Environment

r/environment • u/Naurgul • 9h ago

Norway's top court rules oil licenses invalid in landmark ruling • The country's Supreme Court ruled that three oil licenses granted by the government in the North Sea were invalid since their emissions impact had not adequately been accounted for.

260 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Fenomiminal • 6h ago

'DO NOT GO TO THE BEACH': Weather service now warns Bay Area waves could top 60 feet

424 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 2h ago

Near-shore Pacific Ocean temperatures have now reached astonishing, record-breaking levels along nearly entire California coast. A large and contiguous region of water temperatures more than 10°F warmer than average stretches from central Baja to Sonoma County.

weatherwest.com

88 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Potential_Being_7226 • 8h ago

New paraquat research again points to Parkinson’s link

117 Upvotes

r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 4h ago

Surgery by fairy lights and truckloads of fruit: the sanctuary saving Cameroon’s chimpanzees. Poaching, trafficking, insurgencies and traditional medicine all threaten the central African primates, but a rehabilitation centre offers a haven in Cameroon.

theguardian.com

22 Upvotes

r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 9h ago

Scientists race to discover and protect what lives in the ocean. 'You wouldn't believe they were of this planet,' says researcher as UN climate summit spotlights marine life.

54 Upvotes

r/environment • u/stankmanly • 23h ago

Microplastics found in 100% of water samples from Chesapeake Bay watershed

395 Upvotes

r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 10h ago

LSSU-led Study Documents more than 6,400 Oil Spills across the Great Lakes over a decade

35 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Wagamaga • 10h ago

Warming seas slash Ulleung's squid catch by 99% in 25 years. The average sea surface temperature around the Korean Peninsula from January to June this year was 17.17 degrees Celsius, the highest level in 26 years

koreatimes.co.kr

26 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Maxcactus • 7h ago

“The forest is us, and we are it too”

rewildingmag.com

10 Upvotes

r/environment • u/guardian • 11h ago

Looking for an ancient tree worth a detour? There’s an app for that

theguardian.com

12 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Common_Essay9106 • 10h ago

Greenpeace boulders may delay building of £12bn windfarms in North Sea | Environment

theguardian.com

8 Upvotes

r/environment • u/randburg • 7m ago

Strange 'Metal Potatoes' Contain a Microcosm of Life Not Seen Anywhere Else on The Seafloor, Scientists Find

sciencealert.com

1 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Naurgul • 1d ago

ExxonMobil sues EU over rules forcing oil giants to invest in carbon storage

286 Upvotes

r/environment • u/JohnHammond94 • 12h ago

Choking fires, deadly heat and devastating floods: 2026 in extreme weather | Extreme weather

theguardian.com

5 Upvotes

r/environment • u/coolbern • 18h ago

Will the Senate's BAAJA Bill Let AI Giants Outmuscle Utilities?

13 Upvotes

r/environment • u/BuffySummers22 • 5h ago

How Wildfire Litigation Became Big Business in America

insideclimatenews.org

1 Upvotes

r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

Fruit bats emerge as unlikely allies in the Atlantic Forest restoration. Fruit-eating bats disperse the seeds of more than 140 plant species in the Atlantic Forest, with the potential to deposit more than 25,000 seeds per hectare per day in degraded areas.

news.mongabay.com

153 Upvotes

r/environment • u/english_major • 1d ago

The world needs to get serious about electrification – here’s why

theconversation.com

80 Upvotes

r/environment • u/esporx • 2d ago

Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa requests pause on Elon Musk's potential purchase of Boca Chica State Park

1.9k Upvotes

r/environment • u/banksymang • 1d ago

Planes not flying is good for the environment. Just saying

497 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Fit-Bee5561 • 1d ago

North Carolina Vows to Hold Chemours Accountable for Contamination ‘No Matter How Long It Takes’

insideclimatenews.org

50 Upvotes

r/environment • u/Groovyjoker • 2d ago

Human bodies produce 2 billion metric tons of CO2 a year just by staying alive

sciencedaily.com

442 Upvotes

r/environment • u/The_Weekend_Baker • 1d ago

Bigger and more-frequent wildfires threaten water supplies across the US.

news.mongabay.com

6 Upvotes