Articles by Matt Simon, WIRED
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Maybe green energy needs ‘information batteries’ too
Researchers are exploring whether new strategies can get tech giants to use clean power when it’s plentiful, so utilities can avoid burning fossil fuels when it’s not.
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What is ‘fire weather,’ and why is it getting worse?
A new study of the American West shows that climate change is driving more days that are hot, dry, and windy — the perfect conditions for deadly wildfires.
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Western wildfires are so intense they’re creating their own thunderclouds now
Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds have formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.
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Be very careful where you build that seawall
Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.