Climate Change

ExxonMobil sent out a heartwarming tweet yesterday, wishing the good people of Australia a safe and fun New Year. Well, maybe heartwarming isnt the right word. Perhaps idiotic is more appropriate, given the fact that large parts of Australia are currently on …

As far as we can tell, the 2010s were nothing close to what most of us expected. Instead of flying cars, we got half-baked semi-autonomous vehicles. Instead of social media birthing kumbaya, it fueled genocide and helped erode the foundations of democracy and…

Some might argue that mankinds gradual destruction of planet Earth is proof that were not the smartest species around. I mean, how smart can we really be if we, as a species, refuse to correct our wrongs in the most dramatic way possible? Yeah, were not terri…

Peru's Pastoruri Glacier has been rapidly receding thanks to increasing global temperatures.  Eric Mack/CNET Massive glaciers around the world have been slowly melting and retreating for millennia, sculpting our planet's most iconic mountains, valleys and e…

If you think 2019 has been filled with protests, don't worry you're not imagining it.  Demonstrations took place in countries around the world, from Chile, to the UK, to Hong Kong. The issues that have captured peoples' hearts have varied greatly, from clima…

When shark scientists handle sharks, they often come away with "shark burn."  "It will give you an abrasion," said Brendan Talwar, a research associate at the Cape Eleuthera Institute who studies sharks. "It's like sandpaper." That's because shark skin is c…

In Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, as in other parts of Southern Africa, extreme weather threatens to disrupt the supply and price of produce for millions who already struggle with extreme poverty and economic inequality. Miriam Mannak/The Globe and Mail…

SANTIAGO/LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) - Chile defended itself on Monday against criticism it was too weak in presiding over international climate change negotiations, saying it did all it could but that four big polluting countries got in the way. Chilean Presid…

To my surprise, this year from hell has actually gifted the climate movement with some celebratory strides. Thats right, 2019 wasnt a complete loss for the planet. Yes, even if air pollution is increasing in the U.S. Even if the Amazon Rainforest burned. And…

At the Tackling Climate Change workshop at this years NeurIPS conference, some of the top minds in machine learning came together to discuss the effects of climate change on life on Earth, how AI can tackle the urgent problem, and why and how the machine lear…