Somini Sengupta
@sominisengupta.bsky.social
I write about people living on a hotter planet. Staff writer for The New York Times. Also book writer, flaneur, and personal chef to The Teenager.
Warming. Sea level rise. Shipping lanes. What happens in Greenland doesn’t stay in Greenland. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w...
Why Greenland Matters for a Warming World
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Scientists expect atmospheric rivers to grow more powerful, arrive more frequently, and last longer as the earth’s climate keeps warming. www.kuow.org/stories/nort...
Northwest floods offer sneak peek of hotter climate's toll
“The science is clear that floods are going to become larger and more frequent in the future,” Washington State Climatologist Guillaume Mauger said.
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The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...
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This is what you call a delicious reporting trip: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/c...
Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon
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Indigenous people are demanding land rights not just as a restoration of their right to manage their territories but also as a climate and nature fix. How will countries respond, not just during COP30 but beyond? Watch this space. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/c...
Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil
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In which @kbennhold.bsky.social is calm and elegant and I am shouting at the cellphone cam and my glasses keep sliding off my nose www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: What the U.S. Absence at COP30 Tells Us
World leaders are meeting at the COP30 this week to discuss climate. The U.S. was not part of this meeting. Somini Sengupta, our international climate reporter, discusses what this absence means.
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10 years after the Paris climate pact, there's some good-ish news. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
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I'm at #COP30 in Brazil Chair of @wmo-global.bsky.social opens the conference with dire stats about rising temps (1.4 C above preindustrial levels) and record concentration of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. “Let COP30 be remebered when the world hcanged course, with the Amazon as its witness”
Central to Brazil’s COP30 agenda: money for countries to protect their standing forests. Big challenge: attracting investors to pony up $100 billion www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/c...
Brazil Proposes a New Type of Fund to Protect Tropical Forests
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Natural gas prices are relatively low, thanks to a frac'ing-fueled drilling boom... So why are gas utility prices reaching record highs? Answers are in my @npr.org Climate Desk story: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...
Natural gas prices are low, but your monthly gas bill is up. Here's why
Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.
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How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
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Rob Jetten looks on course to be the next Dutch prime minister. Quick reminder that he was once the nation's climate and energy minister: "I work every day to put the Netherlands on course towards a climate-neutral society by 2050 at the latest." Quite the contrast with Geert Wilders...
2X increase in the most extreme hurrucanes! Looking at every Cat 4 & 5 in the Atlantic since 1980 (reliable records/ data gathering) I broke the record into 2 equal parts. 1980-2002 and 2003-2025 The most recent period has more than double the number of most intense hurricanes in the Atlantic!… 1/
Donald Trump is meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea. There's a lot at stake for a lot of countries. Not least the host country -- South Korea. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/c...
As China and U.S. Split Over Energy, Korea Is Stuck in the Middle
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This is so very, very bad. And yes, climate change plays a role. bmcnoldy.blogspot.com/2025/10/meli...
Melissa becomes third Category 5 hurricane of the extraordinary 2025 season
Updates and summaries on tropical Atlantic activity... including easterly waves, tropical storms, subtropical storms, and hurricanes.
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“It was a lack of respect,” he added, “for local cuisine, for our culinary tradition.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...
Vegan Menu for Hosting Prince Leaves a Chef in the Amazon Fuming
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A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant, citing multiple reasons, including failure to adequately consult local residents and consider the full impact on climate change.
South Africa court halts natural gas power plant project, cites climate commitments
A South African court has nullified the environmental authorization for state-owned electricity utility Eskom’s proposed 3,000-megawatt gas-fired power plant. The court cited multiple reasons for its…
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“As the wealthy continue to consume, that’s masking more and more insecurity and instability in the economy under the hood.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b...
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
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Global shipping was ready to start paying a fee to clean up its climate pollution. Then the Trump administration brought a battering ram of trade and visa threats on countries that supported it. The measure was delayed today. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/c...
U.S. Pressures Countries to Delay Fees to Clean Up Ship Pollution
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What does the US-China trade row have to do with deforestation in Brazil? (Hint: pig farms) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/c...
Trump’s Tariff Fight With China Means Trouble for a Vast Wilderness in Brazil
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A German court ruled Apple can no longer market its Apple Watch as "CO2 neutral": esgnews.com/german-court... Be sure to read @gregbarber.bsky.social's earlier TR deep dive into the company's climate claims here:
Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal
The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.
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Happy book birthday to my friend @jimfruchterman.bsky.social He has spent many years figuring out how technology can help the global majority. He distills the lessons in his new book. Details are here: fruchterman.org
Homepage - Jim Fruchterman, Tech for Good Champion
Jim Fruchterman is a social entrepreneur, tech-for-good field leader, public speaker, and author of the book Technology for Good (MIT Press).
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assault may have dealt lasting damage to the CDC, experts fear, with harsh consequences for public health. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
Will the C.D.C. Survive?
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