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‘Can you help us?’: US oil execs turn to Trump to topple Europe’s climate rules

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:26am
Here's an inside look at how a climate regulation became a battleground between the U.S. and Europe.

Extreme heat pushed electricity demand to near record levels

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:24am
Boiling temperatures taxed regional grids in ways that are rarely seen due in part to data centers and climate change.

Heat illness records set last week from New York to Minnesota

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:21am
Blistering temperatures and widespread power outages led to record rates of emergency-room visits related to heat, CDC data shows.

Bitcoin miner bets on AI with $19B deal in Kentucky

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:18am
TeraWulf announced a 20-year lease agreement with Anthropic for a data center site that has drawn pushback.

EU countries want ‘buy European’ quotas for green steel, document shows

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:16am
European steelmakers and industry groups have for months lobbied Brussels to include such a provision in the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act.

Europe’s heat wave is a bright spot for China’s portable AC manufacturers

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:15am
The Chinese products’ high convenience for usage, affordable pricing and installation cost savings could structurally benefit key manufacturers in the long run.

El Niño threatens to fuel coal power surge in India, study says

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:13am
An expected power shortage would most likely need to be met with an increase in coal-fired electricity generation, the report said.

Wildfire forces Tour de France to ban fans from stage finale

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:11am
Another heat wave in Europe is fueling dangerous conditions for wildfires.

UK's outdated schoolhouses swelter in the heat

ClimateWire News - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 6:07am
The buildings were built to keep warm in cold winters, not stay cool in prolonged periods of high temperatures.

Seals in changing seas dive longer

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02703-z

Seals in changing seas dive longer

Roots respond to phosphorus limitation

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02701-1

Roots respond to phosphorus limitation

Female climate leadership

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02704-y

Female climate leadership

Shifts in experiencing downpours

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02702-0

Shifts in experiencing downpours

Responsible carbon accounting

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02707-9

Carbon accounting shapes how climate responsibility is allocated, and expanding existing frameworks could provide a stronger basis for effective and equitable climate action.

Nepal’s swift embrace of electric vehicles

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02588-y

The rapid electrification of Nepal’s automobile sector in just five years shows how a robust mix of policies and incentives can catapult climate action.

Future-proofing interpretations of the Paris Agreement’s limit of well below 2 °C

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02685-y

Here the authors show that a common interpretation of the Paris Agreement’s ‘well below 2° C’ target is changing with time, which could lead to higher overall warming. They propose that using median temperatures instead of probability ranges is more robust.

People systematically under- and overestimate public engagement in climate action

Nature Climate Change - Tue, 07/07/2026 - 12:00am

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02668-z

Unlike previous work showing that people underestimate others’ support for climate action, this study finds systematic pluralistic ignorance in both directions: frequent attitudes and actual behaviours are underestimated but rare ones are overestimated. This can be explained by general cognitive processes.

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