for future Atlantic hurricane seasons, according to recent climate change research. The latest science paints a complex but alarming future, as the unprecedented amount of heat that humans are supplying to the climate system disrupts the fundamental atmospheric circulation pattern in which we designed our civilization. ...
Here’s why – and what you can do to protect them. The post Heat waves are extra dangerous for babies appeared first on Yale Climate Connections.
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02327D, Paper Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. Huanyu Zhang, Faruk Okur, Matthias Klimpel, Julian Felix Baumgärtner, Jaka Šivavec, André Müller, Ihor Neporozhnii, Orhan Kibrisli, Oleksandr Voznyy, Yaroslav E. Romanyuk, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Kostiantyn Kravchyk Lithium dendrite growth at the lithium | solid-state electrolyte (SSE) interface, driven by void formation, remains a major barrier to the deployment of Li metal solid-state batteries. Here, we reveal... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy Environ. Sci. , 2026, Accepted Manuscript DOI : 10.1039/D6EE02221A, Paper Beibei He, Nan Zhang, Caijin Xiao, Baixi Xia, Xunxun Deng, Ling Zhao, Yida Deng The electrochemical conversion of CO2 into value-added chemicals via solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) offers a promising pathway for renewable energy storage and carbon-neutral fuel production, yet its advancement is... The content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
This is a re-post from The Climate Brink by Zeke Hausfather, Glen Peters, and Piers Forster With the release of the new van Vuuren et al 2026 paper on the emissions scenarios that will be used in the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report, the internet has been abuzz with debate over the implications of the formal retirement of the RCP8.5/SSP5-8.5 scenario. The president of the United States even weighed in over the weekend in his own unique style, posting that “the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!”. van Vuuren et al justify this move by noting that “the CMIP6 high emission levels (quantified by SSP5-8.5) have become implausible, based on trends in the costs of renewables...