Articles about Climate change – Page 10 of 12

Underwater robots survive a year probing climate change’s effects on Antarctic ice

It’s been a year since a squadron of underwater robots was sent out to monitor the underside of Antarctica’s Dotson… Read More

Amazon employees flex shareholder muscle to push for climate change plan

More than a dozen Amazon employees are using their power as shareholders to pressure their employer to be more thoughtful… Read More

Can a climate change candidate win in 2020? Washington Gov. Jay Inslee thinks so

“We defeated fascism. We went to the moon. We can beat climate change. I fundamentally believe that.” Speaking like a… Read More

How climate change choked ancient life to death — and why it could happen again

Scientists say rapidly warming oceans played a key role in the world’s biggest mass extinction, 252 million years ago, and… Read More

Forget autonomous cars. How about an electric, self-driving tricycle for a cheaper, safer alternative?

If you’re entertaining futuristic visions of cruising down the highway in your own self-driving, electric car, Tyler Folsom wants to… Read More

Bill Gates: Why renewable energy is not enough to solve climate change

Renewable energy is getting cheaper and more efficient. Environmentalists, like Bill Gates, celebrate that as progress toward reducing our reliance… Read More

White House issues grim Black Friday outlook for wildfires and more climate woe

If current climate trends continue, the Pacific Northwest will have more summer wildfires, less winter snowpack and smaller numbers of… Read More

New interactive climate tool reveals temperature and rainfall changes in your own backyard (or close to it)

When I opened a new online tool for mapping changing temperatures, snow pack and rainfall across the Pacific Northwest, I… Read More

Washington state climate initiative with millions of dollars in support from tech leaders is defeated

Washington voters defeated an initiative to combat climate change that drew endorsements and millions of dollars in support from the… Read More

Climate change initiative’s surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry

Initiative 1631 — the measure on Washington state’s Nov. 6 ballot to address climate change — is turning into an… Read More

Apollo 17 moonwalker Harrison Schmitt stirs up a buzz with climate change views

WASHINGTON, D.C. — I didn’t invite Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt to get his views on climate change, but that’s the… Read More

Bill Gates backs Washington state’s proposed carbon fee amid dire climate change predictions

Bill Gates today pledged his support for a Washington initiative that could make the state the first in the nation… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures lists seven new investments

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion energy innovation fund spearheaded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has revealed seven more companies… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee calls for stronger environmental leadership from state tech industry, as Silicon Valley goes green

SAN FRANCISCO — West Coast tech leaders made the case this week that artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, and big… Read More

Final Delta 2 rocket launch puts NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite in orbit to monitor ice

NASA kicked off its ICESat-2 mission to monitor our planet’s ice sheets from space using a laser-scanning satellite this morning,… Read More

Ships set sail from Seattle on a NASA mission to trace sea creatures’ carbon trail

After seven years of preparation, two research vessels are heading out of Seattle to begin a 40-day voyage to track… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Nori is creating a blockchain marketplace open to all to reverse climate change

Seattle-based startup Nori is hoping to deliver what Al Gore, the Paris climate accord and others have not: a market-driven… Read More

Surprise! Climate experts hail Trump’s pick for top science aide, Kelvin Droegemeier

News Brief: Years after claiming that concerns over climate change were a “total, and very expensive, hoax,” President Donald Trump has… Read More

Antarctic ice loss contribution to global sea level

Warming warning: West Antarctic ice loss rate tripled in 25 years, study shows

An analysis of satellite data collected since 1992 suggests that ocean-driven melting has led to a tripling in the rate… Read More

What Americans want from space: More about Earth, less about moon and Mars

A newly released survey from Pew Research Center suggests that Americans still strongly support the space program, 60 years after… Read More

What caused 2014’s bird die-off on the Pacific coast? Scientists blame the Blob

Researchers have untangled the mystery behind a die-off that felled hundreds of thousands of tough seabirds known as Cassin’s auklets… Read More

Amazon shareholder meeting preview: Tech giant to face protests and proposals at annual event

Amazon shareholders will congregate in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday morning for the tech giant’s annual meeting, listening to CEO Jeff… Read More

Al Gore predicts machine learning and other tech advances will usher in a ‘sustainability revolution’

One of the world’s most visible environmentalists is optimistic about the future of the planet because of technology. Former US… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Grapple with climate change via video games; Learn about blockchain in retail; and more

How can video games change the world for the better? That’s the question posed by Games For Our Future: Surviving… Read More

Scientists report successful start to undersea drones’ Antarctic ice shelf study

A scientific team supported by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is reporting the successful deployment of a trio of undersea drones… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Gov. Jay Inslee at Seattle’s GoGreen Conference; Mine for talent at the UW Startup Job Fair; and more

Battling climate change is one of the many points of disagreement between West Coast leaders and the Trump Administration. In… Read More

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