Environment

Climate, ecology and the living world.

Team PublicSlate12 Sep 2026

Africa Is Quietly Having Its Best Solar Year Ever

The African continent is on track to add a record amount of solar power in 2026, growing 45 percent over the previous year for the third straight record year in a row. Behind the numbers is a continent-wide shift, with companies like Ghana's Genser Energy raising major funding to expand, showing that Africa's energy story is changing faster than most people

Team PublicSlate28 Aug 2026

World

Nepal's Deadliest Morning: Inside the Bhote Koshi Flash Flood Disaster

A glacial collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border unleashed a wall of water that has killed more than 300 people and left over 1,400 missing — the deadliest disaster in the Himalayas in years, and a stark preview of what a warming mountain range can do without warning.

Prikshit Batra25 Aug 2026

Environment

"Water Bankruptcy": Why Rivers, Not Borders, May Define the Next Decade of Global Conflict

The UN says the planet has entered an era of "water bankruptcy." With nearly 40% of the world's shared river basins projected to face scarcity-driven conflict risk by mid-century, water is quietly shifting from an environmental issue to a geopolitical one.

Prikshit Batra25 Aug 2026

Environment

"Water Bankruptcy": Why Rivers, Not Borders, May Define the Next Decade of Global Conflict

Team PublicSlate11 Aug 2026

Food • Climate

When Climate Shocks Become Food Crises

A potentially very strong El Niño is creating a new food-security risk across vulnerable regions. The UN World Food Programme estimates that nearly 49 million additional people could face acute food insecurity by the end of 2027 if the weather event develops as expected. The danger is not El Niño alone: drought, erratic rainfall, conflict-driven energy and f

Team PublicSlate09 Aug 2026

Environment

Butterflies Are Moving Across the Planet. What Are They Telling Us About Climate Change?

A new global study examining 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries has found widespread shifts in where butterflies live, with roughly one in ten species changing their geographic range or altitude. Around 80% of the species showing shifts expanded into new areas, while about 27% experienced contractions. Researchers identify climate change and extrem

Divvya Chabbra06 Aug 2026

Environment

The Hidden Cost of Every Prompt: How AI Is Draining the World’s Water

AI query you type has a water footprint — cooling the servers that process it, and the power plants that supply them electricity. As AI adoption scales into billions of daily queries, global data centre water consumption is on track to hit 9.3 trillion litres by 2030. India, home to 18 percent of the world’s population but only 4 percent of its freshwater, i