Could a U.S. Carbon Tax Help Fix the Climate? – Alex Muresianu
Back in 2019, an unprecedented group of thousands of economists signed a public letter in favor of a…
a16z-backed climate tech startup Crux acquires AI firm Daedaline
About six months after raising $50 million, climate technology startup Crux is acquiring an AI-powered due diligence platform…
Rising temperatures put older hearts in danger
As climate change fuels longer, hotter summers, new research shows that older adults’ hearts can’t keep up, exposing…
Tax Credits Are Gone But Cheaper EVs Are Coming
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New data shows Australia’s extreme weather losses among highest in world
Extreme weather costs Australians more each decade and, as a country, we have some of the highest per…
The Ocean Is a Carbon Toilet. Marine Heat Waves Are Clogging It.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The planet would be a whole…
Earth is getting darker and it’s changing the planet’s climate balance
For nearly twenty years, satellites have quietly gauged the flow of sunlight and heat through the Earth’s atmosphere.…
‘A new way to look … in the past’
Most people are familiar with the notion that “tree rings” — the concentric bands visible on a cross-section…
Scientists wake up microbes trapped in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years
Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil…
Why the most oil-rich country can’t keep the lights on
If you want an image of where the internal contradictions of the fossil fuel economy are headed as…
How Much Power Does AI Consume? | Ashley Dawson
Hours after his inauguration, Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency.” The US, he warned in an executive…
‘Used to be quite a rare phenomenon’
The seas that surround the U.K. have hit their warmest temperatures on record, forcing changes to some aquatic…