May 2025 – Climate Desk

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Guardian

Toxic pesticide levels found in tampons 40 times higher than legal limit for water

Glyphosate, a pesticide linked to cancer, found at very high levels in menstrual products in the UK, according to report

Helena Horton · May 30, 2025
Vox.com

The world’s largest emitter just delivered some good climate news

China may have met an important climate goal — ahead of schedule.

Umair Irfan · May 29, 2025
Mother Jones

Can Bacteria Serve as “Microscopic Miners” of the Metals We Need?

A company backed by mining giants had a sustainable breakthrough, but now funding cuts jeopardize it.

Alexander C. Kaufman · May 28, 2025
Inside Climate News

Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate

New study finds that ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play an important part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds around the frozen continent.

Bob Berwyn · May 27, 2025
Wired

Trump cuts are killing a tiny office that keeps measurements of the world accurate

A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

Molly Taft · May 26, 2025
Guardian

Sea level rise will cause ‘catastrophic inland migration’, scientists warn

Rising oceans will force millions away from coasts even if global temperature rise remains below 1.5C, analysis finds

Damian Carrington · May 25, 2025
Inside Climate News

Paris agreement target for warming won’t protect polar ice sheets, scientists warn

New research suggests the Earth will pass multiple dangerous tipping points at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the U.N. limit exceeded for much of the last two years.

Bob Berwyn · May 24, 2025
Guardian

Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests

The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more

Ajit Niranjan · May 15, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security

Turning a blind eye will only make the United States weaker.

Peter Gleick · May 14, 2025
Vox.com

Your weather forecast is about to get a lot worse

Do you realize how many thousands of balloons it takes to predict the weather?

Umair Irfan · May 13, 2025
Grist

How Trump’s latest rollback could raise your utility bills

The Energy Star program has quietly saved Americans billions in energy costs and has slashed emissions. Now it's now on the chopping block.

Tik Root · May 12, 2025
bioGraphic

Plant sex and the city

Plants around the world are adapting their reproductive strategies to survive on an increasingly urban planet.

Vanessa Minke-Martin · May 11, 2025