As ice sheets retreat, glacial environments initially absorb greenhouse gases but soil development over long times creates a source of greenhouse gases.

Severe weather events, such as heavy rainfall, are becoming increasingly commonare on the rise worldwide. Reliable assessments of these events can save lives and protect property. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have presented developed a new method that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to convert low-resolution global weather data into high-resolution precipitation maps. The method is fast, efficient, and independent of location. Their findings have been published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01103-y 

The overall climate condition in 2024 over China was worse than normal, presenting a warm–wet climate with the highest annual mean temperature and second-highest number of hot days in history

Researchers from the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) have suggested that a combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities. Their study has for the first time drawn together existing research which has highlighted the presence of microplastics in sewage overspills, and the role of the wind in picking up and transporting sea spray and sea foam into the air and onto land.