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Can Mayor Mamdani Turn Climate Action Into an Affordability Win for NYC?  – State of the Planet

Below-average temperatures and gusty winds did not deter tens of thousands of people from gathering in lower Manhattan last week to witness Zohran Mamdani take an oath to become New York City’s next mayor.  Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Credit: Karamccurdy via Wikimedia Commons “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously,” Mamdani said during his inauguration speech. “We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking […]
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Labour’s ‘deeply alarming’ attack on protest rights

British authorities have severely restricted the right to protest in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. ‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK documents that the UK’s […]
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Climate Action Costs More in the Global South. Here’s Why. – State of the Planet

Clean energy technologies have become more affordable around the world. Yet for many countries in the Global South, the cost of transitioning to a low-carbon economy remains disproportionately high. But not because the equipment is more expensive: in fact, solar and wind components are often imported at comparable prices around the world, as global manufacturing scale and […]
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Kshamenk has died

Kshamenk, the last captive orca in Argentina, has died. His death has been attributed by Mundo Marino to cardiorespiratory arrest, with reference to age-related decline.  With it, the possibility of any future intervention—relocation, rehabilitation, sanctuary—has closed. READ: His name is Kshamenk What remains is not a question about how he died, but about how he lived, […]
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Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath Salinity-Stressed Coastal Bangladesh – State of the Planet

At low tide, the research team had to walk through thick mud to get to a field site in the Sundarbans mangrove forest. Photo credit: Kerry Key Despite its tropical climate and floodplain location, Bangladesh—one of the world’s most densely populated nations—seasonally does not have enough freshwater, especially in coastal areas. Shallow groundwater is often […]
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UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised

Álvarez has spoken out about cases with links to UK companies, including the disappearance and murder of Eustacio Alcalá Díaz in April 2023 after he halted concessions held by ArcelorMittal and Ternium, and the disappearance of Ricardo Lagunes Gasca and Antonio Díaz Valencia in January 2023 after opposing Ternium’s operations. Both ArcelorMittal and Ternium have […]
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Our Top Stories of 2025  – State of the Planet

2025 was another historic year—making headlines for disastrous wildfires in Los Angeles, catastrophic floods in Texas, and deadly heatwaves in Europe and Asia. But it was also a year of collaboration—with researchers, scientists, policymakers, students and others coming together to share ideas and plans to address the effects of climate change, during Climate Week NYC and COP30, among other initiatives.   Here at the Climate School, we celebrated another graduating class of students, who will now use their education and experiences to help build a […]
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Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings – State of the Planet

Buildings are among the world’s largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Improving how they use energy offers one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to curb climate change. Alexis Abramson, professor and dean at the Columbia Climate School, is an engineer whose research focuses on making buildings more efficient through data analytics, machine learning […]
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Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function

Hundreds of mitochondrial proteins rely on N-terminal presequences for organellar targeting and import. While generally described as positively charged amphiphilic helices, presequences lack a consensus motif and thus likely promote protein import into mitochondria with variable efficiencies. Indeed, the concept of presequence strength underlies biological models such as stress sensing, yet a quantitative analysis of […]
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Labour’s ‘deeply alarming’ attack on protest rights

British authorities have severely restricted the right to protest in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. ‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK documents that the UK’s […]
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Mitochondrial presequences harbor variable strengths to maintain organellar function

Hundreds of mitochondrial proteins rely on N-terminal presequences for organellar targeting and import. While generally described as positively charged amphiphilic helices, presequences lack a consensus motif and thus likely promote protein import into mitochondria with variable efficiencies. Indeed, the concept of presequence strength underlies biological models such as stress sensing, yet a quantitative analysis of […]
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Labour’s ‘deeply alarming’ attack on protest rights

British authorities have severely restricted the right to protest in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in its latest report. ‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack in the UK documents that the UK’s […]
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