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• ExplainedCarbon dioxide gets the attention. Faster climate wins may come from the pollutants beside it.Methane, black carbon, ground-level ozone, nitrous oxide and high-warming refrigerants can have an outsized effect on near-term warming. Cutting them does not replace CO₂ reductions, but it can slow warming faster.
• TechGoogle just signed for 3.6 gigawatts of power. AI is turning tech companies into energy companies.Google’s new Constellation Energy agreement covers 3,590 MW of power, including 890 MW of added nuclear capacity. The deal shows how AI competition is moving from chips and models into electricity, grids and long-term energy contracts.
• CuriousA cubic kilometre of Antarctic ice helped win a Nobel Prize.Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for turning Antarctic ice into a detector for high-energy neutrinos. The remarkable part is not only the particle. It is that a place most people see as empty became a new kind of telescope.
• ExplainedWhat does the 1.5°C climate limit actually mean?The 1.5°C target is not a temperature any single day or country must stay below. It refers to long-term global average warming above the pre-industrial climate. Crossing it temporarily and staying above it permanently are different problems.
• CultureFashion still says autumn. The weather increasingly does not.Paris Fashion Week reached 28°C as retailers were trying to sell coats and knitwear. Longer, hotter summers are creating a basic mismatch between the traditional fashion calendar and the weather customers actually experience.