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NASA satellites reveal aquifer decline in Brazilian breadbasket

A collaboration of scientists from NASA and Brazilian research institutions has produced a detailed picture of groundwater change across Brazil.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Leaving home: they returned to Afghanistan, but not to stability

Millions of Afghans forced back across the border are returning to a country where conflict, climate and hardship make rebuilding fragile from the start.

Dialogue Earth
Residents of Maharashtra, India fill water in containers during drought in India (2016)
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Relative Niño index introduces more robust way to measure El Niño strength

An El Niño index that provides a more climate-robust measure of the strength of El Niño signals has been released by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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Survivors sue Indonesian government over response to catastrophic Sumatra floods

A group of Indonesian citizens affected by the late-2025 Sumatra floods and landslides have filed a lawsuit with a court in Jakarta in an effort to hold the Indonesian government accountable for what they describe as an “ecological disaster.”

Mongabay
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The case for vehicle-integrated photovoltaics in disaster zones

A new IEA PVPS report makes a rigorous case that solar electric vehicles are not just transport, but rather a distributed, mobile, fuel-free emergency energy network that could redefine disaster preparedness.

pv magazine
Locusts
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What desert locusts reveal about disaster monitoring

Early detection systems can dramatically reduce long-term harms to humans, study finds.

University of California, San Diego
Two boys jumping into a lake from a bridge in sunset
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Child drownings spike during heatwaves – and it’s a serious climate justice issue

Child drownings spike during heatwaves – and it’s a serious climate justice issue

Conversation Media Group, the
Agriculture facing harsh impacts of climate change and extreme weather
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Flooding is rewriting the rules for this Pennsylvania farm

A farmer is turning to neighbors on higher ground as extreme weather reshapes her business.

Yale Climate Connections