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Power and Grids

California’s batteries discharged 12,000 megawatts at once — the equivalent of 12 nuclear power plants firing simultaneously

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

AI data centers are consuming so much electricity that the existing grid cannot meet demand — and nuclear is the only baseload option scaling fast enough

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

GE Vernova and Hitachi sign a deal to deploy small modular reactors across Southeast Asia

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Commonwealth Fusion applied to connect to America’s largest power grid — a first for any fusion company in history

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

TerraPower’s Wyoming reactor got its NRC construction permit 9 months early — if online by 2031, it powers nearly half a million homes

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The 2026 tornado season has already matched Michigan’s full-year average by early May — 15 tornadoes before peak season

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Mayon volcano forces flight cancellations across the Philippines as pyroclastic flows race 3.8 km down multiple gullies

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

3 hikers killed after climbing a restricted Indonesian volcano to film content — 17 others rescued from a 10 km ash cloud

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Japan’s Sakurajima volcano launches volcanic bombs 1,300 meters from the crater as eruptive activity intensifies

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The NWS lost 15% of its scientists through buyouts and firings — and two spring tornado outbreaks caught forecasters completely off guard

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

A final round of severe storms is expected to drench the Gulf Coast today after tornadoes and hail lashed the region all weekend

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

62% of the U.S. sits in drought after the driest spring in decades — forecasters predict up to 80,000 wildfires burning 8 million acres this year

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The worst spring drought in U.S. history has burned 1.85 million acres already — double the 10-year average with summer still ahead

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

India fires a nuclear missile that splits into multiple warheads mid-flight — each hitting a different target 5,000 km away

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Super El Nino now shows 100% probability on European models — forecasters warn it could surpass the 1877 record and shatter every temperature mark

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Kilauea’s next lava fountain episode is forecast to erupt between Tuesday and Friday — the last one hit 900 feet

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

360 earthquakes in 48 hours crack water lines and roads in Southern California as the Brawley fault zone lights up

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

A major Atlantic current tied to global climate is weakening — and new evidence shows it’s happening faster than scientists expected

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

Scientists uncover a hidden Antarctic threat that could accelerate sea level rise far faster than any current model predicts

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Hoover Dam may lose 40% of its power this fall as the feds drain one reservoir to save another

By Everett Sloane

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