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The start of 2025 has set a worrying new milestone in climate history. According to the latest Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) bulletin, January 2025 was the warmest January ever recorded globally. The data reveals that the global average surface air temperature for the month reached 13.23°C, which is 0.79°C higher than the January average between 1991 and 2020.

Morocco gets plenty of sun—about 3,000 hours per year, according to the Solar GCC Alliance. A new solar plant in that desert country is poised to take advantage of the ample Saharan sunlight.

Wetlands are among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, providing essential services that sustain biodiversity, regulate climate, and support human livelihoods. The Ramsar Project, established under the Ramsar Convention in 1971, is a global initiative dedicated to the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. Named after the city of Ramsar, Iran, where the convention was signed, this framework fosters international cooperation to protect these critical habitats.

In the remote northwest corner of the Pacific Ocean, a dotted line of islands stretches between northern Japan and Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The Kuril Archipelago is sparsely populated by humans but riddled with volcanoes. The Zavaritskogo volcano (also called Zavaritskii) is a striking feature on Simushir Island, in the middle of the archipelago. It is made up of nested, steep-walled calderas surrounding a central lake.