climate

Smoggy cityscape with industrial pollution.

January 19, 2025

New York Targets Big Polluters With $3 Billion Annual Fund for Climate Crisis, Public Health, and Extreme Weather

The Governor of the State of New York, Kathy Hochul, approved a law on December 26th, 2024 that requires companies that significantly contributed to greenhouse gas emissions to invest in projects to

Agriculture

Ghana Study: Shade Trees Key to Climate-Resilient Cocoa Farming

A two-year field study in Ghana’s northern cocoa belt has revealed crucial insights into building climate-resistant cocoa farming systems through strategic shade tree integration. The research, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), comes at a critical time when West

December 30, 2024

Climate Activists Deface Darwin’s Grave as Global Temperatures Surpass 1.5°C Threshold.

Activism·News

Two climate protesters painted Charles Darwin’s grave orange to warn that Earth is getting dangerously hot. The Just Stop Oil activists wrote “1.5 is

Record-Breaking Heat: January 2025 Becomes Earth’s Warmest Month in 175 Years

Climate

Climate change has caused persistent heating on planet Earth. January 2025 is recorded as the warmest January in 175 years. A run of extraordinary

Global product generated at 1km resolution using data for the period Jan-Dec 2024.

India·Space

ISRO’s EOS-06 Enhances Ocean Monitoring with Advanced Imaging

India’s space agency ISRO is now watching over our oceans better than ever before. Their satellite EOS-06, launched in late 2022, takes pictures of tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton every two days.

Rahul Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

Energy·USA

Grand Canyon’s 1 Million Acres Face Renewed Uranium Mining Threat

A new Interior Department order threatens to reopen uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, setting up a clash between energy development and environmental protection. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s directive calls for a

Sunita Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

🌊 Miami's Sinking Skyline: A Hidden Crisis

Architecture·Climate

Miami High-Rises Sinking: 35 Buildings Dropping Up to 8cm Since 2016

Recent findings from the University of Houston show that several of Miami’s waterfront high-rises are slowly sinking into the ground. Since 2016, 35 buildings have sunk by up to eight centimeters (three

Karmactive Staff

January 30, 2025