This month’s open thread on climate topics as 2025 wraps up. Please be courteous to each other. Tis the season!
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Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus“There may have been a silent majority in favour of windfarms and higher petrol taxes, but if there was, these people were mighty quiet. Essentially, all I ever heard from was people objecting t…

Lunar dust poses one of the most persistent challenges for spacecraft operations on the Moon, clinging stubbornly to surfaces and infiltrating equipment with potentially devastating consequences. Now, researchers have developed a comprehensive mathematical model that reveals exactly how electrically…

Sean Plankey’s nomination faltered as lawmakers ran out the clock after a tumultuous year of workforce reductions. The cyberdefense agency enters the new year without a permanent leader as the White House finalizes a sweeping national cyber strategy.

The briefing came as toppled leader Nicolás Maduro pleaded not guilty to US drugs charges and the Venezuelan government sought to show the world it is being run independently.

A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
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The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is proud to announce that Chief Executive Professor Willie Wilson will represent UK marine science at the UK–Taiwan Bilateral International Meeting (BIM), taking place in London from 15 to 17 October 2025. Organised by The Royal Society and Academia Sinica, th…

Scientists from Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have discovered a new marine tardigrade species, Batillipes malaysianus, found along the shores of Labuan. Lead researcher Associate Professor Dr Cheng-Ann Chen said the discovery stems from field surveys con…

After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s Quesst mission. The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the…

When people think of the impacts of climate change, they often focus on physical harm, such as loss of homes and businesses to wildfire, or illness due to floods, wildfire smoke or heat. That physical harm, however, can easily lead to financial devastation. And, as a new report from the U.S. Departm…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless, Ensia, Planet Detroit, Sahan Journal, and Wisconsin Watch, as well as the Guardian and Inside Climate News. The project was supported by the Joyce Foundation. You can read the launch stor…

At CES 2026, Infineon Technologies AG and Flex announce their zone controller development kit for software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The new development kit, based on a modular design for zone control units (ZCUs), is designed to accelerate the development of SDV-ready electrical/electronic (E/E) arc…

Bosch Sensortec unveils its BMI5 platform motion sensor platform at CES 2026. This new generation of inertial sensors delivers high-precision performance for a range of applications, including immersive XR systems, advanced robotics, and wearables. The three new devices- BMI560, BMI563 and BMI570-ar…

We've got video footage of LG's wild robot and TV reveals at CES 2026.

GM and Hyundai report lower fourth-quarter sales and industry analysts predict a downturn for 2026

Two NASA heliophysics missions launched together in September are performing well, while a third mission launched earlier this year is beginning limited operations despite problems with one spacecraft.
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