https://www.wsws.org/en/topics/scienceCategory/sc-climhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/04/inea-j04.htmlGlobal warming is raising the probability that a Super El Niño will develop this year, resulting in widespread mixture of intense heat, drought and flooding around the world. This will have devastating impacts on billions of people.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:38:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0fd3a09f-884d-43ba-990f-925b8f9a5a6B/inea-j04.html2026-06-04T04:38:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/01/okjj-j01.htmlAs global warming accelerates, sea levels are projected to rise on average 1 meter (3.3 feet) by the end of the century, inundating vast low-lying areas.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:54:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b01be170-3d10-4aae-81a9-6fa34434ae6J/okjj-j01.html2026-06-01T23:54:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/27/lbiw-m27.htmlRivers around the world are losing oxygen, which threatens resources on which millions depend.Wed, 27 May 2026 02:23:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0fb2137b-0308-4b4c-bb41-4966ef07adeC/lbiw-m27.html2026-05-27T02:23:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/22/thpu-m22.htmlThe listing underlines the impact of climate change on Antarctica, which is posing an existential threat to wildlife with rising sea levels and atmospheric temperatures.</strong><strong>Fri, 22 May 2026 03:35:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b229671d-7442-4fdd-83dd-1a4793caa0bK/thpu-m22.html2026-05-22T03:35:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/08/cruu-m08.htmlThe heat wave in March led to a record collapse in snowpack across much of the American west, threatening already overstressed water supplies for millionsFri, 08 May 2026 22:39:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/10d19ee5-0167-4a1b-8398-a9ac05ef5c0D/cruu-m08.html2026-05-08T22:39:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/24/krez-a24.htmlA new analysis by the Climate and Community Institute finds that the first two weeks of the US-Israel war on Iran produced more greenhouse gas emissions than Iceland with its volcanos generates in a year and that the consequences for fossil fuel dependence will dwarf the emissions of the fighting itself.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:30:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d6a43d7c-73e3-4301-af20-de027e9d493E/krez-a24.html2026-04-24T04:30:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/30/wotd-m30.htmlAn ethylene production plant at Mossmorran, Scotland has ceased production and started laying off its 400 strong workforce.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:02:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/30ad992e-7651-405b-9e8b-0abffe4aea0C/wotd-m30.html2026-03-30T17:02:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/30/jryh-m30.htmlThe Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, which sits atop 120,000 tons of radioactive debris from US nuclear weapons tests, is leaking.Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:10:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/29f02162-d7cc-4746-afc5-b794748d0beK/jryh-m30.html2026-03-30T01:10:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/26/rzga-m26.htmlThe city of 300,000 is projected to run out of water this year without intervention, with the state and corporations attempting to get the working class to foot the billThu, 26 Mar 2026 23:31:40 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d08416b8-086a-4765-b0a7-ddf8ec9d24aK/rzga-m26.html2026-03-26T23:31:40Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/18/uumy-m18.htmlA series of rapidly forming deadly tornados struck Michigan, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Indiana between March 5 and March 10, resulting in 11 deaths, at least 20 injuries, and significant damage or destruction to hundreds of buildings across the region.Wed, 18 Mar 2026 04:32:00 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5cd36e18-36dd-4930-a63b-901a2c549d1A/uumy-m18.html2026-03-18T04:32:00Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/16/geqo-m16.htmlMultiple recently published scientific studies all point to the increasing pace of global warming, driven by the mounting contradictions and irrationality of the capitalist system.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:09:57 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/fc13094c-bc6d-4616-9752-2a3a9c87396I/geqo-m16.html2026-03-16T01:09:57Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/13/owfq-m13.htmlThe disaster has exposed once again how a corrupt ruling oligarchy and its political representatives are unable and unwilling to protect the lives and welfare of the masses of Peruvian working people.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:30:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/5ac0fbc5-97f3-4535-894c-74753cb43a9P/owfq-m13.html2026-03-13T23:30:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/03/05/vvjv-m05.htmlColorado River states blew through another federal deadline to renegotiate river operations, as the worst drought in 1,200 years continues.