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In the 2022 midterms, Democrats made global warming an issue. Things have changed.
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Gheaţa din Groenlanda şi Antarctica se topeşte de şase ori mai repede decât în anii ’90. Depăşirea pragului de încălzire globală ameninţă rezervele de gheaţă ale planetei, avertizează un studiu
Rapoartele, realizate de Iniţiativa internaţională pentru criosferă şi climă (ICCI), alături de Programul Naţiunilor Unite pentru Mediu (UNEP), avertizează în legătură cu consecinţele grave pentru rezervele de gheaţă la nivel global pe care le-ar…
Brazil publishes first global ‘roadmap’ for phasing out fossil fuels
Cop30 host sets out steps to break link with coal, oil and gas as it aims to move focus from negotiating to implementing All countries can start to break their dependence on fossil fuels now without needing to wait for new technologies or economic…
UK climate minister Katie White: COP31 must respond to ‘really scary’ science
Print article Share The upcoming COP31 climate talks in Antalya, Turkey need to respond to the latest science on global warming, which is “really scary”, says UK climate minister Katie White. In an interview with Carbon Brief setting out the UK’s…
Man fighting for custody of badger he nursed back from starvation
Graeme Wilson says Harriet the badger would be hurt or killed if she was released back into the wild.
Agentic Software Engineering: Foundational Pillars and a Research Roadmap
arXiv:2509.06216v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Agentic Software Engineering (SE 3.0) represents a new era where intelligent agents are tasked not with simple code generation, but with achieving complex, goal-oriented SE objectives. To…
From Fragmentation to Fusion: A Survey and Roadmap for Omnimodal Embeddings
arXiv:2611.00172v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Embedding models underpin virtually every modern AI system, from search engines to recommendation systems. Despite shared mathematical foundations, research on embedding models remains fragmented by…
UN reports warn of large-scale damage to Earth's ice from climate change
Exceeding 1.5C of global warming will have "irreversible" consequences for glaciers, sea ice and the Earth's frozen regions, two U.N. reports warned on Monday, calling for urgent action.
EU tells Ukraine to hasten reforms, sets out more cautious path for accession
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is preparing a more cautious roadmap for Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, setting out limited targets for progress in 2027 while avoiding any commitment to a membership date, according to a document obtained…
New framework helps turn biodiversity goals into measurable action
The new study by Newcastle University and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) offers a practical roadmap for tracking progress toward halting species extinctions by 2050. It guides users from understanding where species are…
Road transport stuck in the slow lane as EU weighs post-2030 renewables rules [Partner Content]
Aviation and shipping have a long-term decarbonisation roadmap, but rules for road transport run out in 2030. At a Neste and Rapporteur debate, speakers called for stable, binding targets to unlock investment in renewable fuels alongside…
COP31: Will this year’s climate summit be the most underwhelming ever?
Despite coming after a year of dangerous weather and signs that global warming is accelerating, COP31 is unlikely to deliver dramatic progress on climate action
‘Bookkeeping Trick’ and Fuzzy Math Conceal the Climate Impacts of Beef, Researchers Say
Climate negotiators head to Turkey next month for the United Nations annual climate summit, just two months after an alarming U.N. report said the world has a vanishing chance of limiting global warming to safe levels. The report’s projections will…
National study pinpoints states with steepest warming trends since 1980
Global warming, the observed increase in Earth's average global surface temperature since preindustrial times (1850–1900), currently stands at around 1.63 degrees Celsius. While this number is expected to continue to rise, local temperatures will…
Roadmap to Quantum Aesthetics
arXiv:2602.08363v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Quantum mechanics occupies a central position in contemporary science while remaining largely inaccessible to direct sensory experience. This paper proposes a roadmap to quantum aesthetics…