Briefing: Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain
Strategic angle: The connection between forests and water is crucial, as studies reveal the impact of deforestation on watershed health.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Environment
Climate, ecology, sustainability, biodiversity, and energy transition.
Briefing: Forest Service overhaul sows confusion and concern
Strategic angle: In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, there are painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Conservation groups file lawsuit against Libby mining project
Daily Inter Lake reports on the legal action taken by conservation groups against a mining project in Libby.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Briefing: The cost of climate change is ‘hitting homes’ this Easter. Your lamb roast dinner is proof
Strategic angle: Climate-fuelled extreme weather is becoming farmers’ “biggest challenge”, as the price of lamb continues to soar.
Editorial Staff Apr 4
Briefing: German Tuner Has 17 Solutions To A Problem Cadillac’s Escalade Definitely Didn’t Have
Strategic angle: Larte Design has applied pink carbon fiber parts to a Cadillac Escalade, which was already doing fine getting attention without any of them.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Dangerous lignite: Bosnia and Herzegovina has problems with its energy transition
Strategic angle: Will Bosnia-Herzegovina's belated start to the energy transition delay its EU accession?
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Smart bin makes recycling old batteries and gadgets idiot-proof
Strategic angle: A new smart bin technology simplifies the recycling process for old batteries and gadgets.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Greece clamps down on black market fishing as endangered sea urchins pushed towards extinction
Strategic angle: Thousands of endangered sea urchins are being pulled from the sea in Greece, as fisherman succumb to lucrative profits.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Colombia pledges to exit investment protection system after fossil fuel lawsuits
Strategic angle: Experts warn that unwinding the Investor-State Dispute Settlement system will be complex, especially without international coordination The post Colombia pledges to exit investment protection system after fossil fuel law
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: Map shows scale of ecosystem disturbance across Australia
Strategic angle: University of Queensland researchers urge action to protect remaining ecosystems.
Editorial Staff Apr 3
Briefing: A global carbon credit program risks rewarding the wrong behavior
Strategic angle: A United Nations-backed framework for protecting tropical forests could allow governments to collect income from carbon credits without advancing forest conservation.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: Omics consortium established to supercharge climate-adapted wheat breeding
Strategic angle: Adelaide University leads an international consortium to enhance wheat performance through spatial omics technologies.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
DeBriefed 2 April 2026: Countries ‘revive’ energy-crisis measures | Record UK renewables | Plug-in solar savings
Strategic angle: Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate... The post DeBriefed 2 April 2026: Countries ‘revive’ energy-crisis measures | Record UK renewables | Plug-in so
Editorial Staff Apr 2
China Briefing 2 April 2026: EV profits rise | Ming Yang rejected | Iran war
Strategic angle: Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate... The post China Briefing 2 April 2026: EV profits rise | Ming Yang rejected | Iran war appeared first on Carbon
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: New disk-shaped catalyst turns carbon dioxide into methanol at lower temperatures
Strategic angle: Researchers have developed innovative catalysts that enable the conversion of CO2 into methanol at room temperature, challenging previous assumptions.
Editorial Staff Apr 2
Briefing: A global butterfly index could advance insect conservation worldwide
Strategic angle: A new initiative aims to create a comprehensive index for butterfly species to enhance conservation efforts globally.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
Strategic angle: Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: Soil biodiversity linked to lower human infectious disease risk
Strategic angle: Diverse soil microbial communities may help suppress pathogens naturally, acting as a biological barrier against their establishment and spread.
Editorial Staff Apr 1
IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock
Strategic angle: Governments are still at loggerheads over the timeline for publishing the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... The post IPCC: ‘Frustrating and disappointing’ meeting leaves AR7 timeline in deadlock appeared first on Car
Editorial Staff Apr 1
Briefing: As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt
Strategic angle: But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.
Editorial Staff Apr 1