Climate News Now

A Marathi-language news report warns that a possible Super El Nino event, intensified by global warming, could lead to as many as 450,000 deaths. The claim is circulating widely, drawing attention to the risks of extreme heat and climate disruption linked to a strong El Nino pattern, and prompting concern about preparedness and the growing human cost of climate change.

The Trump administration is advancing its critical minerals agenda into a region known as America's 'forgotten wildlife corridor', according to reporting by Inside Climate News. The push for domestic mining of minerals deemed essential to national security and clean energy technologies is raising concerns that expanded extraction could fragment habitat and disrupt wildlife movement in an ecologically significant stretch of the country.

EVs are cleaner than gasoline cars over their lifetime, and new figures quantify by exactly how much. The accounting includes manufacturing emissions, notably battery production, as well as electricity generation, and still finds electric vehicles produce substantially less CO2 than comparable gas-powered cars. The numbers are fueling the ongoing debate over whether EVs genuinely deliver environmental benefits, a question that remains central to auto industry and climate policy discussions worldwide.

The Trump administration is seeking to prevent the restoration of climate change and diversity-related information at US historical sites. The move suggests an effort to keep such material removed from exhibits or signage at federally maintained locations. The news has drawn attention amid broader debates over how climate science and diversity topics are handled across government institutions.

Live news coverage is following weather conditions in Mumbai, with the central question being whether the city is beginning to suffer serious destruction linked to climate change. Reports are being carried under India News' rolling climate coverage, drawing large audiences. The coverage comes as concern grows over extreme weather affecting India's coastal financial capital.

Some television meteorologists are working to connect weather forecasts to climate change, a practice known as climate reporting on-air. Many viewers, and some broadcasters, remain resistant to hearing climate context during routine forecasts. The debate reflects broader tension between scientists' urgency and audience pushback, as local weather presenters become a frontline channel for climate communication.

A news feature examines how rising global temperatures are affecting the world's rivers, looking at what climate change means for river flows, ecosystems and the people who depend on them. As heatwaves, droughts and glacial melt intensify, the question of how waterways will change is drawing growing attention from scientists and the public.

An editorial in Texas argues the state cannot shield itself from climate change by preventing students from learning about it. The piece, published by the San Antonio Express-News, presses back against efforts to limit or soften climate science in Texas schools, warning that ignorance will not protect the state from rising heat, drought and extreme weather already affecting the region.

News coverage is questioning whether river cruising, a popular form of low-impact tourism on waterways like the Danube, Rhine and Mississippi, faces a long-term threat from climate change. The concern centres on how droughts, low water levels and extreme weather could disrupt itineraries or make some routes unusable in the future.

Forecasters and news outlets are warning that another round of hot weather is on the way, with rising temperatures expected in the coming days. Coverage is urging residents to prepare for heat conditions, reflecting ongoing concern about repeated heat events this season and their impact on health, infrastructure and daily life.

Burlington County, New Jersey, has been selected to take part in a new climate change study. County officials announced the selection on the county's official website, and local outlet The Trentonian also reported the news. Details about the study's scope, funding and partners were not provided in the coverage available.