Guardian Environment
Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time
Solar power generated 12.8% of US electricity in May, surpassing coal for the first time in American history. The milestone arrives in direct defiance of the Trump administration's push to revive the coal industry, underscoring how market forces and falling costs have continued to drive solar adoption regardless of federal policy. Solar also remains the dominant source of new power capacity being added to the grid.
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño has officially formed in the Pacific Ocean and is forecast to grow to historic strength, potentially rivaling or exceeding the record-breaking 1997 event. The natural warming cycle, layered on top of existing fossil fuel-driven climate change, is expected to amplify extreme weather events globally. Meteorologists warn the combination could push temperatures to unprecedented levels in the months ahead.
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Mongabay
El Nino is here and scientists fear it’ll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires
El Niño has officially arrived, and climate scientists are bracing for one of the most powerful episodes in recent memory. The natural Pacific warming phenomenon is expected to drive deadly heat waves, floods, droughts, and wildfires across the globe over the next year. With this event projected to rival historic El Niños in intensity, the human and economic toll could be severe.
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Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens
Millions of homes across London, Essex, and Kent face growing subsidence risk as hotter, drier summers cause clay-heavy soils to shrink and pull foundations downward. Analysis by the British Geological Survey identifies a broad vulnerable corridor stretching from Oxford to the Wash. The findings underscore the direct financial and structural threat climate change poses to residential property across southern and central England.
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Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown
Antarctic temperatures surpassed 15°C this month, obliterating previous winter heat records at the Argentinian Esperanza base on the Trinity Peninsula. Scientists described the readings as "very strange," with snow melting and rain falling on glaciers that are rarely exposed to such conditions. The anomaly has intensified warnings that climate breakdown may be accelerating faster than existing models predicted.
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