How AI could supercharge battery research

That large local weather invoice remains to be on everybody’s minds over 400 days after it handed within the US. James Temple sat down with environmental coverage knowledgeable Leah Stokes to speak about this and different key concepts in local weather coverage. Watch the session here.

We debuted our record of 15 Local weather Tech Firms to observe in 2023 on stage. In a particular session, MIT Know-how Overview editor in chief Mat Honan and I spun by all the businesses in simply six minutes. In case you missed that little bit of enjoyable, you’ll be able to dive into the full list here, and skim extra about why we determined to place this mission collectively and the way we picked the businesses here. 

Maintaining with local weather

Oysters might assist efforts to revive coastal ecosystems and enhance native economies on the similar time. This can be a nice deep dive into the science and politics of the common-or-garden oyster. (MIT Technology Review)

A brand new mission will use hydrogen produced utilizing renewable electrical energy in an influence plant. It’s in all probability not the very best use for the gas, in keeping with power specialists. (Canary Media)

The UN local weather assembly is developing in December in Dubai. Main the talks is the pinnacle of the UAE’s nationwide oil firm—a controversial choose, to place it frivolously. (The Guardian)

Researchers are racing to map out huge underground fungal networks. The findings might assist them perceive biodiversity and find out how pure ecosystems can entice and retailer carbon. (Washington Post)

No one can sustain with how briskly Tesla is slashing costs. The automaker has offered over 60% of all totally electrical automobiles within the US, and legacy automakers like GM and Volkswagen are struggling to maintain tempo. (Bloomberg)

Simply checking in on local weather progress: issues aren’t transferring quick sufficient. The UN panel on local weather change launched a particular report 5 years in the past laying out the trail to maintaining warming at lower than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) over preindustrial ranges. We’re not on monitor. (The Messenger) 

Local weather change is breaking the insurance coverage business. Disasters imply sky-high injury prices, which push charges larger. (Grist)

AI might quickly use as a lot electrical energy as some international locations. A brand new research estimates that by 2027, servers used for AI might use as much as 134 terawatt-hours of electrical energy yearly—in the identical ballpark as Argentina and Sweden. (New York Times)