Inside Ohio's Revolt Against Data Centers
A colorful crew of activists helped spur moratorium votes in 10 communities next month. Now, they’re aiming for a statewide ban.By Dan GearinoCOLUMBUS, Ohio—A four-hour...
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What Happened to Pennsylvania's Hydrogen Hubs?
Backed by the federal government and bipartisan leadership, Pennsylvania’s hydrogen projects were supposed to create jobs and slash emissions. Now, they’re in limbo.By Rebecca McCarthyThree...
Why Google is paying to upgrade nuclear power plants
Last week, the Georgia Public Service Commission voted to approve a new deal between Georgia Power and the tech giant Google. Starting in 2028, Google...
A federal program to restore forests after disaster has gotten too many funding requests
Federal money meant to help restore forests after disasters has stopped flowing because of a lack of funding. According to the Michigan office of the...
Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger
Unlike other poisonous animals, bees use a strange set of pistons to pump toxin
Coastal erosion in England has claimed at least 183 homes in past 16 years
Exclusive: Homes demolished along east coast after being deemed too vulnerable to live in, figures revealSeaside communities along the east coast of England have lost...
Did an AI or human write that paper? New detector decides by examining its ideas
Algorithm looks for clues about a paper’s origin that text-based detectors miss
Will the world end next month? <cite>Science</cite> said so, in 1960
Researchers concluded that doomsday will fall on 13 November—but not for the reasons we might expect today
Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02771-1Selecting climate solutions creates new institutional authority
UN carbon market forces cookstove projects to protect against forest loss
Cleaner cooking projects in the UN carbon market will have to set aside a share of their credits to insure against the risk that the...
Critical Minerals, New Energy Sources and the Race for Resilience
At a Climate Week symposium, Columbia Engineering convened members of government, industry and academia to examine critical mineral supply chains and emerging energy sources.
Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit
Print article Share Next week, diplomats from around the world will descend on Yerevan, Armenia, to negotiate a series of decisions under the UN Convention...
A Predictable Component of the Internal Tide on a Narrow Continental Shelf
Abstract Coastal internal tides are considered unpredictable: harmonic fits to depth‐varying baroclinic velocity explain little variance. We show the depth‐averaged coastal internal tide is predictable...
Contribution of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation to Global Mean Sea Level Trends: Revisited
Abstract Three decades of satellite altimeter observations reveal a continued rise in global mean sea level (GMSL), with the rate of rise reflecting the combined...
A once-in-a-generation opportunity for California's ocean
The ocean surrounding California’s Channel Islands can feel like another world. Beneath the surface sway towering kelp forests that are patrolled by huge sheephead fish,...
IPCC Opens Sixty Fifth Plenary Session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 12 – The Sixty-Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) began today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. IPCC member governments...
Thousands of Handwritten Records Reveal Scale of Warming in the Congo
The Congo Basin is one of the few places on Earth where the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has failed to track the long-term shift...
Building a stronger future on our own terms: Indigenous-led resilience and recovery
The post Building a stronger future on our own terms: Indigenous-led resilience and recovery appeared first on Center for Disaster Philanthropy.
IPCC Chair Jim Skea's remarks during the opening of the 65th Session of the IPCC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 October 2026 Thank you, Ko, especially as you serve in a dual role at this plenary: interim Secretary of the IPCC...
Food for Feed
This week, co-host Jake Bolster takes a deep dive into the global seafood industry with reporter Johnny Sturgeon and the Outlaw Ocean Project.By Jake Bolster,...
How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster
What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city...
The Fishfeed Trap
The livestock industry’s search for more sustainable alternatives to fishmeal has gone nowhere.By Ian UrbinaThis story is part of an investigation conducted by an international...
Governments that support climate science must stand firm against naysayers
Piers Forster is Professor of Physical Climate Change and Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures at the University of Leeds. He has previously...
NASA captures a stunning transformation in Australia's red outback
Australia’s normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly...
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