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 04:59:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/796399aa-cb98-4375-aa15-ffa88a93ce5E/vvjv-m05.html2026-03-05T04:59:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/14/admk-f14.htmlThe rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding marks a declaration by the capitalist class that there will be no restrictions on its ability to pollute the environment, regardless of the consequences in human lives.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 05:36:18 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4aa1ad69-fd73-468c-8bba-8b666764193K/admk-f14.html2026-02-14T05:36:18Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/10/paws-f10.htmlThe report warns that unsustainable water resource practices are causing potentially irreversible damage to water systems that require urgent action to rectifyTue, 10 Feb 2026 01:39:39 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/55ede041-8e27-4807-b51a-c999295dc30E/paws-f10.html2026-02-10T01:39:39Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/02/aghx-f02.htmlThe JVP/NPP government’s relief program, while offering symbolic gestures, has failed to deliver genuine reconstruction or address the underlying vulnerabilities the cyclone has exposed.Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:23:12 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/25751811-a19c-4ef0-849f-36da9e5f8ceK/aghx-f02.html2026-02-02T06:23:12Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/02/02/iuom-f02.htmlDisasters of this kind are made possible by severely underfunded infrastructure, and compounded by deforestation and climate changeMon, 02 Feb 2026 04:03:17 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/0ec78261-c96e-4db0-8f79-d04a4e046ceL/iuom-f02.html2026-02-02T04:03:17Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/31/owmc-j31.htmlThis inferno is tearing through a region that only days earlier had been hit by destructive flash flooding, underscoring the “whiplash” character of climate-driven extremes now confronting Victoria.Sat, 31 Jan 2026 01:24:09 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/bc45c226-3662-4c47-b027-93d7621b756H/owmc-j31.html2026-01-31T01:24:09Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/27/jcbb-j27.htmlA huge winter storm blanketed more than half of the lower 48 US states, beginning on Friday and bringing subfreezing temperatures, snow, ice, freezing rain and devastation to hundreds of millions of people from New Mexico to New England.Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:13:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8c14ab89-e8e5-4848-b465-bb838c6dacaE/jcbb-j27.html2026-01-27T06:13:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/24/fwzp-j24.htmlBy assigning zero economic value to lives saved through environmental protection while attributing full value to corporate profitability, the Trump administration is imposing the entire social and biological cost of production on the working class.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 03:16:31 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/55a28bf0-aba4-429a-b92f-31635434fb8G/fwzp-j24.html2026-01-24T03:16:31Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/19/hbny-j19.htmlAs scientists report the danger that climate change poses to millions, the Labor government refuses to abandon its support for fossil fuels.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:11:32 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e946c90f-8a03-4858-b9cc-e4e0b88da8dO/hbny-j19.html2026-01-19T04:11:32Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/19/fald-j19.htmlThe EPA moves to gut the evaluation of the cost of health impacts in regulating toxic industrial emissions.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:27:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/046775d0-59fa-4d39-92a8-f6f7f2ab7d2F/fald-j19.html2026-01-19T00:27:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/17/mbhf-j17.htmlLike the bushfires, Victoria’s Great Ocean Road floods expose the criminal indifference of the state Labor government to the mounting toll of climate catastrophe on the working class.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 01:09:22 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/8f6a3017-9585-4baa-b8dc-b73d4589860P/mbhf-j17.html2026-01-17T01:09:22Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/05/iquj-j05.htmlSome regions across northern Queensland have received a year’s worth of rain in just a few days.Mon, 05 Jan 2026 04:28:52 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/983726b2-466d-4602-8301-660a657e488L/iquj-j05.html2026-01-05T04:28:52Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/31/huve-d31.htmlThe decades-long demand for decent, livable housing for Sri Lanka’s plantation workers has reemerged with urgency after Cyclone Ditwah devastated estates across all 25 districts.