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Booming Weather Prediction Markets Could Improve Forecasting

Increasingly popular prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket may improve forecasting by aggregating knowledge

April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

Booming Weather Prediction Markets Could Improve Forecasting

Increasingly popular prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket may improve forecasting by aggregating knowledge

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April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026

Prediction Markets for Weather and Climate Are Heating Up

Weather trades are gaining traction, drawing in casual participants, experts and tech firms testing their wares.

Kalshi, Polymarket Woo New Yorkers With Dueling Free Food Offers

April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

What Trump’s Climate Pullback Means for the UN’s Big Report

Delegates are still hammering out a plan about how to move forward.

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April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

Major United Nations Report Faces Budget Woes Amid Trump’s Pull Back

Without US backing and more money being spent than brought in, the IPCC’s trust fund could run out by 2028.

Deadly Wildfires Ravage Southwest France as Heat Wave Builds

April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming. Can They Improve Forecasts?

From Kalshi and Polymarket to niche scientific platforms, traders are predicting the weather — and climate experts are debating the results.

Weather Prediction Markets Are Booming. Can They Improve Forecasts?

March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026

How a UK Flood Insurance Program Benefits the Wealthy

Subsidies meant for poor regions are inadvertently reaching wealthy enclaves.

Flooding in West Sussex as Big Freeze Hits Europe

March 26, 2026

March 26, 2026

Arctic Sea Ice Ties Ominous Record Amid Geopolitical Upheaval

Wintertime ice shrank to a record-low level for the second year running, a sign of how climate change is reshaping the region.

Greenland as US Threats Put Crucial Climate Research at Risk

March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

This Is Where Global Warming Poses the Most Deadly Risks

New research models how many more deaths extreme heat could cause by 2050.

Heat Wave Triggers Health Alerts, Nuclear Power Cuts in Europe

March 25, 2026

March 25, 2026

Future Heat Danger Differs Starkly for Rich and Poor Countries

Lower-income nations will face 10 times as many heat-related deaths as high-income ones, researchers estimate.

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March 24, 2026

March 24, 2026

Prominent Researcher Exits NASA, Citing US Attacks on Science

Climate expert Kate Marvel pointed to “upheavals” under the Trump administration as a reason for her departure.

Trump Eyes Firing ‘Thousands’ Of Federal Workers Over Shutdown

March 13, 2026

March 13, 2026

China’s New Green Law Signals Xi’s Environmental Ambitions

Also: How climate scientists are using AI and El Niño is on the horizon.

Closing Session of China's National People's Congress

March 13, 2026

March 13, 2026

AI ‘Scientists’ Help Human Ones Answer Urgent Climate Questions

Researchers are using the powerful technology to learn more about local effects of climate change, oceans, clouds and more.

Tokyo Skyline Ahead of Japan GDP Figures

March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

How War Is Making Iran’s Water Crisis Worse

Also: Green cement startup Sublime Systems lays off two-thirds of its workers.

Iran's Shrinking Salt Lake Urmieh

March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026

War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse

Climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and war only adds to the strain.

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February 21, 2026

February 21, 2026

Hillary Clinton Urges India to Step Up on Climate

Also: the biggest US gas plant could also be a huge source of emissions

Day One Of The 2024 Democratic National Convention

February 21, 2026

February 21, 2026

Trump-Backed Gas Plant Could Become Biggest US Power Polluter

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February 16, 2026

February 16, 2026

Trump’s Coal Renaissance Comes at Cost for Taxpayers

Also: the collapse of a crucial clean-cooking initiative in Africa.

Trump’s Coal Renaissance Comes at Cost for Taxpayers

February 14, 2026

February 14, 2026

Cost of Trump’s Coal Push Plays Out in Dollars, Noise and Health

J.H. Campbell, a coal plant in Michigan, was slated to close, but the federal government is keeping it open.

Cost of Trump’s Coal Push Plays Out in Dollars, Noise and Health

February 12, 2026

February 12, 2026

Trump Scraps Climate Stance Backing Emissions-Cutting Rules

New Jersey Sues Over Congestion Pricing Plan In New York City

February 12, 2026

February 12, 2026

Trump's EPA Rollbacks Will Reverberate for 'Decades'

The agency’s repeal of a cornerstone of US climate rules is part of an aggressive deregulatory agenda whose effects on the environment will outlast the president.

Musk Says All Federal Workers Must Justify Job Or Risk Dismissal