27 October news
Loretta Lohman
Ars Technica
Melissa set to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike Jamaica
AP
As the Atlantic Ocean warms, climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa’s ferocity
Hurricane Melissa roars toward Jamaica as a Category 4 storm as island prepares for landfall
Bloomberg/CityLab
Europe’s Original Climate-Resilient City Has a Lesson for Us All Amsterdam
Canary Media
Why utility regulators need to do more than call ‘balls and strikes’
California can’t get out of its own way on geothermal
In a first, a data center is using a big battery to get online faster
The complicated reality behind rising power prices
Carbon Brief
UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining
Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300
US: Exxon sues California over new climate disclosure laws
US risks losing more ground to China in EV race as investment tumbles
EU considers more flexible climate target in hunt for deal, draft shows
China’s bulk carbon allowances being offered below launch prices
Australia fiddles with fossil gas while the country swelters in record heat. It doesn’t make sense
Circle of Blue
Federal Water Tap, October 27, 2025: Rising Corn Production, Rising Ethanol Production
Colorado Sun
Duo aiming to harness geothermal power near Mount Princeton sues land board, ex-partners after losing lease It’s the latest salvo in the nearly two-decade long project to build a sustainable power plant south of Buena Vista
Conversation
Climate change threats put Great Barrier Reef jobs on the line
Eco-Business
Environmental News Network
Destined to Melt Glaciers are fighting back against climate change by cooling the air that touches their surfaces.
Wolves at the Coast: Marine Diets, Ecosystem Impacts
Researchers Tackle Growing Threat of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Plastic Pollution Could Linger at Ocean Surfaces for Over a Century, New Research Finds
Grist
How Hurricane Melissa got so dangerous so fast
Climate change serious issue, viable solutions needed: CM Sukhu
Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
Inside Climate News
Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise
As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back
Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires David Brancaccio lost his house there. As he tries to rebuild, he’s seeing how the community has pulled together—and how the loss has weighed on people.
KKTV
Category 4 Hurricane Melissa threatens catastrophic flooding in Jamaica and Haiti
Letters from an American – Heather Cox Richardson
October 26, 2025 conomist Paul Krugman probably didn’t have the Erie Canal in mind today when he wrote about the rise of renewable energy, but he could have. The themes are similar.
Nation magazine
How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
New York Times
Climate Factors Make Jamaica Especially Vulnerable to Hurricane Melissa
Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.
How Hurricane Melissa Rapidly Intensified
NPR for Oregonians
Lighting money on fire: The immense cost of climate change
Phys.org
Hurricane Ian dataset reveals link between first-floor elevation and flood damage
Physics-based model can predict floods and improve water management worldwide
Addressing population disparities near the worst Superfund sites
Two earthquakes recorded just hours apart in NC mountain community, U.S. Geological Survey reports
How tectonics and astronomical cycles shaped the Late Paleozoic climate
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
Zambia's solar success comes with toxic waste risk
Weathering of the Southern Andes plays a critical role in balancing CO₂ emissions
High levels of short-chain PFAS found in blood of residents living near chemical facility
Reuters
From promises to delivery: Can COP30 break the climate deadlock?
Sustainable Switch Climate Focus: The mental health toll of natural disasters
Science Alert
Southern Ocean Is Building a 'Burp' That Could Reignite Global Warming
Science Daily
Melting ice is hiding a massive climate secret beneath Antarctica
Semafor
African energy investment is stalling - IEA
Nigeria, Mozambique lead Africa’s pursuit of energy independence
Truthout
Jamaica Prepares for One of the Most “Devastating Hurricanes on Record”
\Washington Post
How rarely do Category 4 or 5 hurricanes make landfall? Only 81 hurricanes have struck as Category 4 or higher since 1851, or about once every other year on average.
Hurricane Melissa, now a Category 5 storm, threatens Jamaica with worst-case scenario
Water Magazine
Environment and Climate Change Committee launches new inquiry into drought preparedness
The Weekly Anthropocene
Interview: Li An Phoa of Drinkable Rivers "Each person is part of their watershed. Wherever, whatever you are doing, it’s part of that journey from your little tributary or sink to the mainstream river and finally to the sea."
Mexico Business News
Mexico Needs Multisectoral Agenda to Tackle Climate Change
CTV News
Canada not on track to meet 2030 climate targets, report finds
The Guardian
Warming oceans probably fueling Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification
Two crucial Florida coral species left ‘functionally extinct’ by ocean heatwave
Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 5 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital
Nissan pools carbon emissions with electric vehicle maker BYD to avoid EU penalties
Night-flying insects over UK in decline, weather radar study reveals
Weather tracker: Jamaica braces for its most powerful hurricane as Melissa nears category 5
BBC
The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
The Scotsman
Why COP30 climate summit should be renamed the Hypocrisy Olympics
Climate change hits Norway hard
Euronews
Climate change is making oat cultivation viable in Northern Europe
SSBCrack
Straits Times
Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30
Tribune India
Climate change serious issue, viable solutions needed: CM Sukhu
The Mandarin
Climate change threats put Great Barrier Reef jobs on the line
India Today
Grassy trees are new allies in fighting climate change
Down to Earth
Profit by Pakistan Today
Pakistan to establish Rs1 billion climate fund to tackle climate risks
Newcastle Herald AU
'Our bodies and minds are getting sicker': doctors draw links to the causes
Brisbane Times
At 12, I saw Australia burn: Now I’ll fly over it with Sussan Ley
Central News South Africa
Nation Newspaper
Fertiliser crisis, climate change threaten Africa’s food security — Scholar
