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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Oct-2026 21:17 ET (22-Oct-2026 01:17 GMT/UTC)

Helping decision makers navigate climate risks

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As climate impacts are intensifying worldwide, there is an urgent demand for information on how to respond. IIASA researchers and partners have developed a new tool that meets that need, integrating climate drivers, risks, and adaptation options in one framework grounded in IPCC science. It turns authoritative global climate assessments into guidance practitioners can use.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Cities are getting hotter: 'Thermal Justice' offers a fairer way to adapt

ETH Zurich
Peer-Reviewed Publication

After an exceptionally early heatwave in May, western Europe recorded its hottest June on record. Immediate protection is essential, but not everyone can access cool housing, shade, or flexible working conditions. A new 'Thermal Justice' framework shows how cities can reduce heat risk without shifting its burdens to other people, places, or future generations.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation

When home is no longer safe for older women

University of Technology Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A lifetime of unpaid care and financial inequality is leaving older women more exposed to housing insecurity in a changing climate.

Journal: Alternative Law Journal

Lost ‘mega-escarpment’ across ancient USA may explain Grand Canyon’s missing billion years

University of Southampton
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A colossal cliff formed by the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia 800 million years ago may have exposed the depths of the Grand Canyon nearly a billion years before the Colorado River carved it.

Journal: Geology

Uncovering the dynamic surface chemistry of copper sulfide catalysts in CO2 conversion

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Copper sulfide (CuS) catalysts continuously reconstruct their surface during electrochemical CO₂ reduction, reports a study from Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. By uncovering the mechanism behind the dynamic surface changes that occur during Potential-Step electrolysis, the researchers revealed how sulfur and oxygen play distinct roles in catalyst activity and product selectivity, paving the way for improved CO₂ conversion technologies.

Journal: Materials Advances
Funder: Tokyo Tech Fund, JFE 21st Century Foundation, Asahi Kasei Corporation, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

NTU Singapore study suggests that three-quarters of Indo-Pacific coral reefs could drown as sea levels rise

Nanyang Technological University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have found that most coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific may struggle to grow fast enough to keep pace with accelerating sea-level rise. The study found that 76 per cent of the reef sites surveyed do not have the capacity to keep pace with projected sea-level rise under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, threatening coastal protection and marine habitats.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: National Research Foundation Singapore

A weakening Atlantic Ocean current system could accelerate Earth’s warming, research suggests

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that shapes regional climates and distributes ocean nutrients also serves as a control knob to help regulate temperatures across the planet, new research has found.

Journal: Nature Geoscience

While Great Lakes ice cover is slipping, a 'temporary respite' may be on the way

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research suggests that the Great Lakes' ice cover is synced to strong but slow-churning natural global cycles that drive regional weather patterns.

Journal: Communications Earth & Environment
Funder: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Machine learning smooths the road from idea to real-world climate impact

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new, end-to-end, machine-learning-guided workflow created in the lab of UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Department of Chemistry Prof. Laura Gagliardi is helping smooth the path from academic idea to manufacture-ready reality in a single discovery process.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

AMS Science Preview: Neighborhood hurricane warnings, wildfire increase, Earth energy

American Meteorological Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published in AMS journals discusses neighborhood-level forecasting of hurricane impacts, how deforestation in New Guinea affects North American temperatures, evidence climate change is behind increased wildfires, the climate benefits of national parks, and the potential for predicting hurricanes by analyzing lightning.

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