Wind, solar fulfill 10% of global electricity demand for first time Curb your enthusiasm – coal-fired power went up too Science29 Sep 2022 | 54
California to phase out gas furnaces, water heaters by 2030 It'll reduce emissions a bunch, but stress the grid even more Science26 Sep 2022 | 124
Researchers build ML models to forecast food shortages Secondary data in weather, macro-economics to help governments and orgs figure out where to focus their aid AI + ML16 Sep 2022 | 3
Climate change prevention plans 'way off track', says UN To stay under threshold of 1.5°C of warming, the world needs to work seven times harder, says the UN's WMO Science14 Sep 2022 | 81
South Korea takes massive step toward sustainable nuclear fusion reactions Plasma at over 100 million kelvin for 20 seconds adds to list of noteworthy fusion breakthroughs in 2022 Science08 Sep 2022 | 18
Scientists pull hydrogen from thin air in promising clean energy move Could replace fossil fuels in several energy-hungry industries in hot climates without water use Science07 Sep 2022 | 122
Xcel smart thermostat users lose their cool after power company locks them out They were asking for it, energy giant says Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 70
California to try tackling drought with canal-top solar panels Watt an interesting idea Science31 Aug 2022 | 91
Lessons to be learned from Google and Oracle's datacenter heatstroke Comment It's getting hot in here so take down all your nodes On-Prem22 Aug 2022 | 28
Nuclear power is the climate superhero too nervous to wear its cape Opinion Of all the non-carbon energy options we have, this is the only one which can keep the lights on Science15 Aug 2022 | 515
Alibaba's e-commerce arm counts carbon to encourage you to buy more stuff Encourages 'eco friendly' consumer choices in exchange for discounts Software09 Aug 2022 | 6
Bill Gates venture backs effort to bring aircon startup to market Supports liquid desiccant tech to store energy to smooth bumps in demand, lower greenhouse gas impact Science29 Jul 2022 | 63
Datacenter operator groups pledge to cut water consumption Promise to get themselves into gear by 2040. Plenty of time, right? On-Prem28 Jul 2022 | 6
BASF looks to quantum computing to improve weather modeling Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too HPC20 Jul 2022 | 2
Google, Oracle clouds still affected by UK heatwave Some hard disks appear to have cooked, along with bit barn designers' best laid plans Off-Prem20 Jul 2022 | 22
Copper shortage keeps green energy, tech ventures grounded Copper the balloon popper for 2050 net-zero goals according to S&P Science15 Jul 2022 | 62
2050 carbon emission goals need nuclear to succeed, says International Energy Agency Without it, $500b more in investments is needed to reach C-neutrality Science01 Jul 2022 | 88
US weather forecasters triple supercomputing oomph with latest machines NOAA makes it rain for General Dynamics IT, HPE, AMD HPC28 Jun 2022 | 12
Corporate investments are a massive hidden source of carbon emissions Just because companies are publicly decreasing carbon footprints doesn't mean their cash isn't doing the opposite On-Prem19 May 2022 | 18
Amazon's solution to save the planet: AWS vouchers, training for more eco startups Web giant is used to seeing green PaaS + IaaS03 May 2022 | 2
What will help enterprises meet sustainability goals? Algorithms, says Oracle If you want to retain customers, Big Red recommends putting AI in charge AI + ML20 Apr 2022 | 3
Climate model code is so outdated, MIT starts from scratch Julia replaces Fortran as the basis for Earth's new digital twin HPC13 Apr 2022 | 106
Swedish firms ink deal to make green hydrogen with wind power Last week, colocating datacenters and sewage plants: this week, renewables and H2 producers On-Prem12 Apr 2022 | 86
Microsoft datacenter to heat homes in Finland Turns out the internet is a set of tubes after all Systems17 Mar 2022 | 36
Midwest tornado destroys Amazon warehouse, killing six after worker 'told not to leave' Updated More than eighty feared dead across multiple US states hit by super storms On-Prem13 Dec 2021 | 44
Tech bro CEOs claim their crowns because they fix problems. Why shirk the biggest one? Opinion Saving the planet is sexier than the next iPhone Personal Tech15 Nov 2021 | 77
Motivated by commerce, not conscience, Google bans ads for climate change consensus contradictors Publishers won't get ads, advertisers won't get a voice, nobody will be spared weeks of tedious culture wars Personal Tech08 Oct 2021 | 44
Intel sponsors report on tech's role in decarbonisation and the irony isn't lost on us Making computer components is a dirty business On-Prem22 Jun 2021 |
Bill Gates on climate change: Planting trees is not the answer, emissions need to be zeroed out to avoid disaster Review 'Every country will need to change its ways' says Microsoft billionaire Science16 Feb 2021 | 134
Forget sharks with lasers, NASA kits out an elephant seal with a sensor-studded skullcap We're never gonna survive unless, we get a little crazy Science06 Dec 2019 | 39
