Each week we gather the climate, weather, nature and science news that matters to building greener, food-growing cities. Every story links to the people who reported it.
Climate & Weather
What the planet's climate and weather did this week.
- Analysis: China’s quarterly CO2 falls 3% in largest drop since Covid
- Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP31 climate summit
- Hunting for a Cooking Oil Replacement in Pennsylvania’s Forests
- Alabama Power Routinely Bills Ratepayers for Ads Promoting Its Goods and Services. State Regulators Want That Stopped.
- COP31 explained: What’s at stake at this year’s UN climate summit?
Nature & Biodiversity
Forests, oceans, wildlife and the living systems Fruit City is built to restore.
- Nigeria’s shifting rainfall wreaks havoc with a beloved edible green, the waterleaf plant
- Amazon mapping shows cacao expansion without deforestation in Brazil
- How This Year's Super El Niño Will Worsen Global Hunger
- Scientists may have finally explained why our brains and bodies are cross-wired
- As Mangrove Forests Expand in China, Bird Species Multiply
Scientific Discoveries
New research worth knowing about.
- Societies could lose ability to respond to climate change
- New research explores how offshore wind development may alter marine food webs
- Short supplies of crucial equipment stymie changes to US electricity grid
- US wildfire damage is on pace to triple by mid-century, but there are affordable ways to lower the risk
- NASA reveals a haunting skull hidden in Antarctica’s ice
Food, Farms & Green Cities
Growing food, feeding people, and greener places to live.
- Finding New Ways to Sustain Agricultural Research
- To Make Progress on Climate, Some Farmers Won’t Say ‘Climate’
- The Counter-Extremism Expert Building Our Capacity for Compassion
- How Food Is Helping Transform Residential Care in Ukraine
- In Puerto Rico, New Farm Models Avoid Imports and Industrial Food
Natural events being tracked
NASA is tracking 11 open natural events around the world this week: sea and lake ice (7), wildfires (2), severe storms (2).
Weather around the world
Forecast highs, lows and rain for the next 7 days.
| City | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 79°F 26°C | 57°F 14°C | 0.2 in 6 mm |
| Lagos | 87°F 31°C | 78°F 25°C | 1.3 in 32 mm |
| Mumbai | 97°F 36°C | 75°F 24°C | 0.0 in 0 mm |
| Cairo | 76°F 24°C | 56°F 14°C | 0.0 in 0 mm |
| São Paulo | 86°F 30°C | 56°F 13°C | 1.3 in 33 mm |
| Jakarta | 93°F 34°C | 74°F 24°C | 2.1 in 54 mm |
Past issues
Gathered each week from free public sources including NASA, NOAA, the World Meteorological Organization, the UN, FAO, Carbon Brief, Mongabay, ScienceDaily and others. Headlines link to the original reporting; short summaries are our own. Fruit City Worldwide isn't affiliated with these publishers.