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Earth Is Set To Cross The 1.5°C Climate Limit, But The UN Says The Fight Is Far From Over
The world is about to cross one of the most important climate thresholds ever set, with global temperatures expected to rise beyond 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within the next few years. The warning paints a bleak picture of the decades ahead, with more extreme heat, devastating floods, wildfires, rising seas and growing pressure on food…
AI Data Centers Are Creating Pollution on a Nearly Incomprehensible Scale
Every AI prompt begins with a few taps on a screen, but the answer can depend on warehouses filled with servers, enormous volumes of water, and power plants capable of supplying entire cities. As demand for artificial intelligence surges, researchers warn that its hidden environmental footprint could soon rival millions of cars, while communities in…
UN Report Puts 70% Odds on Earth Crossing the 1.5°C Climate Threshold by 2029, and Scientists Say the Probability Is Still Rising
For years, 1.5 degrees Celsius functioned as something between a scientific target and a moral line. World leaders agreed to it in Paris in 2015. Climate researchers cited it in warnings. Activists carried it on signs. It was the number that separated manageable disruption from something harder to contain, and for a decade, the scientific…
Amsterdam Cracks Down on Meat and Fossil Fuel Advertising
Amsterdam’s tram stops used to be packed with giant burger ads, cheap flight promotions, and glossy SUV campaigns. Now many of those billboards have disappeared. Since May 1, the Dutch capital has officially banned public advertising for meat products and fossil fuel-related industries across city-controlled spaces. The move has triggered praise from climate activists, outrage…
Earth Can Sustain Only 2.5 Billion People, Scientists Say. We Already Have 8.3 Billion.
Something broke in the 1960s. For centuries, human civilization had operated on a simple, self-reinforcing logic. More people produced more ideas, more innovation, and more capacity to feed and shelter a growing species. Each generation inherited a world better equipped to support the next. But somewhere around the time the Beatles took the stage and…
Where Does Oil Actually Come From? The Answer Isn’t Dinosaurs
Picture yourself at a gas station, pumping fuel into your car. You might imagine, somewhere in the back of your mind, that you’re filling your tank with liquefied velociraptor. Maybe a hint of T. rex. Perhaps some stegosaurus for good measure. Sounds absurd when you say it out loud, doesn’t it? Yet millions of people…