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North Carolina cuts farm’s fine by 98% in worker heat death
Barnes Farming was originally fined $187,500 after a worker died without access to water or shade. Now it will pay just $3,750.
Trump tariffs threaten transportation ambitions
Inflation and new fees on imports have combined to increase the cost of construction for roads, bridges and other transit infrastructure.
Democratic-led states aim to outrun Trump’s clean energy assault
Colorado and California are among the states expediting clean energy projects to beat the phase-out of tax credits.
Brazil tells corporate bigwigs: Come to the Amazon COP
The host of this year's climate talks is trying to soothe concerns about hotel shortages and other logistical pitfalls.
Estonia considers restoring bogs to protect against Putin, climate
Peatlands can help stop both Russian tanks and climate change.
Wildfires are preventable. So why does the Iberian Peninsula keep burning?
Governments can’t use climate change as an excuse for failing to take preventive measures, scientists say.
It’s the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the most powerful storms
The storms are a rare threat, with fewer than 1 out of every 10 of the storms crashing into the United States.
Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 02 September 2025; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02380-4
The ocean carbon sink strengthened in previous warm El Niño years due to reduced CO2 outgassing in the tropics. Here the authors show that the ocean carbon sink declined in 2023 despite record-high sea surface temperatures (SSTs), primarily due to SST-driven outgassing of CO2 in the subtropics.