Articles about Climate change – Page 11 of 12

Seattle City Light installs first city-owned electric vehicle fast-charging stations

Seattle City Light opened two fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood Tuesday. The facilities allow… Read More

Biologists sniff out another method that microbes use to make methane

News brief: Every year, microbes produce hundreds of millions of tons of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s more potent than… Read More

As U.S. braces against brutal cold snap, President Trump calls for ‘good old global warming’

President Trump might want to brace against the cold chill of the internet. With much of the northern and eastern… Read More

Scientists get robots ready to study Antarctic ice shelves from below, with $2M boost from Paul Allen

Researchers from the University of Washington and Columbia University are getting ready for an unprecedented months-long campaign to study Antarctica’s… Read More

A $100K prize and a step closer to building the ‘Facebook’ of organic farming in Africa

At many points in his life, Cornelius Adewale could have chosen an easier, less risky path. Thankfully he didn’t. Adewale… Read More

Satellite readings track how climate change is thinning out mountain glaciers

Elevation readings captured by satellites confirm that glaciers in the western United States are fading away at a worrisome rate.… Read More

NASA’s carbon-monitoring OCO-2 satellite confirms that El Nino weather boosts CO2

Readings from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 have confirmed that the El Niño weather pattern of 2015-2016 was behind the biggest… Read More

Climate Alliance is ‘on track’ for Paris pact with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s support

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee joined with other governors today in New York to declare they’re “squarely on track” to… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen partners with NOAA to explore climate changes in deep ocean water

As we’re breaking records for high temperatures around the globe and watching forest fires blaze across the Northwest, you can… Read More

IPCC RCP6.0 projections for temperature rise

Analysis shows global warming will almost certainly break the ‘speed limit’ by 2100

A statistical analysis led by researchers at the University of Washington sees almost no chance that the world’s nations will… Read More

Study says climate change could increase North vs. South economic inequality

America’s economic inequality could widen if global temperatures rise due to climate change, but there’s a silver lining for the… Read More

Student climate change project wins President’s Environmental Youth Award — yes, that president

Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash., are being honored today with the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA)… Read More

STEM students turn Trump’s climate decisions into national call to action

As leaders including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Microsoft president Brad Smith, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and many others have vowed… Read More

As Trump pulls out of Paris climate deal, Elon Musk quits advisory councils and more tech giants react

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord was rippling through the tech community… Read More

Microsoft, Apple, Google, and other tech companies urge Trump not to pull out of Paris Agreement

Dozens of the country’s biggest corporations are mounting a last-ditch attempt to dissuade President Donald Trump from abandoning the Paris Agreement,… Read More

Elon Musk says he’ll break with Donald Trump if Paris climate pact is nixed

Tech billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll have no choice but to leave his posts on the White House’s advisory councils… Read More

Working Geek: Paul Allen’s climate change guru Spencer Reeder moonlights as a musician

It’s easy to see why Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen brought on Spencer Reeder to run Vulcan’s climate change-focused philanthropic initiatives.… Read More

‘The oceans are rising and so are we.’ Photos, tweets, and more from Seattle’s March for Science

It’s a soggy Seattle Saturday but that didn’t deter thousands of activists from marching for climate research and sound science policy… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Get your hands dirty this Earth Day with these Seattle events and activities

Earth Day is this Saturday, and Seattle is sure to be an explosion of energy. The annual celebration is all… Read More

NASA-led study confirms that aviation biofuels can be a boon for the environment

A NASA-led study demonstrates that airplanes powered by biofuels can emit up to 70 percent less particulate pollution – providing a… Read More

Bionic Leaf project that can ‘make food out of thin air’ receives $100,000 Amazon Catalyst grant

Earth faces some troubling conundrums. On one front, increased levels of carbon dioxide and other gasses are fueling drastic climate… Read More

Symbolic Doomsday Clock is closer to the ‘final hour’ than it has been since 1953

Embed from Getty Images The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic instrument used to signal how close the world is to a… Read More

Bad-ass Badlands: National park’s climate tweets pop up, then go poof

Badlands National Park tweeted the inconvenient truth about climate change today, despite the Trump administration’s crackdown on environmental outreach. And… Read More

EPA and USDA are latest targets of Trump’s social media gag orders

The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture are the latest targets of media blackouts ordered by the Trump… Read More

What’s next for science and tech? Key posts are in limbo as Trump takes charge

Although President Donald Trump says he’s ready to delve into the mysteries of space, he still has to make key… Read More

After hottest year on record, scientists project milder days ahead … for Seattle

Today’s outlook for climate trends is a good-news, bad-news situation for the Pacific Northwest. First, the bad news: NASA and… Read More

President Obama pleads the economic case for clean energy in scientific paper

In the closing days of his White House term, President Barack Obama argues that the push toward renewable energy is… Read More

This year’s Arctic Report Card heats up international concern about climate change

The latest update on Arctic climate shows that temperatures at the top of the world are increasing at twice the… Read More

Weather Channel meteorologist slams Breitbart for using video to mislead on global warming

Is it getting hot in here? Meteorologist Kait Parker of The Weather Channel is fired up in a new video in… Read More

Washington state and Washington D.C. are headed for a clash on climate change

A philosophical collision on climate change is inevitable between the two Washingtons. But how much that collision will affect Washington state is… Read More