climate

CHAM-net introduces a contrastive hierarchical adaptive meta-network that captures site-specific and cross-year dynamics for robust global methane flux prediction, outperforming baseline methods on simulation and observational datasets.

NOAA predicts a below-average 2026 Atlantic hurricane season due to El Niño, but warns that even quiet years can produce catastrophic storms. The agency is deploying AI weather models developed with Google DeepMind to improve hurricane track predictions.

Tom Steyer, billionaire and candidate for California governor, discusses his stance on taxing billionaires, regulating AI, and addressing climate change, while navigating the tension between taxing the wealthy and keeping them in the state.

Lake Tahoe faces a power crunch as its energy provider's contract ends, exacerbated by surging demand from AI data centers, forcing residents to find new suppliers and likely pay higher prices.