Exponential growth in big data and computing power is transforming climate science, where machine learning is playing a critical role in mapping the physics of our changing climate.

Scientists warn that the Arctic is warming far more quickly than the rest of the world and that this rapid change significantly impacts species, glaciers, and the planet’s climate. In the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard,

The data hasn’t improved since then, although, fortunately, AI tools have vastly improved and offer new possibilities.

Precise, verifiable, and granular data is key to climate risk mitigation. Increasingly, artificial intelligence systems emerge as the preeminent tools for collecting and analyzing climate insights with unprecedented accuracy and scope.

Microsoft invests $200 million in reforestation in Brazil. Teaming up with Re.green, the aim is to restore vital land and combat climate change.

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate deal aimed at tackling climate change. What Happened: “Powering the world with clean energy is common sense,

Some of the actions were clearly performative, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.” Others will have immediate impact: Newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio paused all foreign aid for 90 days to ensure the funding is “fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.”

The UK has a growth problem. Can it harness artificial intelligence to help solve it, without sacrificing its climate ambition? That’s the challenge posed by a plan to make the UK an AI superpower.

Companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are building large data centers in Indiana for AI. Each one requires power 24/7 and a lot of it. But Indiana utilities werent anticipating this when they made plans to get more power from sources like wind and solar.

Philanthropy can help scale it where it’s needed most. At last year’s COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, world leaders grappled with a critical question. As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity,

As deadly wildfires tore through the Los Angeles area, a picture of a red-roofed house claimed to have miraculously survived the flames circulated online. Some social media posts suggested the home remained untouched due to the religious faith of its owners.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that unchecked climate change and AI pose existential threats to humanity. He emphasized AI's potential disruptiveness to economies and insisted it should benefit humanity rather than dominate it.