Five miles of Antarctica's glacial ice vanished in only two months, retreating 10 times as fast as the previous record.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/11/04/hektoria-glacier-retreat-record-antarctica/

The first day of fall or winter where the temperature dips below 32 degrees is happening later and later. Example: Green Bay, 13 days later than in 1970

More info: https://www.axios.com/2025/10/24/first-freeze-later-climate-change?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top

Mosquitoes have reached Iceland, which set a high-temperature record earlier this year.

More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/23/iceland-mosquitoes-climate-change/

A decade ago, men outnumbered women among EV buyers 3 to 1. Now, the ratio is 2 to 1.

more info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/10/14/ev-gender-gap-women/

During the first half of 2025, for the first time, renewable energy generated more power worldwide than coal.

More info: https://apnews.com/article/climate-renewable-wind-solar-coal-electricity-demand-abf7b587b038bf7580de1baee6576bbc?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&stream=top

Ford will introduce a new family of EVs priced under $40,000.

More info: https://www.axios.com/2025/08/12/ford-electric-vehicles-trump-china?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosfutureofmobility&stream=top

The US subsidizes the fossil fuel industry to the tune of nearly $31 billion/year, more than double the amount in 2017.

more info:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/fossil-fuels-subisidies-study?campaign_id=54&emc=edit_clim_20250911&instance_id=162361&nl=climate-forward&regi_id=66704053&segment_id=205732&user_id=97eb24ff9121d1a70f01fac05f86ea1b&utm_campaign=Daily%20Briefing%20China%20s%20global%20impact%20EU%202040%20wrangle%20Pakistan%20evacuates%2025%20000&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_term=2025-09-10

Last year, 129 brands in China were selling cars that ran mainly or entirely on electricity.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/business/china-electric-vehicles-overcapacity.html?searchResultPosition=7

Five days of extreme heat in late June/early July led to 2,300 deaths in 12 European cities.

More info:  https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F8cce931e-bd57-589a-b3c3-ee58df3c58fb

A New York Republican and an Arizona Democrat have created the Extreme Heat Caucus in the House.

More info: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opinion/heat-wave-climate.html?searchResultPosition=3