Climate and environmental crises intensify globally as ocean temperatures soar, mining expansion accelerates, and policy battles over pollution and land management escalate amid political shifts.

Ocean running a fever in 2025 with record-high temperatures, signaling climate change is accelerating faster than expected and threatening marine ecosystems worldwide despite previous buffering effects.

Trump administration fast-tracks mining and fossil fuel projects across American West, with Lone Pine, California and Indigenous leaders fighting against new gold prospecting ventures amid deregulation push.

New research identifies coral reef areas showing resilience to global warming in cooler waters, offering hope for conservation efforts and understanding which regions may survive climate change impacts.

Lake Tahoe residents strongly oppose federal plan to spray glyphosate herbicide on public lands for post-fire restoration, citing cancer risks and environmental concerns despite agency's post-Caldor fire replanting goals.

Trump's Department of Justice intervenes in pollution lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI data center in Mississippi, citing national security concerns and seeking to halt NAACP's lawsuit over methane gas turbine emissions.

Heathrow Airport's proposed third runway faces official warnings of significant adverse health effects on millions nearby, plus potential harm to housing access, education, healthcare, and open spaces in region.

Two-thirds of Americans remain concerned about climate change and favor action despite Trump's fossil fuel agenda, revealing stark disconnect between public opinion and reduced media coverage of climate issues.

Activists push for permanent closure of Florida's immigration detention facility known as 'Alligator Alcatraz' over documented detainee maltreatment and surrounding land degradation concerns.

Tropical Storm Arthur batters southern US Gulf coast with intense rainfall causing dangerous flash flooding as Atlantic hurricane season opens, highlighting climate-related extreme weather threats.