CleanTechnica→ Can AI Save Social Media?
2025-03-07 Social media is about to get a reboot as the two prominent activists work to bring Digg back to life this year. The post Can AI Save Social Media? appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
Category Archives: Climate
An aggregation of recent climate news feeds:
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Earth’s orbital rhythms link timing of giant eruptions and climate change
2025-03-07 An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the sequence of events during the last million years before the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary. N …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ US exits fund that compensates poorer countries for global heating
2025-03-07 Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nationsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the US from a global agreement under which developed nations most responsible for the cl …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ The unforseen effects of melting glaciers on Arctic coastal ecosystems
2025-03-07 Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of the food web, this will likely have cascading ecologic …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Scientists develop advanced forest monitoring systems: Will forests monitor themselves in the future?
2025-03-07 'Forests are among the most important ecosystems in nature, constantly evolving, yet their monitoring is often delayed,' says an expert. Climate change, pests, and human activity are transforming forests faster than we can track them -- some changes be …›
CleanTechnica→ EVs Get More Dependable, PHEVs Less So
2025-03-07 One thing electric vehicle proponents have long argued is that, due to EVs requiring many fewer parts, they should need service much less, be more reliable, and cost less to maintain. A new study from J.D. Power, the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Vehicle Depend …›
CleanTechnica→ Hydrogen Buses Keep Failing — De Lijn Is Just The Latest To Cut Losses
2025-03-07 Founded in 1947 in Belgium, Van Hool was a storied name in bus and coach manufacturing, known for producing a range of vehicles spanning diesel, hybrid, battery-electric, and hydrogen fuel-cell models. For decades, it supplied public and private transp …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Fossil Fuels Are the Future, Chris Wright Tells African Leaders
2025-03-07 Chris Wright’s remarks were welcomed at a time when countries across the region have felt whipsawed by cuts to longstanding African energy initiatives. …›
CleanTechnica→ Green Hydrogen Gets A Ceramic Catalyst Makeover
2025-03-07 Green hydrogen is front and center as Europe locks down local energy resources in an effort to separate itself from Russia's fossil fuel economy. The post Green Hydrogen Gets A Ceramic Catalyst Makeover appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win
2025-03-07 Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissionsEurope live – latest updatesThe Swiss government has been told it must do more to show that its national climate plans are ambitious enough to comply …›
CleanTechnica→ Volkswagen Is Done With Touchscreens for Vital Functions
2025-03-07 Our own King Wordsmith Steve Hanley wrote a story yesterday about how upcoming changes to the European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) will require physical controls, not touchscreen controls, for 5 key functions of a car — using the horn, operatin …›
CleanTechnica→ EVs Take 96.2% Share In Norway – Nissan Ariya Best-Seller
2025-03-07 The February auto market saw plugin EVs take 96.2% share in Norway, up from 92.1% year-on-year. BEVs continue to squeeze out other powertrains, though diesels and HEVs are now outperforming PHEVs. Overall auto volume was 8,949 units, an increase of 21% …›
Inside Climate News→ In Arizona’s Famed Sky Islands, Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze Stalls Crucial Conservation Work
2025-03-07 The freeze of $1.2 million in federal grants has paused the work of a group that maintains a wildlife preserve, provides seeds for wildfire recovery and restores watersheds—and is the second-largest employer in the area.By Wyatt MyskowPATAGONIA, Ariz …›
CleanTechnica→ Tesla Starts Offering 0% Financing on Model 3, 1.99% Financing on Cybertruck, $1,100 Subsidy in China
2025-03-07 Tesla has started offering its end-of-quarter incentives to stimulate more demand, at the beginning of March. It feels a bit early to be pushing these out, but it has been similar in recent quarters. I received an email today that Tesla Cybertruck fina …›
CleanTechnica→ Comparative Analyses Between DC Power Optimizers & Microinverters
2025-03-07 As a continuation to Types Of Power Converters In A PV System (yes, published 11 years ago), let’s discuss the power converters relevant to residential solar application. Aside from this power converter, one might need to consider available roof …›
CleanTechnica→ Trump Assault On NEPA Will Sow Chaos And Is Doomed To Fail
2025-03-07 Getting rid of NEPA will take more than an executive order, it will take an act of Congress. Press releases and tantrums won't do it. The post Trump Assault On NEPA Will Sow Chaos And Is Doomed To Fail appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
CleanTechnica→ Tesla Sales Crash Hard in Oz
2025-03-07 We’ve reported on Tesla sales dropping in China, in Europe, and in the US recently, but now we have data out of Australia, and it shows Tesla crashing hard there. Reportedly, Tesla sales dropped 72% in Australia last month. In the US and Europe, …›
CleanTechnica→ Companion to Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy
2025-03-07 Recently I published a simple debunker for many of the hydrogen for energy claims that perpetuate the hype, Cranky Stepdad vs Hydrogen for Energy: How to Respond to Enthusiasts. In the style of John Cook’s Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change — illus …›
CleanTechnica→ Corning Blows A Huge Solar Energy Raspberry At “American Energy Dominance”
2025-03-07 The US solar energy manufacturing profile keeps growing, now with the leading US materials firm Corning lending its firepower to the solar startups Suniva and Heliene. The post Corning Blows A Huge Solar Energy Raspberry At “American Energy Domin …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ ‘A dream experiment’: our Australian icebreaker is on a crucial mission to Antarctica | Nathan Bindoff
2025-03-07 As an oceanographer, I’m excited about the prospect of getting ocean, ice and climate data from a region where few observations have been collectedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAs I write, Australia’s national icebreake …›
CleanTechnica→ Volvo Cars CEO Torches EU Plan To Delay Automaker CO2 Emissions Requirements — And He Should
2025-03-07 We’ve published a few articles about the European Union’s move to delay CO2 emissions requirements. Overall, we see it as a weak, harmful move that is not required. Now the CEO of Volvo Cars, Jim Rowan, has come out and torched the EU over …›
CleanTechnica→ Electric Vehicles Are Preferred Mobility Choice In New Youth Survey
2025-03-06 Economist Impact has conducted a new survey on the mobility preferences of young people (18- to 30-year-olds) living in urban areas. The survey was commissioned by Nissan and included responses from 3,750 people in 15 global cities. Most of the respond …›
CleanTechnica→ Apple Legend Woz Says Tech Companies Are Too Big & Too Political Today
2025-03-06 Speaking at a tech conference in Barcelona this week, Mobile World Congress, Apple legend Steve Wozniak (Woz) made some interesting comments on the tech industry today. Well, the key points are right there in the headlines — tech companies have gotte …›
Inside Climate News→ Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Funding Freeze for Climate Work. Will the White House Comply?
