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"First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts"
#UNESCO #Climate #ClimateChange

First assessment of UNESCO sites finds widespread climate impacts
Nearly all of UNESCO’s more than 2,200 World Heritage Sites, Biosphere Reserves and Geoparks have already endured climate extremes over the past two decades. That’s according to initial data from the first ever global biodiversity and climate assessment unveiled at the UNESCO World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China, from Sept. 22-26. The […]

The Economist, the FT, and Dow Jones are licensing their archives and live content to enterprise clients for use in their private LLMs (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
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The Economist licenses its content to enterprise clients’ private LLMs
The Economist and Factiva are actively driving LLM licensing deals with enterprise clients' private large language models LLMs.

A new 'hypertropical' climate is emerging in the Amazon, exposing trees to deadly stress https://phys.org/news/2025-12-hypertropical-climate-emerging-amazon-exposing.html

A new 'hypertropical' climate is emerging in the Amazon, exposing trees to deadly stress
The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions that haven't been seen on Earth for tens of millions of years.

The Trump administration is moving to
dismantle the
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado,
taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs

Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

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"New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets"
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Jensen Huang, the CEO of supercomputer chip-maker Nvidia, is now loudly cozying up to U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, even though Wright is fully on board with the Trump administration’s climate denial policies.  
A so-called “climate science” report Wright’s Department of Energy released in July has been condemned by scores of scientists as “biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policymaking.” 
The report is part of the administration’s effort to overturnthe scientifi…

Nvidia CEO Praises Trump Energy Chief — a Climate Denier — and his 'Passion' for Science
Jensen Huang gives "a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright" as Nvidia and Trump administration partner on a massive AI buildout.

"Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance"
#Glaciers #Climate #ClimateChange

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance
Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting—yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last?

"Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to deadly Asia flooding, study finds"
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Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to deadly Asia flooding, study finds
Warmer seas and heavier rains linked to climate change, along with Indonesia and Sri Lanka's unique geographies and vulnerabilities, combined to produce deadly flooding that killed hundreds, scientists said Thursday.

"Climate conference's webpages emit 10 times more carbon than average sites, study says"
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Climate conference's webpages emit 10 times more carbon than average sites, study says
Websites produced for COP conferences emit up to 10 times more carbon than average internet pages, new research published in the journal PLOS Climate suggests.