Climate & Energy
Climate feedback loops, the energy transition, and the cascading consequences of a warming world.
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Climate & Energy
Global Warming Is Accelerating, and the Signal Is Clearer Than Ever
A Potsdam Institute analysis has filtered out natural climate noise and found something unsettling: the planet's warming trend accelerated around 2015.
Climate & Energy
The Fungal Frontier: Why Science Is Finally Taking Mushrooms Seriously
Fungi underpin most life on Earth, yet science has barely catalogued them. A new wave of research is finally changing that.
Climate & Energy
The US-Israel War on Iran Is Burning Through the Carbon Budget at a Staggering Rate
A new analysis finds the US-Israel war on Iran has generated 5 million tonnes of emissions in two weeks, outpacing 84 countries combined.
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21 Mar 2026
Wind Money Is Keeping West Texas Seniors in Their Homes
A tiny West Texas county is using wind lease revenue to keep elderly residents at home, revealing who really profits from America's energy transition.
21 Mar 2026
Alabama's Coal Mine Regulator Is Run by the Industry It's Supposed to Police
Two years after a fatal explosion above an Alabama coal mine, the state's surface mining regulator still looks more like an industry ally than a public watchdog.
21 Mar 2026
Oil Shocks and the Stories We Tell: Iran, Prices, and the Fossil Fuel Feedback Loop
With Brent crude topping $100 a barrel, the real story isn't Iran. It's the fossil fuel architecture that leaves Americans with no exit ramp.
21 Mar 2026
El Salvador's Surf Communities Are Betting on Climate Insurance to Save Their Waves
El Salvador's Oriente Salvaje is piloting the world's first surf break insurance policy, and the implications stretch far beyond one pristine wave.
21 Mar 2026
The North Sea's Hidden Crater Was Ground Zero for a 330-Foot Tsunami
A 160-meter asteroid struck the North Sea 43 million years ago, and the crater it left behind just rewrote what we know about Europe's ancient coastlines.
21 Mar 2026
Brazil's Cerrado Holds a Carbon Secret That Climate Policy Has Long Ignored
The cerrado's ancient, peaty soils store vast amounts of carbon that climate policy has never learned how to count or protect.
21 Mar 2026
Brazil's Robusta Revival Could Reshape Coffee's Future Under Climate Stress
Long dismissed as bitter filler, robusta coffee is being rethought by Indigenous growers in Brazil as climate change squeezes arabica's future.
21 Mar 2026
Susan Collins and the $7 Billion Solar Retreat: A Senator's Silence Speaks Volumes
Susan Collins built her brand on climate concern. When the EPA moved to cancel $7 billion in solar grants for 20,000 Maine households, her response was telling.
21 Mar 2026
60 Years of Bird Data Show Extreme Weather Is Reshaping Who Survives the Nest
Over 80,000 nestlings and six decades of data reveal how the timing of extreme weather can determine whether a baby bird lives or dies.
21 Mar 2026
The Ancient Plant That Could Rewire How Crops Feed the World
Hornworts solved one of photosynthesis's oldest inefficiencies 400 million years ago. Scientists now want to copy their trick into wheat and rice.
