- Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean as one of the most powerful storms in recorded history
- Iranian President issues a dire warning, the Iranian capital could soon face catastrophic
water shortages
- Bill Gates pushes back against what he calls a “doomsday outlook” on climate change.
- Elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast declared functionally extinct.
- The EPA is promising to erase a scientific finding that underpins climate regulations nationwide
- Warming waters and heat waves causing greater stress for California's coastal kelp forests.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom travels Brazil for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30)