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:55:14 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/af17e613-de49-42cb-b886-7ca3afa598bL/huve-d31.html2025-12-31T01:55:14Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/31/xzue-d31.htmlTheir experiences are part of a broader pattern of inadequate preparedness and neglect by state and federal governments to so-called “natural” disasters, which are made more frequent and catastrophic as a result of climate change.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:46:07 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/17547c5e-0980-4856-a752-ec1392a511cG/xzue-d31.html2025-12-31T01:46:07Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/29/myyd-d29.htmlWorkers and the poor must oppose the government’s plans to impose the huge costs of cyclone recovery on the masses. They are not responsible for the cyclone catastrophe or the underlying capitalist crisis.Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:56:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4d99d4af-7ef5-45b6-9930-3ae3f16e498A/myyd-d29.html2025-12-29T00:56:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/16/yqhb-d16.htmlNumerous reports have emerged of residents who will be forced to pay tens of thousands of dollars or more for out-of-pocket repairs.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:10:33 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/717a448a-cef8-465d-a48b-d4e51f96aedL/yqhb-d16.html2025-12-16T03:10:33Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/15/yluo-d15.htmlSurvivors of Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka’s central hill district speak out against decades of government neglect that left them living in known landslide zones with no protection or aid.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:18:29 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/ccf24e1d-6387-41b7-bc2c-48e2e63469bK/yluo-d15.html2025-12-15T23:18:29Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/15/vkpa-d15.htmlAcross the globe, severe weather due to climate change is causing thousands of deaths and widespread destruction.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:53:24 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a2d8680c-e598-4620-b709-bcd87ddb02cB/vkpa-d15.html2025-12-15T00:53:24Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/13/rfjr-d13.htmlThe Frontline Socialist Party’s proposals to the JVP/NPP government are to help cover up its responsibility for the disaster and the capitalist system that produced it.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 02:55:41 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d95753d7-1e6b-44ee-8298-050b6e17f8fA/rfjr-d13.html2025-12-13T02:55:41Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/12/aghs-d12.htmlNuwara Eliya district, predominantly inhabited by Tamil-speaking tea plantation workers earning low wages, is among the worst affected by heavy rainfall, flooding, landslides, and stone slides caused by the cyclone.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:41:55 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/d65b0ed2-75de-4f28-b6c1-b8064906f6aH/aghs-d12.html2025-12-12T22:41:55Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/12/dbek-d12.htmlRecord temperatures, strong winds and a high fuel load built up over several wet years created the conditions for catastrophic fires last week in New South Wales and Tasmania.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:22:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/20e04363-a4c9-4e3e-922b-ae8dc023450F/dbek-d12.html2025-12-12T04:22:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/12/uwro-d12.htmlIn this video, Sri Lankan workers and villagers devastated by Cyclone Ditwah speak out about the catastrophic flooding, government negligence, and the urgent need for real change.Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:45:19 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/3df7995d-8964-495e-b5eb-d6c654d9e4aF/uwro-d12.html2025-12-12T00:45:19Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/11/dnfu-d11.htmlWorkers, small shop owners and residents described to reporters the terrifying impact of the disaster, the repeated flooding they endure and the destruction caused this time by the overflowing Kelani River.Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:48:55 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4c79d285-bbdc-424c-9202-957cc5b459dO/dnfu-d11.html2025-12-11T23:48:55Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/09/lwfi-d09.htmlIn the predominantly Tamil Northern Province, the death toll stands at nine, with four people reported missing. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:39:23 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/7724b6a0-7f56-4f73-a074-ab04094e07cD/lwfi-d09.html2025-12-09T02:39:23Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/08/wkog-d08.htmlThe unfolding disaster from Cyclone Ditwah is the product of two interconnected processes: the intensification of climate change, driven by global capitalism, and the underdevelopment of scientific and disaster-prevention infrastructure, enforced through austerity.Mon, 08 Dec 2025 01:14:10 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/4c1b3bfd-5e8f-4fc2-a83d-70199f5e58dH/wkog-d08.html2025-12-08T01:14:10Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/06/omcz-d06.htmlThe Cyclone Ditwah disaster has completely exposed the bankruptcy of the JVP/NPP government and the capitalist system as a whole.