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Think this is bad? Study warns the area affected by wildfires in Europe will TRIPLE by 2100

Daily Mail - Science & tech

You're viewing the US edition You can switch to the UK or AU homepage at any time using this menu. Sussexes'already have a house lined up to live in... and it's not a Royal residence' Hayden Panettiere's LA neighbors were warned to call police if they saw her ex Brian Hickerson in the past... as DEA reportedly joins investigation into star's death Lindsay Clancy's life locked in psych ward: Her unfiltered true feelings about husband Patrick... visitors log... and sad hourly punishment Trump's under-siege aide Natalie Harp caught in foul-mouthed explosion as insiders reveal White House whispers about her close access to president Trump's MAGA allies mock Harry and Meghan as report suggests President played a part in couple's decision to leave US This is an epic humiliation for Harry and Meghan. But these two are dangerous... we should fear the twisted real strategy behind their UK return: MAUREEN CALLAHAN America's pancreatic cancer explosion: Science breakthrough leaves experts fearing surprisingly common lifestyle habit is behind surge in young patients... as new early warning sign is revealed Surrogate who refused to abort baby in fresh battle with biological parents over child's NAME US Army U-turn over futuristic drone and robot unit is slammed as'deeply dangerous' My secret beers-after-work problem threatened to ruin my beautiful family life... until I discovered the $3 'Ozempic for alcohol' pill that instantly ends cravings (and gave me a rippling six pack as a side effect!) Virginia mother stabbed to death on jogging trail'by teenage migrant coworker' who was caught entering US illegally two years ago... then released Read Brian Hickerson's sinister texts to girlfriend Hayden Panettiere as he breaks cover after star's death: 'Time to go to war' Shocking moment 16-year-old girl storms field and tackles middle school football player... before being hit with assault charges and lifetime ban Dior executive Mathilde Favier's children pay heartbreaking tribute after her death in horror crash Harry beams after announcing he and Meghan will to move to UK in DAYS with Archie and Lilibet to attend British school: Surprised Royal camp says'no alteration' to Megxit deal The area ravaged by wildfires in Europe will almost triple by 2100, an ominous study has predicted. Scientists warn that a hotter, drier climate will make fires more common and widespread in the future.


AI to help planes avoid climate-warming 'sky graffiti'

BBC News

AI to help planes avoid climate-warming'sky graffiti' We've all looked up and seen the white lines trailing behind aircraft in the sky. Known as contrails, these icy clouds contribute to climate change, and scientists have been trying to work out how to stop them. Now, a ยฃ5m UK trial will test whether AI can help, by predicting where warming contrails are likely to form and getting planes to avoid those areas. The 30-month Operation Blue Skies project brings together Google, the UK government, the Met Office, air traffic control provider National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and academic researchers. It will focus on the Shanwick Oceanic airspace in the eastern half of the North Atlantic corridor which accounts for approximately 5% of global contrail warming.


A Clarinetist, a High School Student, and Some Climate Deniers Write a Science Paper

Mother Jones

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Global warming has accelerated 'significantly' since 2015, study reveals - as scientists call for urgent action to curb CO2 emissions

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Horrifying next twist in the Alexander brothers case: MAUREEN CALLAHAN exposes an unthinkable perversion that's been hiding in plain sight Hollywood icon who starred in Psycho after Hitchcock dubbed her'my new Grace Kelly' looks incredible at 95 Alexander brothers' alleged HIGH SCHOOL gang rape video: Classmates speak out on sick'taking turns' footage... as creepy unseen photos are exposed Model Cindy Crawford, 60, mocked for her'out of touch' morning routine: 'Nothing about this is normal' Kentucky mother and daughter turn down $26.5MILLION to sell their farms to secretive tech giant that wants to build data center there Tucker Carlson erupts at Trump adviser as she hurls'SLANDER' claim linking him to synagogue shooting NFL superstar Xavier Worthy spills all on Travis Kelce, the Chiefs' struggles... and having Taylor Swift as his No 1 fan Heartbreaking video shows very elderly DoorDash driver shuffle down customer's driveway with coffee order because he is too poor to retire Amber Valletta, 52, was a '90s Vogue model who made movies with Sandra Bullock and Kate Hudson, see her now Nancy Mace throws herself into Iran warzone as she goes rogue on Middle East rescue mission: 'I AM that person' Global warming has accelerated'significantly' since 2015, study reveals - as scientists call for urgent action to curb CO2 emissions Global warming has accelerated'significantly' since 2015, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research used five large global temperature datasets to understand how warming has changed through the years. Their results show that from 1970 to 2015, Earth warmed at a rate of just under 0.2 C (0.36 F) per decade. However, over the past 10 years, this rate has jumped to around 0.35 C (0.63 F) per decade. This is higher than any previous decade since recording began in 1880.


The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

WIRED

For the eighth year in a row, the worldโ€™s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.


A Startup's Bid to Dim the Sun

The New Yorker

The gloomy arguments in favor of solar geoengineering are compelling; so are the even gloomier counter-arguments. Stardust is the name of a small startup with enormous ambitions. The company, which is based in Israel and registered in Delaware, proposes to do nothing less than dim the sun. Its business plan is modelled on volcanoes. In a major eruption, millions of tons of sulfur dioxide get thrown up into the stratosphere.


