Climate Model Starves: Green Tech Gets Hunger Games Funding Cut

Climate Model Starves: Green Tech Gets Hunger Games Funding Cut
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The world’s top climate model, famous for predicting Earth’s impending doom with Milky Way precision, now faces the existential crisis of losing funding. The very machine that calculates how fast we’re frying is being starved of cash — ironic, since it cost millions and has outlived several Hollywood sequels. No official names or dates emerged, but imagine the irony: the tech designed to save us is getting cut while coal still gets a birthday party. Climate nerds worldwide stare at spreadsheets wondering if this means their apocalypse predictions will go carbon-zero overnight.

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Source: Arstechnica | Published: 8/31/2025 | Author: Sarah Scoles, Undark Magazine