Posted on 4 January 2026 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom

A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 28, 2025 thru Sat, January 3, 2026.

Year 2025 Statistics

As this is the first news roundup of 2026 and we therefore have the complete year 2025 "in the can", we thought that you might enjoy some stats about what we shared during the previous 12 months.

All told, we shared 1470 links from about 270 different outlets, the vast majority of which provided fewer than 10 links and the bulk of shares originated from just 25 different outlets. The Top10 are: The Guardian (190), Skeptical Science (164), Inside Climate News (108), Yale Climate Connections (67), Phys.org (63), Carbon Brief (58), New York Times (54), The Conversation (52), Grist (47), CNN (38), followed by The Climate Brink, The Washington Post, DeSmog, Climate Home News and NPR. Among the shares are also 53 links to Youtube videos from different creators like ClimateAdam, "Just have a think", Dr Gilbz or Potholer54.

When looking at the categories we put most of the shared articles into Climate Change Impacts followed by - not too surprisingly! - Climate Policy and Politics and Climate Science and Research. Here is the full list for the 1470 articles shared:

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Change Impacts (9 articles)

• Australia makes list of 2025`s costliest climate events Sydney Morning Herald, Poppy Johnston, Dec 28, 2025.
• Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025 National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife The Guardian, Steven Morris, Dec 29, 2025.
• 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say Phys.org, Alexa St. John, Dec 30, 2025.
• Climate change could cost businesses big time The total climate-related financial risks top $6 trillion at 4,000 of the world’s large companies. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Dec 30, 2025.
• An Idaho Bird Research Station Rises From the Ashes of a Wildfire The Valley Fire torched Lucky Peak in the fall of 2024. Bird researchers there are channeling their grief into study of how avians respond to climate-driven blazes. Inside Climate News, William von Herff, Dec 31, 2025.
• Now in its 25th Year, a Historic Effort to Save the Everglades Evolves as the Climate Warms Everglades restoration was designed to replenish the drinking water supply in one of the fast-growing parts of the nation. The same effort may help save South Florida from climate change. Inside Climate News, Amy Green, Jan 01, 2026.
• Hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned... will nature reclaim the Alps? Dead ski resorts are undeniable evidence of our warming the planet, and another mess to clean up. Irish Examiner, Staff, Jan 01, 2026.
• A once-sparkling Alaskan river has turned a sickly orange color As permafrost melts, metals stored in rocks leach into the water, making it toxic for fish. Yale Climate Connections, YCC Team, Jan 01, 2026.
• Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK `visible signal` of climate breakdown New year plant hunt shows rising temperatures are shifting natural cycles of wildflowers such as daisies. World news The Guardian, Ajit Niranjan, Jan 02, 2026.

Miscellaneous (7 articles)

• The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary. The Atlantic, Brett Simpson, Dec 26, 2025.
• The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump`s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Climate News tracked in 2025. Inside Climate News, Dan Gearino, Dec 28, 2025.
• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #52 A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, December 21, 2025 thru Sat, December 27, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, Dec 28, 2025.
• Is Guilt Stopping Us From Stopping Climate Change? ClimateAdam on Youtube, Adam Levy, Dec 30, 2025.
• 2025 in review - busy in the boiler room Quite a lot has been happening during 2025 but a good chunk of it is hidden away in our "boiler room" as we kept working on a complete revamp of our homepage. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler & Doug Bostrom, Dec 31, 2025.
• The Climate Brink 2025 wrap-up The biggest stories of 2025 and a few predictions for 2026 The Climate Brink, Andrew Dessler & Zeke Hausfather, Jan 01, 2026.
• 2025: climate tipping point or turning point? Youtube, Simon Clark, Dec 31, 2026.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (3 articles)

• Climate a bigger threat to biodiversity than renewables, experts say ABC News, Jean Bell, Dec 27, 2025.
• Here Are Some Crucial Climate Actions You Can Take To Protect The Environment In 2026 CleanTechnica, Carolyn Fortuna, Jan 02, 2026.
• Why does India need climate-resilient agriculture? | Explained Beyond the obvous answer, what makes a coherent national climate-resilient agriculture roadmap necessary? The Hindu, Shambhavi Naik, Jan 02, 2026.

Climate Law and Justice (3 articles)

• It`s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here`s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight The Guardian, Nina Lakhani, Dec 31, 2025.
• Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025 Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans The Guardian, Isabella Kaminski, Dec 31, 2025.
• 2025 was a big year for climate in the US courts - these were the wins and losses Americans are increasingly turning to courts to hold big oil accountable. Here are major trends that emerged last year US news The Guardian, Dharna Noor, Jan 02, 2026.

Climate Science and Research (3 articles)

• New framework helps climate modelers integrate Indigenous community input into simulations Phys.org, Univeristy of Buffalo, Dec 28, 2025.
• 1.5ºC and all that The Paris Agreement temperature limits are a little ambiguous and knowing where we are is tricky. RealClimate, Gavin Schmidt, Dec 29, 2025.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #1 2026 Thanks to the holiday slowdown, a relatively paltry 44 academic articles appear in this first 2026 edition of our weekly climate research scan. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, Jan 01, 2026.

Climate Policy and Politics (2 articles)

• From `global cooling` to `beautiful coal`: Trump`s startling climate claims of 2025 Trump ratcheted up his questionable claims about the environment and how to deal, if at all, with the threats to it The Guardian, Oliver Milman, Dec 29, 2025.
• Federal ruling blocks Hawaii’s climate change tourist tax on cruise ships Our better understanding of human ability to change the world is in conflict with jurisdictional built-ins. Associated Press, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Jan 01, 2026.

Climate Education and Communication (1 article)

• A Maine Folk Band Finds Its Voice in a Warming World GoldenOak’s music turns floods, forest loss and climate anxiety into folk songs rooted in Maine and shaped by activism. Inside Climate News, Ryan Krugman, Dec 29, 2025.

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