Wildfires in the Mediterranean region are becoming drastically more intense. 

The Antarctic ozone layer is recovering, a major environmental success following the Montreal Protocol. 

A strong earthquake near the Arctic island of Jan Mayen triggered a massive rock avalanche in March 2025. 

If there were an apex predator among fires, tropical peatland fires would be a top contender. 

More than two dozen University of Victoria researchers contributed to Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026, the country’s most comprehensive assessment of how climate change is impacting communities, ecosystems and coastlines across Canada.

A new study from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego finds that improved weather and water forecasts could help California gain more value from existing reservoirs and help meet a new water supply target.

Winter near the Antarctic Circle brings months of frozen darkness, when sea ice chokes ocean waters and many of its denizens hunker down to ride out the harsh conditions.

In August 2026, back-to-back winter storms left parts of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile covered in a rare blanket of snow. 

After orbiting Earth in 1962, John Glenn remarked on an irrigated valley northwest of El Paso, Texas, that stood out against the surrounding desert. 

Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception.