Why now is the best time to invest in climate tech
Conventional wisdom suggests that climate tech is entering a winter season, where political and investor interest and investment…
The Startups Producing Drinkable Water from Air
Blistering suns, endless dunes and almost no water. This is the imagined world on the planet Tatooine in…
Global warming intensifies extreme day-to-day temperature changes in mid–low latitudes
Observed and reanalysis datasets We use gridded observations of daily maximum and minimum temperatures at 2 m from the…
Undersea ‘storms’ are melting the ‘doomsday’ glacier’s ice shelf
The Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica NASA/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock Underwater “storms” are melting the ice shelf protecting the Thwaites…
Study finds thousands of hazardous sites in the US risk flooding from sea level rise
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United…
How To Boost Renewable Energy in the Developing World
As the world accelerates efforts toward carbon neutrality, it is becoming increasingly clear that developing countries will play…
Reshuffling Existing Genes Can Quickly Create New Species
Even a single gene, reshuffled or regulated in new ways, can fuel repeated bursts of evolutionary innovation, according…
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur
Data We draw weekly mortality data from the Eurostat database (data code ‘demo_r_mweek3’). Different regions make data available…
How is climate change affecting Antarctica?
So far, we’ve heard about this year’s COP30 summit and the current trajectory of climate change gas emissions…
‘We are facing the same storm but we are in different boats’
Photo Credit: The Winsor School Climate activist Vanessa Nakate is a “megaphone” for the passionate people working to…
Carney’s Budget Passes by Two Votes, Averting Canada Election
Prime Minister Mark Carney won a key budget vote by the slimmest of margins in Canada’s Parliament, ensuring…
Pope Leo XIV calls for urgent climate action and says God’s creation is ‘crying out’
BELEM, Brazil — BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate…