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The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

Fresh and Clean

The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year

Molly Taft

Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?

Dot Physics

Could AI Data Centers Be Moved to Outer Space?

Rhett Allain

Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof

Hot Air

Big Tech Says Generative AI Will Save the Planet. It Doesn’t Offer Much Proof

Molly Taft

Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos

Low Level

Record Low Snow in the West Will Mean Less Water, More Fire, and Political Chaos

Molly Taft

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning

Dirty Power

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning

Molly Taft

The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow

2026 Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics Will Have a Major Impact on the Region’s Snow

Marta Abbà

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Altered Carbon

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Molly Taft

Skip the Shovel: How to Prep for the Biggest Storm of the Season

The Big Chill

Skip the Shovel: How to Prep for the Biggest Storm of the Season

Matthew Korfhage

The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

Better or Worse

The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

Molly Taft

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Sun Stroke

China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World

Jeremy Wallace

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

Hot One

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

Molly Taft

True Patriots Are Cashing In on the Apocalypse

Staying Alive

True Patriots Are Cashing In on the Apocalypse

Jasper Craven

The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point

WIRED World

The Earth Is Nearing an Environmental Tipping Point

Johan Rockström

The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

Ice Breakers

The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse

Ritsuko Kawai

The Future of EVs Is Foggy—but California Still Wants More of Them

Positive Current

The Future of EVs Is Foggy—but California Still Wants More of Them

Aarian Marshall

‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem

Hail No

‘It Was Nuts’: The Extreme Tests that Show Why Hail Is a Multibillion-Dollar Problem

Chris Baraniuk

Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water

Capital at Risk

Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water

Yeon-Woo Choi and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

Underground

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

Molly Taft

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

Earth Science

The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?

Evan Howell

The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog

Carbon Pawprint

The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog

Claire Elise Thompson