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6 days ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Ava Grace |S.D. Wells |Finn Heartley
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) discovered wave-like sediment features resembling Earth’s solifluction lobes, suggesting Mars experienced freeze-thaw cycles in its past. The Martian formations, imaged by HiRISE, mirror patterns in Arctic and mountainous areas on Earth, hinting at historical interactions between liquid water and regolith.
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6 days ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Ava Grace |S.D. Wells |Finn Heartley
Google is investing in nuclear energy to power its AI operations, partnering with Kairos Power (molten salt reactors by 2030) and Elementl Power (three potential 600MW fission reactor sites). However, details on reactor designs and locations remain unclear, and regulatory hurdles could delay timelines. Google’s 2024 emissions rose 13% year-over-year, driven by AI data centers.
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6 days ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Ava Grace |S.D. Wells |Finn Heartley
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warns that America could face catastrophic blackouts like Spain’s due to overreliance on intermittent renewables and policies sidelining stable energy sources (coal, nuclear). Spain’s April 2024 grid failure, triggered by rapid renewable adoption and coal/nuclear plant closures, caused widespread chaos (stranded commuters, halted flights) and €1.5 billion in losses — highlighting the instability of solar/wind dependence.
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1 week ago | 
climate.news | Ava Grace |Willow Tohi |S.D. Wells |Finn Heartley
Major U.S. cities like New York, Houston, and Chicago are sinking up to 20 inches per year due to groundwater extraction, urban sprawl, and drilling. A study in Nature Cities found 28 U.S. cities are sinking, with Houston experiencing the fastest rates, while parts of Mexico City collapse at 20 inches annually. Groundwater depletion causes 80% of urban subsidence, threatening infrastructure like roads, bridges, and buildings with long-term damage.
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1 week ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |S.D. Wells |Finn Heartley |Jacob Thomas
Millions in Spain and Portugal lost power in a sweeping blackout, revealing Europe’s fragile electricity infrastructure. Experts warn the EU must modernize its outdated grid at a cost of trillions to prevent future disasters. Renewable energy growth has outpaced grid upgrades, increasing instability risks across Europe. Spain’s aggressive shift to renewables left it vulnerable due to insufficient backup power and aging infrastructure.
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1 week ago | 
climate.news | Laura Harris |Jacob Thomas |Willow Tohi |S.D. Wells
Hundreds of scientists contributing to the National Climate Assessment (NCA), a congressionally mandated climate report, were abruptly dismissed. The NCA’s findings (including warnings on extreme weather, sea-level rise, and health risks) contradict Trump’s dismissal of climate science as a “hoax.” Past reports have informed critical policy decisions, but the administration’s actions threaten their continuity.
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1 week ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Jacob Thomas |Laura Harris |S.D. Wells
Physics shows CO2’s warming effect diminishes as concentrations increase, making current levels (420 ppm) nearly saturated. Net Zero policies would lower temperatures by just 0.06°F to 0.5°F – far less than exaggerated model projections. Extreme weather events, like 1930s U.S. heatwaves, occurred long before rising CO2 levels. Climate models inflate warming predictions by 30-50 percent, undermining their policy relevance.
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1 week ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Laura Harris |S.D. Wells |Lance Johnson
Spain and Portugal suffered a historic blackout on April 28, affecting over 50 million people, disrupting airports, hospitals and transportation. The outage occurred just days after Spain ran its grid entirely on renewable energy for the first time. While officials cited a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” or technical faults, experts blamed the outage on rapid renewable adoption without grid upgrades, leading to instability due to reduced inertia from decommissioned coal and nuclear plants.
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2 weeks ago | 
climate.news | Lance Johnson |Jacob Thomas |Laura Harris |Willow Tohi
In a controversial bid to cool the planet, scientists are now proposing retrofitting fleets of Boeing 777s to spray massive quantities of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere—a plan that could unleash acid rain on a global scale. Shockingly, this method would require three times more toxic aerosols than high-altitude alternatives, amplifying risks to human health and fragile ecosystems. Even more alarming?
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2 weeks ago | 
climate.news | Willow Tohi |Finn Heartley |Laura Harris |Belle Carter
Two 2025 studies (University of Florida and UC Davis) show that adjusting livestock diets—such as adding flaxseed and pea protein for dairy cows or asparagopsis seaweed for grazing cattle—could cut methane emissions by up to 40% while maintaining animal health and productivity. The Florida team found omega-3-rich flaxseed and pea protein optimize digestion, reducing methane and potentially increasing milk yields.