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1. Solar is winning the energy race

   Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:28:46 -0000

   The world’s cheapest power source is scaling at warp speed, pushing coal, gas and nuclear aside. Since the turn of the century, the expansion of solar …

2. He Helped Write the Clean Air Act. He Fears for Its Future.

   Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:00:37 -0000

   Thomas Jorling, adviser to Republicans who cosponsored the 1970 law, disputes the Trump administration’s claim that it shouldn’t apply to planet-warming greenhouse gases. When the Trump administration took the extraordinary step this year of killing the government’s authority to regulate greenhouse …

3. How the U.S. fell behind China and Russia in polar icebreakers and its plan to catch up

   Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:55:01 -0000

   Polar icebreakers are in high demand as warming temperatures and melting ice open new Arctic trade routes saving shippers both time and money. They …

4. Europe's farms are reeling from the Iran war. Regenerative farmers saw it coming

   Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:02:01 -0000

   The Iran war has sent fertiliser prices soaring – but these farmers aren’t fazed. A crisis is looming on European farms as the war on Iran threatens …

5. A South African reserve shows how carbon can catalyze rewilding conservation

   Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:06:59 -0000

   TSWALU KALAHARI RESERVE, South Africa — From high on a promontory in the Korannaberg Mountains, a mountain zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) peers down …

6. April weather forecast predicts 'major change' as heat dome moves

   Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:03:10 -0000

   Forecasters say the heat dome that's baked the West for weeks will shift east. Here's what weather to expect as the calendar turns to April. As the calendar soon turns to April, it appears that we can finally shed all talk of the polar vortex until next winter as milder weather takes hold across …

7. To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code

   Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:45:00 -0000

   Words considered "woke" are vanishing from National Science Foundation proposals. We tracked the changes. At the Department of Agriculture’s research …

8. One of the most radical reinventions in evolutionary history

   Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:30:00 -0000

   Few transformations in the history of life have been as extreme as the embrace of the ocean by seagrass. Like whales and dolphins, modern seagrasses …

9. New York's governor wants to delay a landmark climate law. That could cost households thousands in energy bills

   Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:55:00 -0000

   A recent analysis by a coalition of climate and community groups says delaying the law could cost New Yorkers $9,000 per household over five years. Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, has proposed a delay to the state’s landmark 2019 climate law, saying its goals would be too costly and could …

10. War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:25:22 -0000

    The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and a …

11. Gabon’s tiny turtles race against extinction as funding for protection dries up

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:55:47 -0000

    On the beaches of Pongara National Park, around 30 minutes by boat from Libreville, conservationists patrol the sand each day to locate nests, move …

12. Earth Hour: Monuments to go dark as 20th edition kicks off

    Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:31:39 -0000

    The 20th edition of Earth Hour has begun in New Zealand and will slowly progress around the globe. The event aims to raise awareness about climate …

13. Experts Failing to Account for Ripple Effects from Extreme Weather, Paper Warns

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:05:00 -0000

    A drought in Russia led to riots in Egypt. Fires in Canada fueled deadly pollution in Spain. Extreme weather can have knock-on effects in faraway …

14. Saving the snow for next year: Ski resorts try 'snow farming' as temperatures rise

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:49:25 -0000

    The approach involves making snow when conditions are ideal, then piling it high under an insulated mat through the summer. Several ski areas are giving it a go. Amid the West’s worst snow drought in modern history, several ski areas are attempting a novel approach: Storing up artificial snow and …

15. Arctic sea ice hits lowest winter level as unprecedented heat hits smashes records all over Earth

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:59:11 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s climate because without the ice reflecting …

16. Here's some new dirt on an unusual source of antibiotic resistance

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:59:30 -0000

    It's one of the highest-stakes battles on earth: bacteria versus antibiotics. And in the human realm, bacteria appear to be gaining ground. Worldwide, many antibiotics are starting to lose their bite. About 1 in 6 human infections tested in labs are resistant to antibiotics, contributing to over 4 …

17. The Iran War is Revealing the Messy Middle of Our Renewable Energy Transition

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:19 -0000

    America’s war on Iran began with what was meant to be an intimidating performance of overwhelming air power. Quickly it became another kind of conflict, with low-cost missiles and drones effectively neutralizing a superpower by punishing its allies and paralyzing energy flows. By the time President …

18. Trump’s ‘God Squad’ Will Weigh Gulf Oil Drilling Against the Survival of Endangered Whales and Turtles

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:06:04 -0000

    Citing national security, the Trump administration wants to exempt all federally regulated offshore oil from protections for endangered animals—even …

19. Floating Installation Turns Climate Data Into Immersive Light Experience

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:45:20 -0000

    Suspended high above the atrium of the MIT Museum, a vast, netted sculpture by Janet Echelman invites visitors to look up and think forward. Titled Remembering the Future, the installation transforms complex climate data into a luminous, immersive work that merges art, science, and …

20. TIME Is Launching The Future Proof Newsletter to Help You Make Sense of the Climate Economy

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:32:57 -0000

    Lately, I’ve found myself using the phrase climate change less and less—despite the state of our planet being an increasingly unavoidable topic. Just last week, I gave opening remarks at a discussion about the latest trends in energy. Over 15 minutes, I covered the war in Iran, electricity demand …

21. Trump brings farmers to White House to tout relief from the pain he’s unleashed on them — and bash Somalis along the way

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:29:05 -0000

    One month into a war that has sent fuel prices through the roof and sparked fears of fertilizer shortages that could wreak havoc on the world’s food …

22. Temperatures around conception affect metabolic health in adulthood

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:55:13 -0000

    Epigenetic adaptations around conception can help organisms adjust to their future environment. Pre-conception cold exposure is thought to increase …

23. ‘Looksmaxxer’ streamer shoots at alligator in the Everglades. There’s an inquiry

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:52:10 -0000

    Braden Peters, better known as Clavicular online, has streamed his latest controversial act: multiple rounds fired at an alligator. The 20-year-old …

24. How climate change has powered the heat wave blanketing much of the U.S.

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:35:08 -0000

    A massive heat dome has been spreading across much of the United States this month, with temperatures reaching historic highs. But it's not an …

25. Southeast Asia could become a booming AI market if its data centers can beat the heat

    Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0000

    Southeast Asia is racing to build the infrastructure powering the AI boom, but its hot, humid climate could be making that expansion more …

26. AI's arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it's locking in more fossil fuels

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:05:42 -0000

    Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.” Microsoft says it’s still aiming to remove more carbon …

27. Are New York’s Environmental Concerns Worsening a Housing Shortage?

    Sat, 28 Mar 2026 07:00:06 -0000

    Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to exempt a majority of new housing from state environmental reviews, arguing that sufficient safeguards are in place at the local level. Building in New York is famously complicated, expensive and burdensome, in part because of a maze of required reviews and …

28. Climate change tests Nepal’s wild and domesticated yaks

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:11:51 -0000

    KATHMANDU — In the rugged mountains of the Dolpo region in western Nepal, Youngdung Jhama Lama spent her childhood herding nagton (domesticated yaks) …

29. Study Explains Antarctic Sea Ice Growth And Sudden Decline

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:29:26 -0000

    A new Stanford University study has helped solve a mystery about dramatic swings in sea ice extent around Antarctica. Despite rising global and …

30. Kenya drought pushes millions toward hunger

    Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:24:58 -0000

    What happens when the rains just stop coming? In northern Kenya, millions of people are struggling to find enough basic food and water to survive. Hundreds of thousands are already living in emergency conditions.