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Air pollution shrouds electricity towers in New Delhi, India.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
A decade of global climate caution is sealed by India¡¯s wary goals
India's new plans extend the nation's focus on lowering emissions intensity rather than prescribe absolute cuts in greenhouse gases.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter
This year's maximum ice level was reached on March 15 ¡ª a week earlier than last year.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Planet trapped record heat in 2025: U.N.
The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and climate agency confirmed.
Scientists say the last 11 years have been the warmest ever recorded, with 2024 topping the podium and 2023 in second place.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Mar 7, 2026
'Significant' acceleration of global warming since 2015: study
Scientists say the last 11 years have been the warmest ever recorded, with 2024 topping the podium and 2023 in second place.
A newly built and yet to open Tesla Supercharger station in Lost Hills, California, on Feb. 5
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 25, 2026
What Trump¡¯s new tariffs mean for climate tech
By Coco Liu
The Supreme Court¡¯s recent ruling is good news for companies like Tesla, which have seen production costs soar since last.
A Yatsurugi Shrine worshipper (center) stands on the frozen surface of Lake Suwa, before measuring the ice, in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 29.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 18, 2026
91²Ö¿â 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change
By Harumi Ozawa
Climate change is disrupting a phenomenon that can occur at Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture when the surface freezes, which is traditionally believed to show the presence of a god.
Volunteers wade through a flooded street after Storm Leonardo passed by Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, on Feb. 5.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 17, 2026
EU ill-prepared for worsening climate change, advisers say
By Kate Abnett
The EU should urgently step up its investments to protect people and infrastructure from floods, ?wildfires and severe heatwaves, independent advisers said.
Rosie Fordham of Australia competes in the women's 4 x 7.5 kilometer cross-country skiing relay during the Milano Cortina Olympics on Saturday in Lago, Italy.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Feb 15, 2026
Is global warming dooming snow sports and the Winter Olympics?
By Mara Budgen
Since the 1970s, mean snow depth across the Alps has declined by over 8% per decade and the snow season is up to 34 days shorter below 2,000 meters.
The coal industry celebrated the announced U.S. reversal on climate action, saying it would help stave off retirements of aging coal-fired power plants.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 13, 2026
Trump revokes basis of U.S. climate regulation and ends vehicle emission standards
By Valerie Volcovici and David Shepardson
It is the most sweeping climate policy rollback to date, after a string of regulatory cuts and other moves intended to unfetter fossil fuel development.
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, marks the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's ?most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 11, 2026
White House says Trump plans to rescind climate change finding key to auto rules
By David Shepardson and Andrea Shalal
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules will mark the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's ?most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.

Japan team discovers why cats leave meals unfinished
An Iwate University team said it has confirmed that cats' appetites wane once they get used to the smell of their food.
Japanese researchers look at 800-year-old books and trees for signs of extreme solar events
A drawing of Fujiwara no Teika, known as a courtier, <i>waka</i> poet and scholar of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods
Debt-laden Japan should review spending on gender equality, survey finds
A woman holds a handheld fan bearing the image of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi&#039;s wedding photo, during an election campaign event in Tokyo on Feb. 7.
Jehovah's Witnesses followers sue Japanese government
Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses hand out pamphlets in the Bronx borough of New York City in 2023. In Japan around 20 members of the group have sued the government.
Chinese payment apps raise questions in Japan
Alipay has been mentioned by legislators in discussions about the use of foreign payment apps in Japan.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Participants at the Kinrin Utakai discuss tanka at the group¡¯s gathering last month in Tokyo¡¯s Ogikubo neighborhood.
Why tanka poetry is clicking with a new generation
By Zoria Petkoska

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