Climate & Energy
Climate feedback loops, the energy transition, and the cascading consequences of a warming world.
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Climate & Energy
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.
Climate & Energy
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.
Climate & Energy
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.
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21 Mar 2026
Kathy Hochul's Climate Retreat Puts New York's Green Ambitions on Ice
Hochul's push to delay New York's landmark Climate Act is more than a political hedge — it could reshape the economics of clean energy nationwide.
21 Mar 2026
Ancient rocks reveal Earth's plates were shifting 3.5 billion years ago
New magnetic evidence from 3.5-billion-year-old rocks suggests Earth's tectonic plates were already moving, rewriting the timeline of planetary life.
21 Mar 2026
Tesla's FSD Keeps Missing Its European Deadlines — and the Reasons Run Deep
Tesla says Netherlands testing is done, but European FSD approval has slipped again — and the reasons reveal a deeper clash between software speed and regulatory caution.
21 Mar 2026
Brazil's Critical Mineral Rush Is Quietly Swallowing Amazon Land Reform Settlements
Dozens of mining requests targeting Amazon land reform settlements reveal how the green energy transition is quietly creating new sacrifice zones.
21 Mar 2026
China's Sodium-Ion Battery Push Could Redraw the Global EV Supply Chain
China's latest sodium-ion battery charges in 11 minutes and it could upend the investment logic behind Western lithium gigafactories.
21 Mar 2026
Nature's Recovery Engine Is Losing Speed, and the Consequences Could Compound
A sweeping analysis of hundreds of ecological studies finds that species turnover, nature's self-repair engine, is quietly grinding to a halt.
21 Mar 2026
BYD Is Winning the Oil Price War Nobody Expected It to Fight
As Middle East tensions push oil prices higher, BYD is capturing a wave of converts — and the feedback loop forming beneath the sales numbers is permanent.
21 Mar 2026
Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Moving in Ways That Could Rewrite Sea Level Forecasts
Swirling convective plumes found deep in Greenland's ice suggest the sheet is softer and more dynamic than models assume — with real consequences for sea level forecasts.
21 Mar 2026
America's Spider Problem: 90% of Arachnids Have No Conservation Status
Nearly 90% of North America's arachnid species have no conservation status, and the feedback loop keeping them invisible may be more dangerous than the data gap itself.
21 Mar 2026
Exiled Iranian water scientist wins Stockholm Prize after Revolutionary Guard interrogation
Kaveh Madani was interrogated by Iran's Revolutionary Guards for his environmental work. Eight years later, he just won the world's top water prize.
