Everything You Need to Know About How Python Manages Memory
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In languages like C, you manually allocate and free memory.
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The 2026 Time Series Toolkit: 5 Foundation Models for Autonomous Forecasting
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Most forecasting work involves building custom models for each dataset — fit an ARIMA here, tune an LSTM there, wrestle with
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Why Aluminum Cylinder Makers Lead the Recycling Shift
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The compressed gas industry is at a turning point. Many businesses use aluminum gas cylinders for medical oxygen, drinks, and other needs. These companies now see that recycling and reuse programs offer real business value, not just environmental benefits. These programs lower costs, support rule compliance, and improve long-term stability. What once seemed like a […]
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UK must become the next ‘Green AI superpower’ says AI trade group
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A report, produced by UKAI, the country’s only trade association for AI businesses, argues that Britain has a clear opportunity to lead the next phase of global artificial intelligence by becoming the world’s foremost hub for Green AI. This includes ensuring that AI that is efficient, affordable, deployable at scale, and aligned with long-term economic […]
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Record wasted wind could have powered every home in London in 2025
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A new report from energy market analysis provider Montel EnAppSys, Curtailed Renewables in GB and Ireland, has revealed that over 12 Terawatt hours (TWh) of clean electricity was turned off across Great Britain and Ireland in 2025 due to grid constraints. This could have met the combined electricity demand of every domestic household in London […]
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Environmental monitoring expert listed in Sunday Times 2026 top 100 tech companies
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(Left to right) Matt Dibbs, Tim Wilson and Andrew Scott, directors of Meteor Communications. The environmental technology company Meteor Communications has been included in the 2026 edition of The Sunday Times 100 Tech, Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies, published on 16 January. Meteor Communications provides innovative environmental monitoring solutions, implementing real-time monitoring systems for critical […]
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SEPA asks people in Scotland to help inform future flooding plans
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Flooding in Perth in 2015. People across Scotland are being invited to share their experiences of local flooding issues to help inform how flood risk is managed in their communities, as support ongoing work by SEPA on Scotland’s next Flood Risk Management Plans. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s public consultation, launched on Wednesday 21 January, […]
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UK DNO deploys pole-mounted technology to help balance the network
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One of the UK’s main DNOs, UK Power Networks, says it is deploying a cutting-edge device to support the adoption of low-carbon technologies on traditional electricity networks. To help customers adopt technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels without delays, the group is trialling a new technology that maximises the use of existing low voltage […]
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Amazon Protects: Phase 4 of the Public Prosecutors Project to Fight Deforestation in Brazil
The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical forest on the planet, covering an area of approximately 6.3 million square kilometers and extending across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, and the Guianas. Half of the planet’s biodiversity is contained within it. Its vegetation is indispensable for maintaining the global rainfall regime. Twenty percent of the […]
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DeBriefed 23 January 2026: Trump’s Davos tirade; EU wind and solar milestone; High seas hope
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Trump vs world TILTING AT ‘WINDMILLS’: At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Donald Trump was quoted by Reuters as saying – falsely – that China makes almost all of the world’s “windmills”, but he had not […]
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Q&A: What UK’s ‘warm homes plan’ means for climate change and energy bills
The UK government has released its long-awaited “warm homes plan”, detailing support to help people install electric heat pumps, rooftop solar panels and insulation in their homes. It says up to 5m households could benefit from £15bn of grants and loans earmarked by the government for these upgrades by 2030. Electrified heating and energy-efficient homes […]
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Ambient-air power start-up secures £2m seed round funding
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The Air Voltaic Cell uses high-voltage pulses to convert thermal and chemical potential energy in the air into electrical power UK climate tech investor Elbow Beach has made a £2 million seed investment in Ionech, an Oxfordshire-based clean-energy company developing a novel technology that generates electricity from the thermal energy of ambient air. Ionech’s core […]
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Water stewardship needs “same level of urgency” as climate and biodiversity, says ISEP report
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Water deserves the same level of focus globally as climate change and biodiversity loss, according to a new paper from the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals which urges organisations to move beyond traditional environmental management approaches and adopt more holistic, catchment-based water stewardship practices. By 2030, the health and livelihoods of an estimated 4.8 […]
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The Energy Wars Come to Louisiana: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Projects Face New Hurdles in the Pelican State
Until recently, Louisiana was the darling of the carbon capture, removal, and storage industry. Due to its history of oil and gas production, the state has a fairly extensive carbon dioxide pipeline network, and ideal geology for storing carbon dioxide. For those reasons, federal incentives to advance point source capture of carbon dioxide (e.g., at […]
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Biofilms might be key to supporting the health of space missions
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A close-up of the roots of a hydroponic plant. New research appears to signal a reframing (or the need for one) in relation to how biofilms are viewed in space biology, and the previously overlooked role they might play in ensuring the health of space missions. On Earth, microbial biofilms — dense, self-organising communities of […]
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China Briefing 22 January 2026: 2026 priorities; EV agreement; How China uses gas
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s China Briefing. China Briefing handpicks and explains the most important climate and energy stories from China over the past fortnight. Subscribe for free here. Key developments Tasks for 2026 ‘GREEN RESOLVE’: The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said at its annual national conference that it is “essential” to “maintain strategic resolve” […]
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Explainer: Why gas plays a minimal role in China’s climate strategy
Ten years ago, switching from burning coal to gas was a key element of China’s policy to reduce severe air pollution. However, while gas is seen in some countries as a “bridging” fuel to move away from coal use, rapid electrification, uncompetitiveness and supply concerns have suppressed its share in China’s energy mix. As such, […]
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Guest post: 10 key climate science ‘insights’ from 2025
Every year, understanding of climate science grows stronger. With each new research project and published paper, scientists learn more about how the Earth system responds to continuing greenhouse gas emissions. But with many thousands of new studies on climate change being published every year, it can be hard to keep up with the latest developments. […]