2025-03-06 Trump’s funding freeze for the Inflation Reduction Act is now paused, but only for the 23 states and the District of Columbia that sued to restore the flow of funds.By Wyatt MyskowA federal judge Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s freezing …›
CleanTechnica→ Cars With Touchscreen Controls May Not Qualify For Top Euro NCAP Safety Ratings
2025-03-06 The use of touchscreens in cars is a concern to some safety advocates who claim they can lead to distracted driving. The post Cars With Touchscreen Controls May Not Qualify For Top Euro NCAP Safety Ratings appeared first on CleanTechnica. …›
CleanTechnica→ Here’s Your American Energy Dominance, Perovskite Solar Panel Edition
2025-03-06 Trump or no Trump, investors have bet $50 million on the perovskite solar panel of the future, aimed at accelerating decarbonization and pushing fossil energy out of the global economy. The post Here’s Your American Energy Dominance, Perovskite S …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Will the Shift to Clean Power Continue Under Trump?
2025-03-06 Experts say that President Trump may be able to slow the transition away from fossil fuels, but he won’t be able to stop it completely. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Study warns of deadly future marine heat waves in East Coast estuaries
2025-03-06 A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the century. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Tropical forests in the Americas are struggling to keep pace with climate change
2025-03-06 Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to keep pace with climate change, raising concerns ab …›
From Us Archive — Covering Climate Now→ A Deadly Assault On Weather Reporting
2025-03-06 “There will be people who die.” That stark warning came last week from Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, after US president Donald Trump sought to fire more than 800 employees of NOAA, the National Ocea …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ Butterfly population in US shrinking by 22% over last 20 years, study shows
2025-03-06 Drop in line with rate of overall insect loss as scientists point to habitat loss, pesticide use and the climate crisisButterflies may be among the most beloved of all creatures, routinely deified in art and verse, but they are in alarming decline in t …›
Climate – Science News→ Warming is chasing cloud forests steadily uphill
2025-03-06 Cloud forests are biodiversity hot spots and crucial water sources. But climate change and deforestation are shrinking their range, new data show. …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ National Parks Had a Record Year. Trump Officials Appear to Want It Kept Quiet.
2025-03-06 As the administration fires rangers and other workers, an internal memo is directing the National Park Service not to publicize visitors numbers. …›
Inside Climate News→ Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies
2025-03-06 March 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.By Bob BerwynThousands of scientists from scores of countries around the wo …›
NYT > Climate and Environment→ Trump’s E.P.A. to Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters
2025-03-06 The Biden-era rules require thousands of hazardous-chemical sites to adopt new safeguards against storms, spills and other risks. …›
CleanTechnica→ BYD Prepping For Huge Overseas Growth
2025-03-06 A week ago, BYD held a big summit for suppliers. More than 500 representatives from 380 major components suppliers converged on a conference center in Turin, Italy, and got a special call to action from BYD executives. One of the messages was that BYD …›
Climate crisis | The Guardian→ This food researcher is on a mission to make fake meat taste better. Will she succeed?
2025-03-06 Caroline Cotto’s research group taste-tests meat alternatives so plant-based companies can attract new customers – and help the climateI am sitting in a Manhattan restaurant on a frigid Thursday in January, eating six mini servings of steak and mas …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Researchers reveal nitrogen’s dominant role in global organic aerosol absorption
2025-03-06 A collaborative research team has introduced a nitrogen-centric framework that explains the light-absorbing effects of atmospheric organic aerosols. This groundbreaking study reveals that nitrogen-containing compounds play a dominant role in the absorp …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Climate change threatens future of banana export industry
2025-03-06 New research has found it will be economically unsustainable by 2080 for many areas across Latin America and the Caribbean to continue growing bananas for export, because of rising temperatures caused by climate change. …›
Climate News -- ScienceDaily→ Adaptability of some coral reef fish to rising temperatures
2025-03-06 Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea, exhibit a higher tolerance to temperature fluctuations compared to those from more thermally stable coral reefs. However, the Arabian Gulf hosts fewer fish species ov …›