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Discover Climate LIVE K12 Sessions for 2025-2026 – State of the Planet

Climate LIVE K12 is back! We are thrilled to announce the next season of our free online series, open to all learners curious about climate and sustainability issues. From October to June, Columbia Climate School researchers and students will share expertise on topics ranging from climate justice, biodiversity systems, fashion and energy, to youth-focused climate […]
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Hurricane Melissa adds urgency to COP30

The arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica shows the importance of the upcoming Cop30 climate summit, the British foreign secretary has told his fellow ministers. Jamaica’s government ordered evacuations from high risk areas and shut down the country’s airports as the Category 5 storm approached late on Tuesday. Hurricane Melissa has caused catastrophic flash floods […]
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Moments that Paved the Path to COP30 – State of the Planet

Since COP21, in Paris, nearly every nation has pledged to take part in the global climate effort. Over just the past few years, the UNFCCC negotiations have evolved through key milestones, such as COP26 (in Glasgow), where countries agreed for the first time to phase down coal and submitted their second round of NDCs; COP27 […]
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A critical decade for climate

The same communities in Kenya are restoring degraded local landscapes through native tree planting and removal of invasive species, because when these habitats are thriving they can better reduce vulnerabilities to climate change – supporting water sources, good soil and pasture, controlling erosion, and providing natural defences against extreme weather.  Absorbing In Cabo Verde, communities […]
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Climate Finance Student Chimi Dorji Hopes to Represent the Global South on the World Stage – State of the Planet

Chimi Dorji has spent the last seven years working on climate action, environmental conservation and community development in Bhutan—his home country and the world’s first carbon-negative nation. In his most recent role, Dorji has focused on developing Bhutan’s Article 6 strategy and carbon market infrastructure, positioning the country “as one of only five globally ready […]
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‘We must end animal testing

Sepsis is one of the UK’s deadliest health threats, claiming some 48,000 lives annually – that’s more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined.  Yet despite decades of research and billions in funding, effective and targeted therapies remain elusive. Why? Because sepsis research is still dominated by cruel experiments on animals that fail to deliver […]
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A New Study Indicates Forest Regeneration Provides Climate Benefits, but Won’t Offset Fossil Fuels – State of the Planet

In brief Regenerating forests typically absorb small amounts of methane but release enough nitrous oxide to create a net warming effect from these two gases combined Carbon dioxide absorbed by growing trees far outweighs this warming effect in most ecosystems—even after 100 years Natural ecosystems produce much lower greenhouse gas emissions than agricultural land, showing […]
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Bottom trawling ban ‘must be top of agenda’

The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on ocean bottom trawling in its waters, as a former environment minister said some companies were treating the seas like a “bottomless pit”. Labour’s Barry Gardiner said trawlers with nets that stretched more than a mile long “scrape away the existence of all life […]
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As a Glacier Retreats, a Gold Mine Advances. Why Are Some Locals Angry? – State of the Planet

On the banks of the Tulsequah River, the abandoned Tulsequah Chief Mine leaks acid mine drainage into salmon habitat. Photo: Chris Miller/SFU News A small Canadian mining company, Canagold, is seeking permits and approvals to renew gold mining operations at a remote site in northwestern British Columbia (B.C.). Called the New Polaris Mine, it faces […]
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Hyperscale data centres will ‘turbocharge emissions’

Strain However, incredibly, there is as yet no national level guidance on planning for water use by data centres – and the operators themselves have been unwilling to give detailed information.  The industry likes to talk up its use of air-cooling, or to indicate how much of its water is actually recycled. But air-cooling and […]
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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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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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