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 01:30:01 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a742a49d-b188-4856-b4cd-b3ecb7105e6A/omcz-d06.html2025-12-06T01:30:01Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/06/jzjz-d06.htmlThe mass arrests were part of an ongoing crackdown against democratic rights by the NSW Labor government.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:09:05 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c465f6f2-b915-4daa-a1f0-65624c650bfC/jzjz-d06.html2025-12-06T00:09:05Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/05/pmxo-d05.htmlCapitalist governments around the world have taken no serious steps to address climate change and other forms of environmental degradation that contribute to the extreme weather events now unfolding on a regular basis.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:35:27 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a3bd8786-6005-4bda-bdfb-a2660610ac0N/pmxo-d05.html2025-12-05T02:35:27Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/05/tpom-d05.htmlThe lawsuits allege that camp management was long aware of the risk of flooding at the camp and failed to take action to save the lives of the 25 children who died during the July flood.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:41:44 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/a3c86f15-893d-479b-a218-04cd68a81d6B/tpom-d05.html2025-12-05T01:41:44Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/05/eyit-d05.htmlNuwara Eliya District, with a population of 724,957 and located in a hilly region, is among the worst hit by heavy rainfall, flooding, landslides and stone slides.Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:04:36 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/b81d91c1-a637-4782-ae8a-9343e8589aaJ/eyit-d05.html2025-12-05T00:04:36Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/04/bzht-d04.htmlA distressed flood-surviving woman asked: “Our parents were submerged in water. We, too, have gone under water. Will our children also suffer the same fate?”Thu, 04 Dec 2025 02:41:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1ce87721-7856-47ee-ad63-2f3043f7c0fP/bzht-d04.html2025-12-04T02:41:56Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/03/rnbi-d03.htmlHeartbreaking scenes reminiscent of the 2004 tsunami are now unfolding across Sri Lanka. Shocking accounts continue to emerge from flood- and landslide-devastated areas as survivors begin to access previously cut-off regions. Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:50:51 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/dfbc94c7-c792-44d6-9873-b2ae4759130P/rnbi-d03.html2025-12-03T02:50:51Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/12/01/gphw-d01.htmlThe Sri Lankan president's declaration of a state of emergency is aimed not at saving lives, but at suppressing potential social unrest.Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:15:34 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/1b4258a6-3735-457a-b0c3-b856a8da225K/gphw-d01.html2025-12-01T05:15:34Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/29/etby-n29.htmlNatural disasters, including landslides, are not purely natural phenomena but catastrophic creations of the profit-driven capitalist system.Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:07:08 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/515efd1a-4b4e-414a-bb1d-3280b4c18cfP/etby-n29.html2025-11-29T05:07:08Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/28/yqty-n28.htmlAfter talks with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the Greens helped the government ram through parliament seven “environmental” bills to speed up approvals of critical minerals and other war-related projects.Fri, 28 Nov 2025 23:35:45 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/e3c67072-fad7-4714-8aa0-ace89108fddJ/yqty-n28.html2025-11-28T23:35:45Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/27/zyth-n27.htmlClimate change and the subordination of disaster management to profit exacerbate the destruction from flooding, which falls most heavily on the working class and poor.Thu, 27 Nov 2025 02:19:50 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/c9efe16e-b556-497d-bb74-42b76fc8942K/zyth-n27.html2025-11-27T02:19:50Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/17/dfwv-n17.htmlIn the face of mounting climate change-induced natural disasters and evidence of runaway global warming, capitalist governments and corporations have abandoned any pretense to be fighting climate change.Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:08:21 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2c448e99-491d-4d2b-b92c-af1c96e08baO/dfwv-n17.html2025-11-17T04:08:21Zhttps://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/11/15/lqoa-n15.htmlThe vote, repudiating even a nominal commitment to address climate change, underscores the long-term rout of a “moderate” faction within the conservative party.Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:15:56 GMThttp://www.wsws.org/asset/2ac517bf-0771-4e43-871d-a7f675c0a0cI/lqoa-n15.html2025-11-15T04:15:56Z