‘It’s one huge adventure playground’: readers’ best summer trips in the lakes and mountains of Europe
Travel | The Guardianby Guardian readers·14 Aug 2026
Late summer hiking in the Austrian Alps Haldensee is a clear, sparkling cold lake located at the bottom of the Tannheimer Tal valley in the Austrian Alps (about 90 miles south-west of Munich).
Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel
Environment | The Guardianby Pejman Faratin·14 Aug 2026
Week in wildlife: snake on a car, a careful spider mum and a lazy squirrel This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world A female Dolomedes sulfureus is carefully carrying an egg sac...
Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
BBC Newsby George Sandeman·13 Aug 2026
- Published Millions of us were treated to a stunning spectacle on Wednesday during mainland Europe's first total solar eclipse for more than 25 years.
Storms of dust and sand are another sign our climate is changing. Two experts explain
Environment + Energy - The Conversationby Isabelle Finlay, PhD Candidate, Geography and Environment, Loughborough University·13 Aug 2026
Imagine you wake up one morning and look out your window. You see a sky of red, hear a ferocious blast of wind and watch as tree branches creak and crack.
Total eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Iceland, Spain, and Portugal
The Cloudflare Blogby Lai Yi Ohlsen·13 Aug 2026
At a time when looking down at our devices is a ritual in daily life, a natural phenomenon that demands our attention communally upward is a welcome event.
Ancient forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last global warming period similar to today – Wyoming fossils reveal what happened
The Conversation (US)by Regan E. Dunn, Associate Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences·13 Aug 2026
Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming.
Nine anchor species could meet India’s biodiversity and climate targets
Mongabay Indiaby Arathimenon·13 Aug 2026
- New research lists nine anchor species that could yield combined benefits for biodiversity and natural carbon stock.
Just weeks before wildfires hit Spokane, the city practiced a mass evacuation. The drill paid off
Good Good Goodby Ashley Bosa·13 Aug 2026
When a wildfire is headed your way, evacuating may sound straightforward: Gather your belongings, get in the car, and leave. In reality, it is one of the most complex decisions a person can face.
Controlling wild pigs can work if it’s a group effort
The Conversation (US)by Eunchun Park, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas·13 Aug 2026
The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs – and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years.
Trump’s ‘forever’ tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill
The Conversation (US)by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College·13 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
Wildfire-damaged historic buildings may not be as ruined as they appear, but saving them means acting fast
The Conversation (US)by Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Structures, Universidade de Lisboa·13 Aug 2026
In a summer of wildfires severe enough to trigger Spain’s first-ever national emergency for a forest fire, a historic stone structure called the Nevera de Castro stands in a landscape burned bare...
Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape
Mongabay Indiaby Aditi Tandon·13 Aug 2026
- Rapid socio-economic changes in Spiti are transforming the region’s traditional agro-pastoral system, impacting livestock rearing and farming.
Scientists found the sweet spot for dumping iron into the ocean
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team·13 Aug 2026
The planet’s oceans are an ally for fighting climate change. They absorb about a third of all human-generated carbon dioxide emissions.
Killer fungus: how a disease threatening bat species has spread to northern Canada
Environment | The Guardianby Trina Moyles·13 Aug 2026
Crawling through a narrow passage in a cave beneath a boreal forest near Fort Smith in Canada’s Northwest Territories in May, two biologists spotted a lifeless bat on a limestone ledge, its body...
Heat waves cost some Toronto residents more | The Narwhal
The Narwhalby Rajpreet Sahota·13 Aug 2026
Beena Ruparelia does not need to check a thermometer to know when heat has settled into her northwest Toronto home. She can see it on her skin.
Martin and Shirlie Kemp’s DIY water feature is a masterclass in how to nail this summer’s breakout trend – how to recreate it on a budget
Latest from Ideal Home in Newsby Kezia Reynolds·13 Aug 2026
If one trend has defined gardens in 2026, it is undoubtedly DIY water features. And if anyone has mastered the trend, it’s Martin and Shirlie Kemp’s, whose effortless steel water feature is perfect...
A Bicycle Journey Across Brazil to Find a Vanishing Savanna
Yale E360by August·13 Aug 2026
In 2025, environmental historian Natascha Otoya traveled for a week through Brazil’s Cerrado region, pedaling more than 200 miles through western Bahia and Tocantins.
The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
Gristby Tristan Ahtone·13 Aug 2026
In May of 2017, Juan Mancias became an overnight sensation in France. Standing over 6 feet tall with a mane of salt-and-pepper hair, a medicine wheel-emblazoned ribbon shirt, beaded belt, and...
5 takeaways from our investigation into the 'ghost' tribe that got millions in climate funding
Gristby Tristan Ahtone·13 Aug 2026
In 2017, Juan Mancias, the chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, traveled to France to help pressure two of the country’s largest banks into divesting from oil and gas projects in South...
As Montana warms, Missoula’s first heat map reveals hidden hotspots
Gristby Ellis Juhlin·13 Aug 2026
Researchers have found that the amount of green space and shade in a neighborhood can significantly shape temperatures.
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