Proposition 38 will award $4 billion to one unnamed research center. Under the very specific criteria, only one center seemingly qualifies.

Rising borrowing costs are taking a toll on households and businesses. But they are doing little to dampen enthusiasm for investments in A.I. infrastructure, which are contributing to inflation.

A second satellite, launched Thursday, will double California's chances of detecting climate-changing methane releases.

Bonus: Every Electric’s batteries are beloved by household cats.

An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.

Investigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies.

[This post was prompted by the recent discussions about the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem and is cross-posted from Terry Tao’s blog. It lays out the reasoning behind how we use AI at CliMA.] ...

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

Abstract Earth’s climate has experienced periods of extreme warmth known as hothouse climates. In these states, surface evaporation is almost entirely balanced by absorbed shortwave radiation. However...

Romm's white paper is published by the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media.

California has 60,000 black bears, and they are venturing far from their usual habitat in search of food and shelter. It’s the humans who have to adapt.

Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.

The missions provide information about plant productivity and ecosystem health from farmlands to tropical and high-latitude forests, and the uptake and release of carbon dioxide globally.

Equipment and software operated by GHGSat picked up eight simultaneous plumes from a field in Turkmenistan.

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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The missions provide information about plant productivity and ecosystem health from farmlands to tropical and high-latitude forests, and the uptake and release of carbon dioxide globally.

Abstract. Nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) in the troposphere form an array of secondary pollutants that are detrimental to air quality, ecosystems, and climate. The family of reactive oxidized nitrog...

Text got cheap. judgment didn’t. How I hope to teach in 2027: AI has arrived for coding, search, prose, & assessment — three opportunities, and one problemtunity...

The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.

EAPS is an academic community of approximately 40 faculty, 100 research staff including postdocs, and 175 students who study integrated aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, including through partn...

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