Deep Learning-Driven Downscaling for Climate Risk Assessment of Projected Temperature Extremes in the Nordic Region

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Rapid changes and increasing climatic variability across the widely varied Koppen-Geiger regions of northern Europe generate significant needs for adaptation. Regional planning needs high-resolution projected temperatures. This work presents an integrative downscaling framework that incorporates Vision Transformer (ViT), Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (ConvLSTM), and Geospatial Spatiotemporal Transformer with Attention and Imbalance-Aware Network (GeoStaNet) models. The framework is evaluated with a multicriteria decision system, Deep Learning-TOPSIS (DL-TOPSIS), for ten strategically chosen meteorological stations encompassing the temperate oceanic (Cfb), subpolar oceanic (Cfc), warm-summer continental (Dfb), and subarctic (Dfc) climate regions. Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM2-LM) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) outputs were bias-corrected during the 1951-2014 period and subsequently validated against earlier observations of day-to-day temperature metrics and diurnal range statistics. The ViT showed improved performance (Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE): 1.01 degrees C; R^2: 0.92), allowing for production of credible downscaled projections. Under the SSP5-8.5 scenario, the Dfc and Dfb climate zones are projected to warm by 4.8 degrees C and 3.9 degrees C, respectively, by 2100, with expansion in the diurnal temperature range by more than 1.5 degrees C. The Time of Emergence signal first appears in subarctic winter seasons (Dfc: approximately 2032), signifying an urgent need for adaptation measures. The presented framework offers station-based, high-resolution estimates of uncertainties and extremes, with direct uses for adaptation policy over high-latitude regions with fast environmental change.


The great climate paradox: Drop in air pollution has INCREASED global warming by making clouds less reflective, scientists warn

Daily Mail - Science & tech

New York's new mayor Zohran Mamdani tells Trump'I have four words for you' in blistering victory speech quoting his socialist hero, bragging about'toppling a dynasty' and promising a'new dawn' Driver screaming'Allahu Akbar' ploughs in to pedestrians'trying to hit everyone he encountered' on French holiday island leaving ten injured This Leftist election landslide was caused by the same vile disease that's triggered a GOP civil war. Amazon signals it's finally fed up with Whole Foods' sluggish sales - and is making sweeping, controversial changes Why Mamdani's socialist revolution in New York has sparked a civil war for Democrats... and Trump is secretly loving it Simone Biles details all the plastic surgery she's had after her boob job this summer Inside Kate and William's forever home: Princess is kitting out Forest Lodge in her preferred'classic contemporary style' to create a'lovely but absolutely inoffensive' look REVEALED: Fattest states in America ranked... including region where three-quarters of residents are obese Now he's dead, here's the full story of what happened that day... and the ghastly aftermath no one knows about Shocking moment Mexico's president is groped by man who grabs her breasts and tries to kiss her Miss Universe contestant called'dumb' in humiliating dressing-down by official hits back with powerful speech as furious organisers condemn her treatment and he issues grovelling apology Hollywood A-listers may be blacklisted for'antisemitism' under Paramount's new anti-woke leadership Nepo baby turns heads at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in a glitzy gold sequin feathered gown - but can YOU guess who her A-list mother is? New footage reveals the moments before football manager collapsed and died mid-match, leaving his players in disbelief, as it emerges he'complained about fish he had eaten' hours before Texas teen'tears masterpiece from wall at the Met in unhinged meltdown' before being handed in by his MOTHER Scientists have been faced with a huge dilemma, as research reveals that reducing air pollution has increased global warming . While smog kills millions of people every year, it also whitens clouds - making them more reflective. So by slashing air pollution, we're inadvertently diminishing the brightness of clouds, which are key regulators of global temperature.


Physiologically Active Vegetation Reverses Its Cooling Effect in Humid Urban Climates

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Efforts to green cities for cooling are succeeding unevenly because the same vegetation that cools surfaces can also intensify how hot the air feels. Previous studies have identified humid heat as a growing urban hazard, yet how physiologically active vegetation governs this trade-off between cooling and moisture accumulation remains poorly understood, leaving mitigation policy and design largely unguided. Here we quantify how vegetation structure and function influence the Heat Index (HI), a combined measure of temperature and humidity in 138 Indian cities spanning tropical savanna, semi-arid steppe, and humid subtropical climates, and across dense urban cores and semi-urban rings. Using an extreme-aware, one kilometre reconstruction of HI and an interpretable machine-learning framework that integrates SHapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) and Accumulated Local Effects (ALE), we isolate vegetation-climate interactions. Cooling generally strengthens for EVI >= 0.4 and LAI >= 0.05, but joint-high regimes begin to reverse toward warming when EVI >= 0.5, LAI >= 0.2, and fPAR >= 0.5,with an earlier onset for fPAR >= 0.25 in humid, dense cores. In such environments, highly physiologically active vegetation elevates near-surface humidity faster than it removes heat, reversing its cooling effect and amplifying perceived heat stress. These findings establish the climatic limits of vegetation-driven cooling and provide quantitative thresholds for climate-specific greening strategies that promote equitable and heat-resilient cities.


How we picked promising climate tech companies in an especially unsettling year

MIT Technology Review

And what distinguishes the firms that made the 2025 edition of our annual list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. 's reporters and editors faced a dilemma as we began to mull nominees for this year's list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch. How do you pick companies poised to succeed in a moment of such deep uncertainty, at a time when the new Trump administration is downplaying the dangers of climate change, unraveling supportive policies for clean technologies, and enacting tariffs that will boost costs and disrupt supply chains for numerous industries? We as a publication are focused more on identifying companies developing technologies that can address the escalating threats of climate change, than on businesses positioned purely for market success. But we still don't want to lead our readers astray by highlighting a startup that winds up filing for bankruptcy six months later, even if its demise is due to a policy whiplash outside of its control. So we had to shift our thinking some.