By Kristin Houser, Freethink We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them. It’s 2035. Global electricity demand has skyrocketed, driven in large part by the data centers that support our digital world. Rather than worsening climate change, though, these power-hungry facilities are …
A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News In a landmark ruling, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court concluded that the government must set limits on human activity, like industrial fishing, to protect marine ecosystems’ natural cycles. Fish and sharks swim around North Seymour Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands on March 8, 2024. Credit: Ernesto …
Invasive pike use marine corridors to colonize new Alaska territory
By Jeff Richardson, Phys.Org Invasive northern pike are displayed after being caught in Vogel Lake on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Credit: Rob Massengill, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Northern pike are moving through salt water to invade freshwater habitats in Southcentral Alaska, according to a recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE. …
This startup is making natural gas from sunlight, water, and air
By Kristin Houser, Freethink Terraform wants to stop climate change by replacing fossil fuels with “air fuels.” A California startup is using sunlight, water, and air to create synthetic natural gas — eliminating the need to pull it from the ground and release additional greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Synthetic …
Escalating armed conflict is most urgent threat for world in 2025, say global leaders
By Heather Stewart, The Guardian World Economic Forum says responses from experts in business, politics and academia also highlight climate crisis. ‘State-based armed conflict’ was the concern cited most by those surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images Global leaders have said that escalating armed conflict is the …
The American Climate Corps is over. What even was it?
By Kate Yoder, Grist Biden’s green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it’s shutting down before Trump takes office. Grist / Andrew Caballero Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images; AmeriCorps; Getty Images Giorgio Zampaglione loved his two-hour commute from the town of Mount Shasta into the surrounding northern …
A secret weapon in agriculture’s climate fight: Ants
By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change. Ida Cecilie Jensen The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of …
2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm
By Oliver Milman, The Guardian Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’ It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet another measure …
California Rice Fields Offer Threatened Migratory Waterbirds a Lifeline
By Liza Gross, The Guardian Conservation groups are working with Central Valley farmers to restore critical habitat for wetland birds struggling to subsist on a fraction of their historic wintering grounds. But finding the right spots is challenging. Sandhill cranes fly in for the night at the Woodbridge Ecological Reserve …
What happens when a wildfire reaches a city?
By Li Zhou, Vox The Los Angeles wildfires show how blazes can spread in the most urban landscapes, too. Firefighters stand below as brush and trees burn during the Sunset Fire near Hollywood Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles on January 8, 2025. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Multiple major wildfires, …