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Jellyfish Have Shut Down Half of France's Biggest Nuclear Plant
Four of the six units at Gravelines are offline. The same thing happened last August, and the swarms are getting more frequent.
How Much of a Problem Is AI's Water Use, Really?
Protest signs from Texas to Arizona say one thing. The published data says something harder to summarise.
Disaster Aid Works Better When It Arrives Before the Disaster
A $43 transfer landed hours before Cyclone Remal because a forecast crossed a threshold. No appeal, no assessment, no waiting.
A Collapsing Glacier, Not an Earthquake, Caused the Nepal-Tibet Floods
The USGS first logged a magnitude 4.4 quake, then corrected itself: the tremor was the ice hitting the valley floor, registering 5.2.
Heat Bends Rails, Softens Runways and Strands Cargo Ships
Climate change does not disrupt every transport mode the same way — and the worst failures happen when the effects combine.
Drill, Burnham, Drill? The Oil Basin That Became a Totem
North Sea oil once drove the British economy. What remains is dwindling, expensive — and politically impossible to discuss calmly.
'We're Not Remotely Prepared': Labour MPs Say the Party Has Gone Quiet on Climate
Almost 2,900 heat-associated deaths in England in May and June alone — and no renewed political case for net zero.
Heat Stress Is Now a Leading Cause of Weather-Related Sick Leave
A survey of 1,288 workers across seven exposed sectors. There is still no legal maximum working temperature in the UK.