Running dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures
Environment | The Guardianby Guardian sport·14 Aug 2026
With the UK experiencing the driest summer on record, we look at how the weather is affecting the pitches and courses across the country
The EPA's data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark
Gristby Sachi Kitajima Mulkey·14 Aug 2026
Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question.
Congress may kill the federal heat rule before OSHA can
Gristby Frida Garza·14 Aug 2026
July was the hottest month on record in the United States, with three heat domes — slow-moving, high-pressure systems that trap heat and humidity in place — afflicting large swaths of the country.
Coal Mining Reforms Put Regulation in Private Hands | 2026
Frontlineby Akshay Deshmane·14 Aug 2026
In late 2025, the Union Coal Ministry amended the Colliery Control Rules to scrap a legal obligation on mining companies to seek permission from the Coal Controller’s Organisation, a regulatory...
Cheap Drones, Dry Taps: The Iran War Opens a New Era of Water Infrastructure Risk
War on the Rocksby Morgan D. Bazilian·14 Aug 2026
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‘It’s one huge adventure playground’: readers’ best summer trips in the lakes and mountains of Europe
Travel | The Guardianby Guardian readers·14 Aug 2026
Late summer hiking in the Austrian Alps Haldensee is a clear, sparkling cold lake located at the bottom of the Tannheimer Tal valley in the Austrian Alps (about 90 miles south-west of Munich).
Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel
Environment | The Guardianby Pejman Faratin·14 Aug 2026
Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world A female Dolomedes sulfureus is carefully carrying an egg sac...
Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
BBC Newsby George Sandeman·13 Aug 2026
- Published Millions of us were treated to a stunning spectacle on Wednesday during mainland Europe's first total solar eclipse for more than 25 years.
Storms of dust and sand are another sign our climate is changing. Two experts explain
Environment + Energy - The Conversationby Isabelle Finlay, PhD Candidate, Geography and Environment, Loughborough University·13 Aug 2026
Imagine you wake up one morning and look out your window. You see a sky of red, hear a ferocious blast of wind and watch as tree branches creak and crack.
Total eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Iceland, Spain, and Portugal
The Cloudflare Blogby Lai Yi Ohlsen·13 Aug 2026
At a time when looking down at our devices is a ritual in daily life, a natural phenomenon that demands our attention communally upward is a welcome event.
Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened
The Conversation (US)by Regan E. Dunn, Associate Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences·13 Aug 2026
Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming.
Nine anchor species could meet India’s biodiversity and climate targets
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon·13 Aug 2026
- New research lists nine anchor species that could yield combined benefits for biodiversity and natural carbon stock.
Just weeks before wildfires hit Spokane, the city practiced a mass evacuation. The drill paid off
Good Good Goodby Ashley Bosa·13 Aug 2026
When a wildfire is headed your way, evacuating may sound straightforward: Gather your belongings, get in the car, and leave. In reality, it is one of the most complex decisions a person can face.
Controlling wild pigs can work if it’s a group effort
The Conversation (US)by Eunchun Park, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas·13 Aug 2026
The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs – and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years.
Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill
The Conversation (US)by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College·13 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast
The Conversation (US)by Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Structures, Universidade de Lisboa·13 Aug 2026
In a summer of wildfires severe enough to trigger Spain’s first-ever national emergency for a forest fire, a historic stone structure called the Nevera de Castro stands in a landscape burned bare...
Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon·13 Aug 2026
- Rapid socio-economic changes in Spiti are transforming the region’s traditional agro-pastoral system, impacting livestock rearing and farming.
Scientists found the sweet spot for dumping iron into the ocean
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team·13 Aug 2026
The planet’s oceans are an ally for fighting climate change. They absorb about a third of all human-generated carbon dioxide emissions.
Killer fungus: how a disease threatening bat species has spread to northern Canada
Environment | The Guardianby Trina Moyles·13 Aug 2026
Crawling through a narrow passage in a cave beneath a boreal forest near Fort Smith in Canada’s Northwest Territories in May, two biologists spotted a lifeless bat on a limestone ledge, its body...
Heat waves cost some Toronto residents more | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Rajpreet Sahota·13 Aug 2026
Beena Ruparelia does not need to check a thermometer to know when heat has settled into her northwest Toronto home. She can see it on her skin.
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