The Energy Monster AI Is Creating
We don’t really know how much energy artificial intelligence is consuming. There aren’t any laws currently on the…
How Climate Change Is Threatening Summer Tours and Festivals
In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh,…
Scientists hope planting Palau’s ‘super corals’ will save reefs from climate change
Palau’s idyllic waters hide an experiment that scientists hope will save the world’s reefs from climate change-induced collapse.…
Cloud seeding, flash floods, and a thirsty city: The UAE’s fragile relationship with rain
ADVERTISEMENT Outside of a mountain village in the northern outskirts of the United Arab Emirates, clouds on a…
This Unlikely Chemical Could Be a Powerful Weapon Against Climate Change
Year after year, humans pump more carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere than nature can remove, fueling global…
The blind men and the climate scenario elephant
Dr Yue (Nina) Chen Dr Yue (Nina) Chen was chief climate risk officer at US federal banking regulator…
One out of every 4 homes is at ‘severe or extreme’ climate risk, study says
More than one in four U.S. homes—amounting to $12.7 trillion in real estate—faces at least one type of…
A study finds there is less room for carbon capture than previously believed
The world has far fewer places to securely store carbon dioxide deep underground than previously thought, steeply lowering…
We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought
A geothermal power plant in Iceland where carbon dioxide has been injected underground for long-term storage Sigrg/CarbFix The…
60% of Earth’s Land Now Outside “Safe Zone”
A new global study warns that most of Earth’s land is already beyond safe ecological limits, with far-reaching…
Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023
Data sources This study relied on four fCO2 products and two global ocean biogeochemical models, for which technical…
As the Great Salt Lake Shrinks, Something Unexpected Is Rising to the Surface
The Great Salt Lake once reached depths of up to 1,000 feet and spanned roughly 20,000 square miles,…