ARC Geosciences

06/25/2026

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-24/venezuela-earthquake-staggering-destruction-is-urgent-warning-for-california

The devastation from two massive earthquakes that struck Venezuela on Wednesday offer a stark warning for California and other seismically vulnerable areas of the toll catastrophic shaking can bring to urban areas.

06/24/2026

https://climatelabbook.substack.com/p/recreating-the-legendary-heatwave?r=2euox2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

The summer of 1976 was an extraordinary heatwave for its time.

06/24/2026

Activities for climate action week cancelled because of extreme heat

06/24/2026

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-23/un-chief-says-ai-companies-should-share-impacts-commit-to-clean-energy

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon, water and land used to power their systems.

06/24/2026

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-23/gas-flaring-by-fossil-fuel-producers-rose-in-2025-says-world-bank

Fossil fuel producers flared more methane gas around the world in 2025, despite years of pledges to reduce the wasteful practice, according to data released today by the World Bank.

06/23/2026

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-06-23/other-anti-data-center-movement-californias-electricity-prices

California may have an anti-data center movement, but high energy prices were already blocking development.

06/22/2026

https://electrek.co/2026/06/22/europe-is-betting-big-on-a-battery-that-runs-for-four-days/

Europe's biggest iron-air battery deal will store wind power for up to 100 hours, helping cut reliance on gas plants.

06/20/2026

https://electrek.co/2026/06/19/sunzia-one-giant-us-power-line-wind-power-for-1-million-homes/

The $11B SunZia project's 550-mile transmission line is now fully online, delivering enough New Mexico wind power to serve 1 million homes.

06/20/2026

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-assisted-parametric-insurance-climate-change/

A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the answer to climate change, or a trap?

06/19/2026

https://eos.org/articles/trekking-tourism-leaves-a-microplastic-footprint-in-a-high-himalayan-lake

Plastic pollution may ripple downstream, threatening the human and wildlife communities that depend on glacier-fed waters.