James Temple
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What Mexico’s planned geoengineering restrictions mean for the future of the field
The nation announced plans to ban experiments following a startup’s attempt to release reflective particles in the stratosphere, raising difficult…
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A startup says it’s begun releasing particles into the atmosphere, in an effort to tweak the climate
A startup claims it has launched weather balloons that may have released reflective sulfur particles in the stratosphere, potentially crossing…
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A stealth effort to bury wood for carbon removal has just raised millions
A California startup is pursuing a novel, if simple, plan for ensuring that dead trees keep carbon dioxide out of…
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Bill Gates’s energy venture fund is expanding into climate adaptation and later-stage investments
To date, Breakthrough has been focused on “five grand challenges,” backing companies that promise to drive down climate pollution in…
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“Fingerprints” of climate change are clear in Pakistan’s devastating floods
Climate change very likely intensified the South Asian monsoon that flooded Pakistan in recent weeks, killing more than 1,000 people…
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Do these heatwaves mean climate change is worse than we thought?
Millions of people are now experiencing the effects of climate change firsthand. Blistering heat waves have smashed temperature records around…
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The US government is developing a solar geoengineering research plan
The White House is developing a research plan that would guide and set standards for how scientists study one of…
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