Hacker News with Generative AI: Climate Change

A 2k-year-old battle ended in fire, and a tree species never recovered (arstechnica.com)
The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning of a capital city, according to a recent study from researchers who carbon-dated the stumps and measured charcoal and pollen in the layers of peat surrounding them.
Ancient History, Archaeology, Climate Change, Environmental Science
6 points by pseudolus 19 hours ago | 0 comments
xPrize in Carbon Removal Goes to Enhanced Rock Weathering (ieee.org)
The XPrize Foundation today announced the winners of its four-year, US $100 million XPrize competition in carbon removal.
Climate Change, Science, Environmental Technology, Awards
31 points by pseudolus 19 hours ago | 7 comments
Inside the controversial tree farms powering Apple’s carbon neutral goal (technologyreview.com)
The tech behemoth is betting that planting millions of eucalyptus trees in Brazil will be the path to a greener future. Some ecologists and local residents are far less sure.
Environment, Sustainability, Climate Change, Technology, Brazil
15 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 0 comments
The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change (nytimes.com)
The scope of President Trump’s assault on the country’s climate ambitions, over just three months, is not just enraging but also perversely awe inspiring.
Climate Change, Politics, Environment, United States
10 points by voisin 1 day ago | 1 comments
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf, Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals (newscenter.lbl.gov)
Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) along with international collaborators have brought us one step closer to harnessing the sun’s energy to convert carbon dioxide into liquid fuel and other valuable chemicals.
Science, Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Chemistry
281 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 117 comments
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On (propublica.org)
Proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency whose weather and climate research touches almost every facet of American life, are targeting a 57-year-old partnership between Princeton University and the U.S. government that produces what many consider the world’s most advanced climate modeling and forecasting systems.
Climate Change, Government Funding, Scientific Research, United States
15 points by hn_acker 2 days ago | 0 comments
A dozen states sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy (apnews.com)
Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
Politics, Lawsuits, Trade, Climate Change, Agriculture
13 points by bloppe 2 days ago | 0 comments
Can the legal system catch up with climate science? (arstechnica.com)
A few decades ago, it wasn't realistic to attribute individual events—even heat waves—to the general warming trend driven by human-caused climate change. Now, there are peer-reviewed methods of rapidly detecting humanity's fingerprints in the wake of weather disasters like hurricanes or climate-driven wildfires.
Climate Change, Law, Science
10 points by nativeit 2 days ago | 9 comments
The desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion (bbc.com)
Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of health, climate change and extreme weather research at risk. Now, scientists are racing to save their work before it's lost.
Science, Government, Data Loss, Climate Change
13 points by wood_spirit 3 days ago | 1 comments
The quest to build islands with ocean currents in the Maldives (technologyreview.com)
An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.
Climate Change, Maldives, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Construction
4 points by pavel_lishin 3 days ago | 0 comments
What to Read to Wrap Your Head Around the Climate Crisis (theatlantic.com)
These visceral reported accounts will help readers better understand the new ecological status quo.
Climate Change, Journalism, Environmentalism, Science
10 points by pmags 3 days ago | 1 comments
Eight of the top online shows are spreading climate misinformation (yaleclimateconnections.org)
Gone are the days when “Global warming isn’t real” was the primary claim of those most vocally opposed to climate action. As more people experience the firsthand effects of climate-change-juiced-up heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires, and crop failures, a new kind of climate denial has emerged.
Climate Change, Misinformation, Media, Online Content, Science
12 points by debo_ 4 days ago | 1 comments
50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space (bbc.com)
The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet reveal visible changes to the Earth's surface.
Climate Change, Earth Science, Space Exploration, Photography
8 points by Brajeshwar 4 days ago | 0 comments
Petrostates succeeded in watering down the plan to cut shipping emissions (theconversation.com)
The UN’s International Maritime Organization has just agreed to start charging ships for the greenhouse gases they emit.
Climate Change, Shipping, Environment, International Relations
6 points by zeristor 4 days ago | 0 comments
$8B of US climate tech projects have been canceled so far in 2025 (technologyreview.com)
This year has been rough for climate technology: Companies have canceled, downsized, or shut down at least 16 large-scale projects worth $8 billion in total in the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report.
