
AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It Creates
Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produce

AI Could Be Harnessed to Cut More Emissions Than It Creates
Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produce

Why Climate Goals Aren’t a Lost Cause—Even If We Overshoot Them
Earth will likely warm by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, but we can’t give up on trying to get temperatures back down


What Greenland’s Ancient Past Reveals about Its Fragile Future
The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

Five Climate Issues to Watch When Trump Goes to Canada
President Trump will attend the G7 summit on Sunday in a nation he threatened to annex. He will also be an outlier on climate issues

Air-Conditioning Can Surprisingly Help the Power Grid during Extreme Heat
Switching on air-conditioning during extreme heat doesn’t have to make us feel guilty—it can actually boost power grid reliability and help bring more renewable energy online

Inside the EPA’s Attempt to Roll Back Climate Regulation
The EPA has contradicted itself—and legal precedent—in its bid to undo Biden-era limits on power-plant climate pollution

White House Launches Another Assault on Science Funding
The Trump administration is targeting still more federal science funding, this time more than $30 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and other agencies

Tree Planting Efforts Could Actually Worsen Climate Change
With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says

Human Intelligence Created the Climate Crisis—But It’s Also the Solution
Science communicator Hank Green explains how our species’ unique intelligence got us into this climate mess—and how it will help us solve it

Government Layoffs Could Make It Easier to Scrap Heat Safety Rules
Government layoffs threaten to make it easier for the Trump administration to ditch draft heat safety regulations

The World Isn’t Ready for the Mental Health Toll of Extreme Heat
Temperatures are rising, and so are mental health risks

What Causes Glaciers to Collapse like the Event That Buried a Swiss Village?
Climate change and thawing permafrost play a role in destabilizing glaciers