Patch the Planet(patchtheplanet.org)
22 points by mdrzn | 3 comments
Website for Patch the Planet, a project whose landing page was not captured; it likely relates to climate or planetary repair efforts.
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22 stories tagged climate, newest first.
Cities Across the World Sinking from Groundwater Depletion: It Can Be Reversed(cleantechnica.com)
7 points by gumby | 0 comments
CleanTechnica article on cities worldwide sinking due to groundwater depletion and how the subsidence process can be reversed.
First enhanced geothermal power plant completed in just 23 months(techcrunch.com)
137 points by hochmartinez | 59 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that the world's first enhanced geothermal power plant was completed in 23 months.
Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in UK(carbonbrief.org)
32 points by xbmcuser | 30 comments
Carbon Brief analysis article arguing that electric vehicles are now nine times cheaper per mile than petrol or diesel cars to drive in the UK.
A Tokyo school counts the mornings it can see Mt. Fuji: 22 in 1965, 170 in 2023(jivx.com)
7 points by momentmaker | 1 comments
An interactive data visualization of a Kichijoji school's daily record since 1963 of whether Mt. Fuji was visible from Tokyo, alongside Kofu's first-snow records.
Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter(severe-weather.eu)
395 points by dgellow | 269 comments
Severe Weather Europe article reporting that forecasts show a strengthening super El Niño reaching record territory ahead of winter 2026-2027, with impacts on North America and Europe.
Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent(thatprivacyguy.com)
1603 points by john-doe | 1060 comments
Blog post by Alexander Hanff arguing Google Chrome silently downloads a 4 GB Gemini Nano AI model without consent, raising privacy, legal and climate concerns.
Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024)(the-independent.com)
630 points by mpweiher | 420 comments
Independent article reporting that seven countries generate essentially all their electricity from renewable sources, with scientists citing an irreversible tipping point.
California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years(latimes.com)
420 points by thnaks | 215 comments
Los Angeles Times article reporting that California is free of all drought and abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years, and explaining the turnaround.
Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout(e360.yale.edu)
647 points by mrtksn | 471 comments
Yale Environment 360 digest item presenting photos of the massive scale of China's wind and solar energy installations.
Solarpunk is happening in Africa(climatedrift.substack.com)
1103 points by JoiDegn | 536 comments
A Climate Drift Substack essay arguing that Africa is building a solarpunk future by leapfrogging legacy energy infrastructure with distributed solar.
China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990(e360.yale.edu)
611 points by Brajeshwar | 527 comments
Yale Environment 360 digest article reporting that China has added forest area roughly the size of Texas since 1990.
Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic(washingtonpost.com)
504 points by perihelions | 450 comments
Washington Post Climate Solutions article with pollution maps showing Paris air pollution falling after car traffic restrictions and investment in parks and bike lanes.
The US stops sharing air quality data from embassies worldwide(apnews.com)
569 points by geox | 336 comments
AP News article reporting that the US has stopped sharing air quality monitoring data from its embassies worldwide, prompting concern from scientists.
Terraform makes carbon neutral natural gas(terraformindustries.wordpress.com)
365 points by jseliger | 293 comments
Terraform Industries blog post announcing the company has produced carbon-neutral synthetic natural gas from captured CO2 and solar power.
Weather forecasts have become more accurate(ourworldindata.org)
332 points by sohkamyung | 178 comments
Our World in Data article by Hannah Ritchie on how weather forecasts have grown more accurate and the need to make them available globally.
Botanical gardens can cool city air by an average of 5°C(newatlas.com)
332 points by Brajeshwar | 133 comments
New Atlas article on research finding that botanical gardens and urban green spaces can cool surrounding city air by an average of 5°C.
'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months(theprogressplaybook.com)
333 points by locallost | 213 comments
News article from The Progress Playbook reporting that Uruguay's electricity grid ran on 100% renewable energy for four consecutive months.
GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting(deepmind.google)
571 points by bretthoerner | 186 comments
Google DeepMind research blog post from November 2023 introducing GraphCast, an AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting.
Tidal energy is not renewable(cs.stanford.edu)
332 points by wyozi | 239 comments
An essay by Jerry Z. Liu of Stanford arguing that tidal power is not renewable because extracting it slows Earth's rotation and could cause tidal locking to the Moon.
Companies with good ESG scores pollute as much as low-rated rivals(ft.com)
341 points by jredwards | 143 comments
Financial Times article reporting research that companies with high ESG scores pollute as much as lower-rated rivals, even on the environmental component.
Ice core scientists in East Greenland reach bedrock(news.ku.dk)
520 points by giuliomagnifico | 298 comments
University of Copenhagen news article reporting that the EGRIP ice core drilling project in East Greenland has reached bedrock.