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- How to study a swiftly melting climate disasterAndrew Haverdink, a tall grad student in a rain bib and rubber boots, wrenched a double-handed drill from the frozen soil that underlies much of Alaska’s Denali National Park and then unclipped the hollow barrel from the end of the bit.MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?One way to make batteries cleaner is to make fewer of them.Ars TechnicaTECHNOLOGY
- Study says global warming did more than El Niño to turbocharge Hurricane Polo - AP NewsStudy says global warming did more than El Niño to turbocharge Hurricane Polo AP NewsAssociated PressWORLD
- Woody ‘blankets’ are being deployed on Arctic permafrost to reduce carbon emissionsNature, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03045-8 A start-up company is testing whether stabilizing areas of rapidly eroding permafrost can prevent greenhouse-gas emissions.NatureSCIENCE
- The Download: 10 climate tech companies to watchThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Supreme Court Opens Term With Climate FightBloomberg Supreme Court Reporter Greg Stohr is on Bloomberg This Weekend previewing a new term shaped by the court’s growing emergency docket and a major climate case over whether Boulder, Colorado, can pursue state-law claims against oil companies.Bloomberg MarketsBUSINESS
- The Download: climate tech companies to watch and AI’s discovery problemThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Coming soon: our 2026 list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch With the planet nearing 1.MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Coming soon: Our 2026 list of Climate Tech Companies to WatchEarlier this month, the UN announced the planet will tip past 1. 5 ˚C of warming, “likely within the next few years,” squashing any lingering hope that nations would cut emissions fast enough to achieve the loftiest goal of the Paris climate agreement.MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Nepal’s floods expose issues with climate-disaster funding — firmer policies are needed fastNature, Published online: 25 September 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03016-z The UN’s climate loss and damage fund needs to consider how to make decisions about finance fairly and quickly, without disadvantaging low-resource nations.NatureSCIENCE
- Jensen Huang talks about AI and climate change like a supervillainAs Jensen Huang puts it, AI can help fight climate change - but only if it inflicts "an enormous amount of pain and suffering" first. The Nvidia CEO discussed the future of energy and AI's impact on our planet in the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show.The VergeTECHNOLOGY
- The Download: a bid to scrap the virtual wall and AI hits Climate WeekThis is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.MIT Technology ReviewTECHNOLOGY
- Spain battles climate change on several frontsA summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.BBC BusinessBUSINESS
Climate Archive · September 2026
- A global safety net for climate-risk intelligence is urgently needed
Nature
- Losing your way of life to climate change matters — and we need a way to measure it
Nature
- The Download: mice with part-human brains and climate tech innovators
MIT Technology Review
- Meet the innovators under 35 shaping climate tech
MIT Technology Review
- Make AI traceable before it shapes global climate assessments
Nature
- EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants - AP News
Associated Press
- Trump throws out power plant climate pollution rules
The Verge
- How is climate change affecting conifers and their ability to sequester carbon?
Nature
Climate Archive · August 2026
- Reuters Climate Monitor - Reuters
Reuters
- Climate damage: the next hit to Europe's public finances - reuters.com
Reuters
- Tracking extreme heat by the hour makes climate change seem even worse
Ars Technica
- How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer - Reuters
Reuters
- Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
TechCrunch
- Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming
ScienceDaily