The pace of rebuilding after the Santa Cruz Mountains wildfire in 2000 bodes ill for the likely speed of Los Angeles reconstruction.
Read more...More and more homeowners are understandably worried about what insurance increases might look like in the face of intensifying climate risks.
Read more...Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?
Read more...Some Net Zero hopium. Reader evaluations encouraged.
Read more...From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?
Read more...More hidden than rising seas or heatwaves, long-term changes in the nutritional value of plants could be even more disruptive.
Read more...The Montana Supreme court affirmed a lower-court ruling for young plaintiffs who sued the state for violating the”right to a stable climate”.
Read more...How the sudden collapse of the Syrian government exposes fundamental weaknesses in the BRICS initiative.
Read more...A not-complete tally cost estimate for Europe’s climate change containment comes in at €1.3 trillion annually to 2030, then >€1.5 trillion through 2050.
Read more...The International Energy Agency forecasts that data center demand for energy will more than double by 2026, with AI the big driver.
Read more...Those experiencing a climate-change-induced disaster wind up having more polarized beliefs about the role of human action.
Read more...Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Read more...What would make a critical mass of Americans, marinating in a rugged individualist culture, want to become their neighbors’ keepers?
Read more...Seriously, WTF is wrong with optimists? Why are they so bent on stamping out pessimism?
Read more...Small decentralized desalination plants hold the promise of low enough cost to use on brackish agricultural water.
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