Holy crappuccino. There's a latte trouble brewing... Bio-boffins reckon 60%+ of coffee species may be doomed Climate change is going to make Monday mornings much, much, much more of a grind Science21 Jan 2019 | 144
How alien civilizations deal with climate is a measure of how smart they are. Just sayin'... Did, did these bio-boffins just sass us? Science08 Sep 2017 | 55
Antarctica declared world's most volcanic region as 91 new cones found beneath ice Awaken not the Elder Things, lest they and their shoggoths again battle foul Cthulhu Science14 Aug 2017 | 51
Tech industry thumps Trump's rump over decision to leave Paris climate agreement Combined might of Microsoft, Musk and other tech titans couldn't persuade Prez to stay in climate pact Legal02 Jun 2017 | 116
Elon to dump Trump over climate bump Tesla boss says he won't work with The Donald if global warming deal snubbed Legal01 Jun 2017 | 188
President Donald Trump taken on by unlikely foe: Badass park rangers Censorship efforts backfire on President Snowflake and team Legal25 Jan 2017 | 250
Climate change bust up: We'll launch our own damn satellites if Trump pulls plug – Gov Brown Super Cali goes ballistic over claims global warming's bogus Science14 Dec 2016 | 153
Bill Gates joins $170bn climate change investment club Clean tech on the list Science13 Dec 2016 | 83
Perlan 2: The glider that will slip the surly bonds of Earth – and touch the edge of space Sailplane en route to Argentina for sky-scraping test flights Science04 Aug 2016 | 86
Blocking out the Sun won't fix climate change – but it could buy us time Refreeze the poles... giant magnifying glass... What shall we do? Science23 Nov 2015 | 179
Top boffin Freeman Dyson on climate change, interstellar travel, fusion, and more Interview When physics gurus speak, they speak to El Reg Science11 Oct 2015 | 197
Could our fear of fracking be appeased with CO2 sequestration? Those related eco-problems? They're not a thing, apparently Science20 Aug 2015 | 54
The Great Barrier Relief – Inside London's heavy metal and concrete defence act Geek's Guide to Britain Waves against the machine Geek's Guide14 Jul 2015 | 87
Stop climate change by drinking Coca-Cola says Oz government Just take the CO2 from power stations and bottle it for the cool, clean taste of salvation Science08 Apr 2015 | 23
Scientists splice mammoth genes into unsuspecting elephant Welcome ... to Pliocene Park Science23 Mar 2015 | 80
hive mind informs climate change believers and sceptics Survey of what drives debate Science03 Feb 2015 | 81
This Changes Everything? OH Naomi Klein, NO Worstall @ the Weekend It's not capitalism that's broken here, it's publishing On-Prem25 Oct 2014 | 83
Boffins who stare at goats: I do believe they’re shrinking Alpine chamois being squashed by global warming Science23 Oct 2014 | 49
NASA finds ancient films that extend Arctic ice record by 15 years 50-year-old Nimbus satellite sent back single video frames of Earth's cold bits Science04 Sep 2014 | 37
World Meteorological Organization says climate data is uncool Weather wonks call for more frequent collation of climate baselines Science11 Jul 2014 | 34
Physicist proposes 1,000-foot state-sized walls to stop tornadoes Man-made mountains would tame Tornado Alley, says master builder Science26 Jun 2014 | 78
Longer flights burning more fuel can cut planes' climate impact Boffins show how airlines can choose between CO2 emissions or heat capture Science24 Jun 2014 | 66
Déjà spew: US would accept higher bills for less CO2 by two-to-one Even some who think 'scientists manipulate their findings for political reasons' would pony up Science12 Jun 2014 | 36
Glacier's hot butt melts ice, boffins say Underground volcanoes make the West Antarctic Ice Shelf hot and bothered Science11 Jun 2014 | 34
US citizens want stricter CO2 regulations by two to one – Yale poll EPA to propose new emissions rules on Monday, industry v. government battle now raging Legal30 May 2014 | 52
Still watching DVDs? You're a planet-killing carbon hog! Streaming is green, say boffins Science29 May 2014 | 77
Boffins say hot air makes Antarctica colder Wind vortex shrouds southern continent in its own frigid zone as Australia dries out Science11 May 2014 | 50
Report: Climate change has already hit USA - and time is RUNNING OUT Libertarian think-tank counters that boffins ignore 'the positives from climate change' Science06 May 2014 | 163
ITU says IT industry must become 'resilient' in face of climate change Your data centre needs a levee and comms should go wireless, say UN techies Legal30 Apr 2014 | 11
Most Americans doubt Big Bang, not too sure about evolution, climate change – survey Science no match for religion, politics, business interests Science21 Apr 2014 | 283
Google, Microsoft tackle climate change as IBM seeks cancer cure A big day for corporate social responsibility On-Prem20 Mar 2014 | 11
CSIRO breaks Australia into 90m x 90m grid to map soil carbon Baseline data finds 25 gigatonnes of carbon in the loam Legal19 Mar 2014 | 4