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A panel of dignitaries sitting in front of a banner reading Conférence des Nations Unies sur L'Océan Nice, France 2025

Progress and frustration mark the UN’s third Ocean Conference

The historic high seas treaty is not yet in effect — but countries drew closer to implementing it.

Joseph Winters International June 16, 2025

The pollution paradox: How cleaning up smog drives ocean warming

New research indicates that the decline in smog particles from China’s air cleanups caused the recent extreme heat waves in the Pacific.

Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360 Oceans June 5, 2024

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Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks

Public Health Watch chronicles a fossil fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.

Shelby Jouppi, Jim Morris, & Savanna Strott, Public Health Watch Health January 6, 2026

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A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture June 19, 2025

A large cargo ship floating on the water

UN sets ‘wishy-washy’ climate target for global shipping industry

The agreement is to decarbonize the sector "by or around, i.e., close to 2050."

Joseph Winters International July 7, 2023

The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat

Was this extra warming a blip, or a sign that climate change is veering off predictable tracks?

Kate Yoder & Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Science June 6, 2024

Activists from Greenpeace stand next to a ship called the Arctic Sunrise. In the foreground, an activist stands with her back to us, and her shirt reads Stop Deep Sea Mining.

Norway hits the brakes on mining the Arctic Ocean — for now

The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean’s riches.

Gautama Mehta Oceans December 12, 2024

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UN climate talks are built on consensus. That’s part of the problem.

At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way.

Joseph Winters COP30 November 9, 2025

Illustration: A hydrogen storage facility, semi-truck with hydrogen fuel pump, truck transporting hydrogen, and electric towers on top of silhouettes of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. To the right of the states are offshore wind turbines and a cargo ship transporting tanks of hydrogen.

The Northeast is poised to become a ‘hydrogen hub’

But nobody knows quite what that means yet.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy July 18, 2022

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