Peru's glaciers are melting, forming high mountain lagoons that are trapping Peruvians' water reserves—should the lagoons overflow, widespread flooding may follow. / Reuters
The COP28 president has been using his role at the climate summit to lobby foreign governments on oil and gas deals. / Center for Climate Reporting
See also: Saudi Arabia's state investment firm finances fossil-dependent infrastructure in developing countries in an attempt to lock in oil demand. / The Guardian
African activists decry handing McKinsey control of the continent's renewable energy goals—pointing to, among other issues, its fossil-fuel clients. / Climate Home News
In Côte d'Ivoire, where 45% of the world's cocoa comes from, cocoa producers want to decolonize their product, and become a chocolate-producing nation. / Le Monde
Ahead of major elections, the front pages of major outlets remain unfortunately free of policy coverage—the same missteps that led up to 2016. / Columbia Journalism Review
Using AI, scientists have built an equation that can predict when rogue waves will strike. / Live Science
Sports Illustrated has been publishing AI-generated articles with bylines—and headshots—from AI-generated authors. Now they've deleted the content and are blaming a contractor. / Futurism
In the age of student debt and hybrid learning, assessing the future of the campus novel as the lines blur between college and real life. / Esquire
Well this is cool: a book about the history of books in their many, many forms. / Hyperallergic
See also: How video game designers are using their craft to tell personal stories of food. / The New York Times [+]
“Former police chief John Anderton's Tesla spontaneously shuts itself off while he's driving.” Popular dystopian fiction if it were describing 2023. / McSweeney's
A history of Snoopy at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. / Art Dogs