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Ocean Acidification is Ruining Reef Fishes’ Social Lives

A new study from Adelaide University has found that when ocean acidification makes reef habitat less complex, the fish living there gather in smaller shoals that offer less social protection.

22 May 2026

Ground Swell of Support for First-Ever Community-Owned Solar Park Battery with Share Offer Now 80 % Funded

Low Carbon Hub, a social enterprise which develops community-owned renewable energy projects in Oxfordshire has been inviting people to invest in the UK’s first community-owned solar energy battery at Ray Valley solar park in Arncott, near Bicester.

21 May 2026

New Project to Study How Things Are Heating Up in the Agriculture Industry

As Australia's agricultural sector tries to navigate more frequent and intense heatwaves, a new project by Charles Darwin University (CDU) aims to better understand the impact of the climate extreme on this essential industry.

20 May 2026

Homelessness Could Be Four Times Higher in a Decade Due to Impacts From Climate Change

A study on the future of Australia’s housing market, has revealed that even well-intended housing market interventions could significantly worsen housing affordability and homelessness in the country due to the impacts of climate change.

15 May 2026

Federal Budget Acknowledges Climate Drag on Productivity, But Climate Funding Fails to Match the Scale of Escalating Risk

Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) has welcomed the release of the 2026-27 Federal Budget, acknowledging some positive outcomes for agriculture and noting that the Budget clearly identifies climate change as a continued drag on productivity.

13 May 2026

Oil Crisis: IDTechEx Explores What Sustainable Aviation Fuel Means for Energy Security

The transportation sector needs to decarbonize globally by 2050 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

From IDTechEX Ltd 11 May 2026

TALENT ALERT: Australia’s First Climate Change Case to Reach the High Court — And the World is Watching

On 13 May 2026, the High Court of Australia will hear the nation's first ever climate change case to reach our highest court – a landmark moment that will set a binding national precedent on whether Australian planning authorities are legally required to consider the local climate impacts of fossil fuel project approvals.

8 May 2026

Emerging Technologies Disconnected From Our Future Climate-Constrained Energy Realities, New Report Finds

Large-scale technology trends and evolving everyday practices, from AI-driven systems and electrified homes to remote care and hybrid work, are likely to place increasing demands on the electricity system.

8 May 2026

MIT Students Explore Climate Resilience Through Hands-On Learning in Barcelona

A dozen MIT students recently set out for Barcelona — not just to study climate resilience, but to experience it firsthand. As part of STS.S22 (How to Grow Resilient Futures: Regenerative Agriculture and Economies in Catalunya, Spain), an Independent Activities Period course taught by Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Professor in the History of Science, they stepped beyond the classroom and into living systems of sustainability.

4 May 2026

Growing More with Less Water in a Warming Mediterranean

As climate change intensifies water scarcity and environmental pressures across the Mediterranean, the European project RAINS (Resilient Irrigation Solutions) has unveiled pioneering results that point the way toward a more sustainable agricultural future.

4 May 2026