In brief | 21 August '25

Bloomberg: Hotter summers and overcrowding threaten Europe’s tourist economies

Overtourism and climate change have created a dangerous feedback loop that endangers Southern Europe’s tourism industry.

Guardian: Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction

With the number of very hot days rising as well as average temperatures, more and more animals are vulnerable.

Bloomberg: The fix for solar power blackouts is already here

Countries with the most renewables have become vulnerable to outages. Why are so few investing in grid-stabilizing tech?

Reuters: Rapid loss of Antarctic ice may be climate tipping point, scientists say

Paper in Nature journal describes in previously unseen detail the interlocking effects of global warming on the Antarctic.

Guardian: Dramatic slowdown in melting of Arctic sea ice surprises scientists

Natural climate variation is most likely reason as global heating due to fossil fuel burning has continued.

Bloomberg: China emissions fall while chemicals emerge as new hotspot

A surge of renewable power led to declining emissions in China over the first half of the year even as a growing chemicals sector becomes a major new source of heat-trapping gases, according to new research.