ARC Geosciences

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

Venezuela earthquake: Staggering destruction signals 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.

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

Recreating the legendary heatwave summer of 1976 in today’s climate The summer of 1976 was an extraordinary heatwave for its time.

Activities for climate action week cancelled because of extreme heat

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

AI companies should release environmental impact and commit to clean energy, UN chief says 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.

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

Gas flaring by fossil fuel producers rose in 2025, World Bank says 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.

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

The other anti-data center movement: California's sky-high electricity prices California may have an anti-data center movement, but high energy prices were already blocking development.

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

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.

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

One giant US power line, enough 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.

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

Traditional Home Insurance Is Collapsing. Here’s What Could Fill the Gap 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?

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

Trekking Tourism Leaves a Microplastic Footprint in a High Himalayan Lake - Eos Plastic pollution may ripple downstream, threatening the human and wildlife communities that depend on glacier-fed waters.