onthepluto.com
21°
13 October 2026 An unusual day

Nature and climate Large Beasts, Heat, and Carbon

Mediterranean Droughts and Heat Fires Birds USA and Caribbean Large Animals Agriculture and Food Hurricanes and Storms Floods Insects and Bees Forests Climate Animals Biodiversity Water and Rivers Ocean Africa CO₂ Emissions Plastic and Waste Indonesia El Niño Marine Ecosystems Reserves and National Parks Oil and Fossil Fuels

Findings

Of 205 topic pairs, all checks passed: 1

Topic pairs tested: 205 → together more than chance: 40 → written independently by several outlets: 39 → in several parts of the world: 37 → published: 1.

Unexpected link seen from 3 parts of the world

Sequoias store carbon worse in the heat, and the topic of heat might emerge a couple of days earlier than the topic of CO₂ emissions.

In materials about heat and drought, there is immediately talk of how trees hold carbon dioxide: sequoias' photosynthesis weakens, tropical species absorb CO₂ at night. By the dates, the heat progresses slightly ahead of the discussion about emissions.

Greenhouse gas emissions Drought · mentions per day, 30 days
Based on: Science News · 12.10 ScienceDaily · 23.09 Japan Today · 30.09

Timeline

  1. People's Daily

    Migratory birds at Horqin National Nature Reserve

  2. Xinhua

    Across China: 5 years on, preservation efforts bear fruit in tropical rainforest park in south China's Hainan

  3. MercoPress

    Brazil blames human action for the fires sweeping the Amazon

  4. USGS

    M 6.7 - central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

  5. GDACS

    Green earthquake (Magnitude 6.7M, Depth:10km) in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge 13/10/2026 05:44 UTC, [unknown].

  6. The Guardian

    The pest I’ll never forget: the relentless pigeon who stared and stared and ruined my spring

  7. GDACS

    Green flood alert in Panama

  8. GDACS

    Green flood alert in Costa Rica

Facts and findings of the day — on Telegram One post every morning: the main things from every section