Guest post: How a record-high ‘energy imbalance’ is driving global warming
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The planet is heating up more quickly than ever before. For decades, greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity have been building up in the atmosphere and trapping ever-higher levels of heat. The resulting asymmetry between incoming solar energy and energy radiated back out into space – known as “Earth’s energy imbalance” – provides a […]
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UK Court Recognizes Climate Migration as a Human Right: FA v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department (2025)
In November 2025, one of the first climate-related asylum appeals was reviewed in the UK, by the UK’s First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and approved on human rights grounds. In FA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD), the appellant (FA) argued that climate-related hardship, poor mental health relating to the loss […]
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Meteorite which wiped out the dinosaurs also created record-breaking hydrothermal system
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Deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Mid-Atlantic. The findings suggest that long-lived hydrothermal systems created by asteroid impacts may have provided habitats for early life on Earth and could guide the search for life on other planets. The meteorite which caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting new life, […]
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Biogas AI spinout wins £1m Manchester Prize for boosting efficiency and cutting emissions
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A Guildford startup developing AI software for the biogas sector has picked up the UK government’s Manchester Prize, securing £1 million in funding to accelerate deployment of its technology. BiofuelAi, based at the Surrey Technology Centre in Guildford, was awarded the prize for its AI-powered decision support platform that helps anaerobic digestion operators optimise plant […]
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Startup’s nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable
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The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data center expansion. Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center electricity is devoted to cooling the […]
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The consequences of relying on AI for accurate news
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It’s no secret that the last few years have seen a massive explosion in the use of artificial intelligence for general information-gathering. An even more recent trend, though, is how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly being used for verifying and consuming news; reports from the Pew Research Center over the […]
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Behind-The-Meter Data Center Gas Plants Will Raise U.S. Energy Bills
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Cited 9 June 2026: Europe’s ‘exceptional’ heatwave | Warming forecast | AMOC observations ‘at risk’
Welcome to Cited, your essential guide to new climate research. In the news SPRING HEATWAVE: Temperature records for May fell across western Europe as the region baked in an “exceptionally early” heatwave, reported the Associated Press. The outlet noted that temperatures reached 35.1C in the UK and 36C in France at the end of last […]
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Environment Agency appointed lead regulator for Cornwall lithium project in bid to speed approvals
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Drone footage of the former china clay pit in Cornwall being developed by Cornish Lithium (image credit: the Environment Agency). The Environment Agency has been appointed as the lead environmental regulator for Cornish Lithium’s proposed Trelavour Lithium Project in Cornwall, as part of a government pilot aimed at streamlining approvals for major economic development schemes. […]
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New guide published to help highway authorities adapt roads to climate change
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Highway drainage infrastructure plays a critical role in helping road networks cope with increasingly frequent and intense rainfall events, one of the key climate risks addressed in ADEPT’s new guide. A new guide, aimed at local highway authorities, has been published to support resilience planning across road networks as extreme weather events grow in frequency […]
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Rising octopus numbers: UK study examines impacts on coasts and communities
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Divers and snorkellers recorded their observations as part of a survey (image credit: Kirsty Andrews). Scientists have reported a second year of an unprecedented boom in common octopus populations off southwest England, with new research from the Marine Biological Association (MBA) describing the phenomenon as the largest recorded in at least 75 years. The study, […]
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Scottish councils face £28.7m annual carbon cost from waste incineration, campaigners warn
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The NESS Energy from Waste (EfW) facility in Aberdeen (image credit: byvalet / Shutterstock). Scottish councils could face an additional £28.7 million annual bill from 2028 when waste incineration is brought within the scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), according to a new analysis by Zero Waste Scotland that has prompted campaigners to […]
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World Cup viewing surge highlights growing role of battery storage in grid stability
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Football fans watch the UEFA Conference League final between Chelsea and Real Betis on a large screen in Wroclaw, Poland, on May 28, 2025. The UK’s electricity system operator is preparing for significant spikes in power demand during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with forecasts suggesting that England and Scotland matches could trigger surges equivalent […]
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Building Semantic Search with Transformers.js and Sentence Embeddings
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You’ve probably shipped this bug before, where a user types ” affordable laptop ” into your search bar and gets zero results.
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The crucial human component in computing and AI
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On April 30, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing’s Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) initiative hosted a full-day research symposium examining how artificial intelligence is shaping the world and its implications for society. The symposium included research talks by SERC’s latest seed grant recipients on topics such as air pollution forecasting and responsible computer vision deployment, panels on AI […]
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Unpacking New York State’s Rollback of its Landmark Climate Law
On May 26, as part of the FY 2026-27 budget, New York State enacted significant revisions to its 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA or Act). The amendments amount to a substantial rollback of the Act’s ambition. Annual temperature change in New York from 1895-2023. Source: earthstrips.org For the last seven years, the […]
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DeBriefed 5 June 2026: UK eyes 2040 emissions cut | US ‘dismantling’ oceans research | China’s solar slump
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week UK proposes new emissions target ‘ON COURSE’: The UK government has proposed reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040, reported the Associated Press. The newswire cited scientists saying that the goal […]
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Chart: Why China’s solar boom is slowing down
Solar power has been a major element of China’s renewables buildout since the mid-2010s. The country installed 315 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2025, adding more than half of all new solar globally. The year before, it added 277GW. But the picture in 2026 to date is very different. Installations in March fell 56% […]