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Downtown Miami gleams in the early evening sun after a thunderstorm. Sports scientists say there are clear weather-related risks facing a summer World Cup spanning Canada, Mexico ?and the ?United States.

ENVIRONMENT / Climate change

Volatile summer weather threatens to turn World Cup into test of heat

Climate change has increased the likelihood of temperatures ?high enough to affect player ?performance at 97 of the 104 tournament matches, according to new research.

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against a luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic coast, in Tirana, Albania, on Monday.

WORLD / Politics

Brussels presses Albania as Kushner resort threatens to flout EU environmental law

The European Commission has urged Albania to act without delay to ensure ?it is aligned with EU environmental legislation if it wants ?to accede ?to the bloc.

A worker in Tokyo collects used cooking oil from a Tempura restaurant in April to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

BUSINESS

Japan steps up efforts on cooking oil in race for sustainable aviation fuel??

By Mariko Katsumura

The world’s fourth-biggest economy estimates it needs about 1.7 million kiloliters in 2030, and hopes to gain as much as it can domestically through used cooking oil.

ENVIRONMENT

Carbon dioxide removal slow to take off, alarming scientists

ENVIRONMENT

Asia heat waves spell double trouble for economies hit by oil shock

By Claire Jiao and Swati Pandey

ENVIRONMENT

100 years on Earth: Iconic naturalist Attenborough to mark century

By Caroline TAIX

ENVIRONMENT

G7 says nature talks a success as climate sidelined for U.S.

Scientists say a major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.

Climate change

Scientists urge countries to look beyond CO2 to tackle warming

By Eric Roston

A major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.

Climate change

A South Korean beekeeper counts the cost of climate change

By Hongji Kim and Minwoo Park

Climate change

Takaichi calls for cooperation at meeting with leaders of island nations

Climate change

Climate change fueling growth of antibiotic-resistant salmonella

By Karoline Kan

Climate change

Record temps as spring heat wave bakes Europe

Climate change

Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrink

Climate change

Garment workers face heat risks in Bangladesh as energy cuts curb cooling

By Md. Tahmid Zami

Financial markets are underestimating the economic risks of biodiversity loss, according to a new study.

Sustainability

Study warns biodiversity loss could trigger wave of debt crises

By Marc Jones

The study presented what they described as the world’s first biodiversity-adjusted sovereign credit ratings model.

Sustainability / OUR PLANET

How carbon finance could give a boost to Japan’s ailing forestry industry

By Annelise Giseburt

Sustainability

New gold rush threatens indigenous havens in Brazil’s Amazon

By Fran BLANDY

Sustainability

Trees taking drastic measures to survive climate-driven heat

By Sofia BOUDERBALA

Sustainability / OUR PLANET

Japan’s automotive industry is driving — slowly — toward a greener future

By Eric Margolis

Sustainability

Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short

By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie

Sustainability

India’s green fuel plans collide with farmers’ water fears

By Bhasker Tripathi

Wind generators are seen in a farm in the countryside near the Sicilian town of Trapani, southern Italy, in 2009.

Energy

Italy pays the price of Meloni’s stalled green energy transition

By Giuseppe Fonte, Gavin Jones and Francesca Landini

As fossil fuel prices surge, Italy is facing renewed scrutiny over its slow embrace of renewables.

Energy / OUR PLANET

Japan’s new emissions trading program: Key climate tool or paper tiger?

By Nithin Coca

Energy

Clean energy seen as ‘structurally immune’ to Hormuz-style shock

By Alastair Marsh

Energy

Solar power is so big in Europe that electricity is being wasted

By Eamon Farhat

Energy / OUR PLANET

As Iran war sends oil prices soaring, some see fresh potential for solar in Japan

By Tomoko Otake

Energy

Nations urged to ‘go further’ as fossil fuel exit talks wrap in Colombia

By Nick Perry and Anna PELEGRI

Energy

Nations meet to discuss fossil fuel exit as Iran war drives up prices

By Kate Abnett

Honeybees crawl on the rack of a beehive in Baker, West Virginia, on May 9.

Wildlife

As bee population collapses, U.S. apiarists fear research cuts

By Paul BLAKE

America’s beekeepers are losing colonies at record rates, and many fear the shutdown of a key USDA bee lab will make the crisis even harder to contain.

Wildlife

‘Robot wolves’ in high demand to scare off bears in Japan

Wildlife

Mosquitoes: bloodsuckers and flower lovers

By Laurent Thomet

Wildlife

Rising bear encounters test Japan’s approach to wildlife management

By Justin Randall

Wildlife

Iraq’s historic marshes revive as water returns after years of drought

By Mohammed Aty

Wildlife / Perspectives

At 70, chasing birds across a changing Japan

By Mark Brazil

Wildlife

India celebrates cheetah births to boost reintroduction bid

By Peter Martelli

Nearly half of Japan’s population suffers from hay fever, fueled by pollen from vast cedar and cypress plantations.

Earth science / Longform

The human-made roots of Japan’s hay fever crisis

By Alex K.T. Martin

Efforts to thin forests and breed low-pollen cedar advance, even as labor gaps and neglected land complicate the work.

Earth science / EXPLAINER

Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?

By Katrina Miller

Earth science

When Earth’s surface shifts, a new satellite will see it

By Kenneth Chang

Earth science

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn

By Amelie Bottollier-Depois

Earth science

How Switzerland’s Birch glacier collapsed

By Robin Millard

Earth science / Longform

Do Japan’s trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?

By Eric Margolis

Earth science / Longform

If the ‘Big One’ hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami

By Alex K.T. Martin

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

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Social camouflaging can help neurodivergent people navigate social situations, but researchers say the effort often comes with significant emotional and mental strain.

The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan’s culture of conformity

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