Climate
The topics this product tracks, the most attention first. Attention is measured against each topic’s own history — 50 is its usual level — so a high figure means unusually busy for that topic, not the most-discussed topic in the world.
Ordered by each topic’s current Attention figure: 0–100 against that topic’s own recent history, with 50 its usual level. Topics with no figure yet are listed last, A–Z. How attention is measured.
- Water pollution and sewage60Attentionabout usual · +18.9 ptsup over 24 hoursSewage discharges, polluted rivers and drinking-water contamination.
- Greenhouse gas emissions56Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Plastic pollution55Attentionabout usual · +10.2 ptsup over 24 hoursPlastic waste, microplastics and the global plastics treaty.
- Global temperature51Attentionabout usual · −3.2 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Air pollution50Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursSmog, particulate matter and air-quality alerts.
- Extreme heat and cold50Attentionabout usual · +2.2 ptsup over 24 hours
- Winter storms49Attentionabout usual · −11.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursBlizzards, snowstorms and ice storms.
- Sea ice and oceans47Attentionabout usual · −9.3 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Carbon capture and removal46Attentionabout usual · −15.7 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Landslides and mudslides46Attentionabout usual · −18.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursLandslides, mudslides and slope failures, often after heavy rain.
- Biodiversity and land use46Attentionabout usual · +4.8 ptsup over 24 hours
- Volcanoes46Attentionabout usual · −3.1 ptsdown over 24 hoursVolcanic eruptions, ash clouds and the disruption they cause.
- Tornadoes and severe storms45Attentionbelow usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursTornado outbreaks and severe convective storms.
- Drought and water44Attentionbelow usual · +6.8 ptsup over 24 hours
- Floods43Attentionbelow usual · −7.6 ptsdown over 24 hoursRiver, coastal and flash flooding and the damage and deaths it causes.
- Wildfires42Attentionbelow usual · −7.3 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Earthquakes and tsunamis41Attentionbelow usual · −11.2 ptsdown over 24 hoursSeismic events, their aftershocks and the tsunamis they raise.
- Hurricanes and storms41Attentionbelow usual · −3.5 ptsdown over 24 hours
- South Asian monsoon41Attentionbelow usual · −1.3 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe seasonal monsoon across India and its neighbours — onset, rainfall and its floods.
- Climate policy41Attentionbelow usual · −6.8 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Heat pumps and building heating35Attentionbelow usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursHeat-pump adoption and the electrification of heating.