Climate Change, Technology, Business, Investment
6 points by gnabgib 5 days ago | 0 comments
Fossil fuels fall below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record (ember-energy.org)
Washington DC, April 4th – The US hit a new record low for fossil fuels in the electricity mix last month as solar and wind reached a record high, according to new data from global energy think tank Ember.
Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Energy, United States
341 points by xnx 5 days ago | 344 comments
La Nina exits after three weak months, leaving Earth in neutral climate state (apnews.com)
US and Iran say talks over Tehran's nuclear program make progress and set plans for more
Climate Change, International Relations, Iran, Nuclear Weapons
31 points by gmays 5 days ago | 3 comments
Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved (theguardian.com)
The problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.
Climate Change, Global Warming, Environmental Impact, Canada, Greenland
7 points by rntn 5 days ago | 2 comments
The 'king of poisons' is building up in rice (grist.org)
As the planet heats up, this popular process of growing rice is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the millions of people worldwide that eat the grain regularly, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.
Climate Change, Food Safety, Health, Rice, Agriculture
8 points by libpcap 6 days ago | 1 comments
Making Every Air Conditioner a 2-Way AC (heatpumped.org)
The first episode of the Heat Pumped podcast is out, and it’s a fun one.
Heating, Cooling, Climate Change, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency
5 points by ssuds 7 days ago | 2 comments
Trump EPA targets two-man geoengineering startup for 'polluting the air' (techcrunch.com)
Humans have found it hard to quit fossil fuels, which is why some argue that we’ll soon need to start geoengineering — that is, modifying the atmosphere to prevent catastrophic warming of the planet.
Climate Change, Geoengineering, Politics, Environmental Policy
11 points by andyjsong 8 days ago | 1 comments
Trump Halts Data Collection on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change, Etc (propublica.org)
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.
Politics, Data Collection, Government, Public Health, Climate Change
25 points by hn_acker 8 days ago | 2 comments
Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers (insideclimatenews.org)
Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.
Climate Change, Food Security, Health, Science, Agriculture
8 points by jnord 8 days ago | 1 comments
British rebellion against Roman legions caused by drought, research finds (theguardian.com)
A series of exceptionally dry summers that caused famine and social breakdown were behind one of the most severe threats to Roman rule of Britain, according to new academic research.
History, Archaeology, Climate Change, Britain, Roman Empire
29 points by pseudolus 8 days ago | 21 comments
Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers (insideclimatenews.org)
Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.
Climate Change, Food Safety, Health, Science, Agriculture
4 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 0 comments
Tesla's Avoided Emissions Are Up to 49% Overstated, a Study Claims (carboncredits.com)
Tesla has established itself as a leader in the fight against climate change. It often emphasizes its role in cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by promoting electric vehicles (EVs).
Tesla, Electric Vehicles, Climate Change, Research, Environmental Impact
9 points by mrtksn 9 days ago | 1 comments
Systematic assessment of emission reductions of carbon crediting projects (nature.com)
Carbon markets play an important role in firms’ and governments’ climate strategies.
Climate Change, Environmental Science, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Markets
8 points by georgecmu 9 days ago | 0 comments
Do Heat Pumps Save You Money? In California, It Depends on Your Electric Utility (insideclimatenews.org)
Last year, when Shreyas Sudhakar started a heat pump installation company in the San Francisco Bay Area, he realized he wouldn’t be able to find new customers by promising to bring down their utility bills.
Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, California, Heat Pumps, Utility Rates
5 points by ssuds 10 days ago | 1 comments
Europe's hottest year signals deepening climate crisis (eumetsat.int)
Europe’s hottest year signals deepening climate crisis
Climate Change, Europe, Science, Weather
6 points by rntn 11 days ago | 0 comments
Ocean Iron Fertilization (whoi.edu)
Iron fertilization is a Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technique that would artificially add iron to the ocean’s surface to stimulate growth of phytoplankton.
Oceanography, Climate Change
85 points by 1970-01-01 11 days ago | 94 comments