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 |