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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change
Energy
Sustainability
Wildlife
Earth science
Trees in a forest in Nyanga, Gabon
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Scientists behind ¡®net zero¡¯ concept say nations are getting it wrong
By Eric Roston
Countries may be claiming carbon credits for work already being done by land and oceans ¡ª and the accounting mismatch has consequences.
Plastic production is on track to triple by 2050, and microplastics have been found in air, fresh produce and even human breast milk.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Battle over curbing plastic output jeopardizes U.N. treaty hopes
The hoped-for treaty could be the most significant environmental protection deal since the 2015 Paris Agreement.
A trainer feeds an elephant at the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos' Sainyabuli province on Oct. 13.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Researchers analyze DNA from dung to save Laos elephants
By Stuart Graham
Once abundant in the forests of Laos, Asian elephants have been decimated by habitat destruction, poaching and scarce breeding opportunities.
ENVIRONMENT
Showdown looms on plastic treaty days before deadline
By Katie Forster
ENVIRONMENT
Cleaning up pristine beaches means spotting plastic trash from space
By Aaron Clark
ENVIRONMENT
AI enhances flood warnings but cannot fully erase risk of disaster
By adam smith
ENVIRONMENT
U.S. election uncertainty clouds U.N. climate finance progress
By Valerie Volcovici and Kate Abnett

Climate change

Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 12.
Climate change
Barbados completes world's first debt swap for climate resilience
By Virginia Furness
Barbados' new deal could generate around $125 million to go toward?sewage treatment plant upgrades that should boost water supplies and reduce pollution.
Climate change
How Saudi Arabia turned back climate progress at COP29
By Akshat Rathi, Jennifer A. Dlouhy and John Ainger
Climate change
Rich countries provide no haven from climate doom, study finds
By Frances Schwartzkopff
Climate change
Climate finance's 'new era' shows new political realities
By Shaun TANDON
Climate change
Developing nations blast $300 billion COP29 climate deal as insufficient
Climate change
How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad
By Mohamed Ezz and Valerie Volcovici
Climate change
Wealthy countries' $300 billion offer seeks to end COP29 stalemate

Sustainability

Their trucks, sometimes driven by Someya herself, go around Tokyo collecting used cooking oil from restaurants and households.
Sustainability
Turning tempura oil into fuel: 30 years of environmental efforts by Tokyo entrepreneur
By Aiko Imaizumi
"Seeing all the used cooking oil being collected, I thought Tokyo is basically an oil field."
Sustainability
Can the world unite to end the plastic pollution crisis?
By Aaron Clark and Leslie Kaufman
Sustainability
South Korea's mountain of plastic waste shows limits of recycling
By Joyce Lee
Sustainability / OUR PLANET
911±¬ÁÏÍø chipmaking rush pressures Kumamoto's special water supply
By Tomoko Otake
Sustainability
How a DJ became an unlikely champion for green farming
By Charlotte Hughes-Morgan
Sustainability
Report details fossil fuel threat to 'Amazon of the seas'
Sustainability
Water crisis endangers 8% of GDP in high-income countries, report warns
By Coco Liu

Energy

Employees at SunSource Energy inspect solar panels installed at a food processing plant in Greater Noida, India, on Nov. 21.
Energy
Glittering dreams: India's big push for solar power
By Philippe Alfroy
India is building what it boasts will be the world's largest renewable power plant, an emblem of a determined push to boost solar energy.
Energy
How AI and cloud computing may delay the transition to clean energy
By Valerie Volcovici and Laila Kearney
Energy
Surprise solar boom in Pakistan helps millions, but harms grid
By Faseeh Mangi
Energy / OUR PLANET
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can¡¯t seem to quit
By Chris Russell
Energy
Nuclear power was once shunned at climate talks. Now, it¡¯s a rising star.
By Brad Plumer
Energy
Republican sweep opens way to boost oil and gas development
By Ari Natter
Energy / OUR PLANET
Tokyo's climate goals rely on a fuel that is falling out of favor
By Chris Russell

Wildlife

Colombian Environment Minister and COP16 President, Susana Muhamad, attends the last plenary session of the COP16 Summit in Cali, Colombia, on Saturday.
Wildlife
U.N. nature summit ends in limbo as countries spar over funding
By Natasha White and Zahra Hirji
Notwithstanding the last-minute drama, the summit did achieve some of its goals.
Wildlife
U.N. talks on saving nature stumble on finance hurdle
By Mari?tte le Roux and Benjamin Legendre
Wildlife
Talks on halting nature loss run into extra time in Colombia
By Mari?tte le Roux
Wildlife / Longform
Inside 911±¬ÁÏÍø 100-year project to monitor its deteriorating biodiversity
By Alex K.T. Martin
Wildlife
Earth's biodiversity crisis in numbers
By Benjamin Legendre
Wildlife
Colombia's peace opened wildlife to discovery, but new violence frustrates progress
By Jake Spring
Wildlife
Wildfires are gaining speed in a worrying trend for western U.S.
By Todd Woody

Earth science

Debris from Hurricane Helene on a roadside as residents evacuate before the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 7 in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Earth science
Atlantic hurricane season ends, leaving scientists to ponder the future
By Lauren Rosenthal
The Atlantic spawned 11 hurricanes this season, above the annual average of seven. Also above average was the number of major hurricanes.
Earth science / OUR PLANET
Important tool or alarmism? Japan experts split on megaquake advisories.
By Kathleen Benoza
Earth science
Why 911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers are looking to submarine cables for faster tsunami warnings
By Joel Tansey
Earth science / OUR PLANET
How rain and snow play a role in Noto¡¯s ¡®seismic swarm¡¯
By Harvin Bhathal
Earth science
How cloud seeding boosts rainfall ¡ª and why that¡¯s controversial
By Laura Millan
Earth science / OUR PLANET
For Japan, earthquakes are an existential matter
By Alex K.T. Martin
Earth science
Amid climate efforts, will net-zero emissions be enough?
By Sana Pashankar and Eric Roston
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South Korea's Yoon backs down after parliament rejects martial law
Soldiers try to enter the National Assembly building in Seoul, after South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday evening.
BOJ weighs case for first triple hike since Japan¡¯s bubble burst
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda reiterated in an interview published Saturday that authorities will raise rates if the economy performs in line with projections.
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
Jetstar Japan loses lawsuit over disciplinary action against cabin crew
Jetstar Japan has been ordered to pay back wages to two cabin crew members for the periods they were suspended.
Nomura CEO takes pay cut after former employee charged with attempted murder
Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Nomura Holdings, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan ¡ª a component similar to the one established at South Korea¡¯s Osan Air Base in 2022 ¡ª will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.
Can 911±¬ÁÏÍø scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Europe eyes 'boots on the ground' in Ukraine as possible peace deal option
A serviceman with the Ukrainian Army's 24th mechanized brigade fires a machine gun during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the country's Donetsk region on Friday.
Seven strangers and an algorithm: Can this new dinner app help you make friends?
Timeleft uses an algorithm to match its users with five or six strangers in an effort to prompt ¡°human connection¡± over dinner at a restaurant. It determines the attendees with the help of a simple personality quiz available when you sign up for the service.
Don¡¯t worry, you can still use your Japan health insurance card ¡ª for now
A My Number card reader at a pediatric clinic in Tokyo. While the government will stop issuing new health insurance cards on Monday, most people will remain unaffected by the move in the short term as existing health insurance cards can still be used for another year.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

Longform

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo is a popular place to foster curiosity in the natural sciences.
Can 911±¬ÁÏÍø scientific community rebound from a Nobel nosedive?
By Tomoko Otake

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