Earth's southernmost, least-populated continent
The UN Environment Programme has published a report saying the world will likely exceed the Paris 1.5°C limit within years. UNEP has recommended an "overshoot, peak and decline" pathway that combines immediate, deep cuts to greenhouse gases, rapid methane reductions and carefully governed carbon dioxide removal to bring temperatures back below 1.5°C this century.
Rescuers have recovered four bodies from a flooded hydro tunnel in Chilime, with thousands still missing after floods triggered by a glacier collapse along the Trishuli River. Recovery work faces thick mud and damaged infrastructure as authorities push to speed up rescue and reconstruction efforts.
Survivors of extreme weather form Extreme Weather Survivors to share guidance and emotional support while lobbying lawmakers as climate disasters intensify.
Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen has won the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, which uses Antarctic ice to detect high-energy neutrinos and illuminate the universe’s distant processes. The award recognizes a monumental, collaborative effort that has revealed neutrinos as cosmic messengers.
Eliud Kipchoge has crossed Melbourne’s finish line in 2:09:10, breaking the race record by two seconds. The 41-year-old is on a World Tour to raise funds for education, environment and health, aiming to complete a marathon on all seven continents, including Antarctica.
UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is in its second year of a three-year drive to save Port Lockroy. A team of eight will reinforce the historic base on Goudier Island, protect the world’s southernmost post office and monitor a penguin colony as climate pressures threaten the site.
Environmentalists warn there is no safe level of krill extraction in Antarctica as CCAMLR negotiators wrap up talks. Fishing has paused after a 620,000 metric ton cap, while calls for a California-sized marine protected area near the Antarctic peninsula intensify. Krill play a crucial role in the ecosystem and carbon capture, and researchers warn warming oceans are pushing krill toward cooler waters.
Scientists have tapped signals from the zeptoverse, a realm 100 billion times smaller than an atom, using data from the LHC. Cambridge-led work suggests new physics avenues and underpins upgrades to detectors, though funding questions in the UK loom over participation in future work.