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Ep. 01 Live: Water / MOF — Prof. Omar Yaghi × WaHa Ep. 02 Coming: EVs / Voltpost — Scott Fisher × Voltpost Rooted at Berkeley + Columbia Newsletter Issue 001 — Wildfire + Adaptation Ep. 01 Live: Water / MOF — Prof. Omar Yaghi × WaHa Ep. 02 Coming: EVs / Voltpost — Scott Fisher × Voltpost Rooted at Berkeley + Columbia Newsletter Issue 001 — Wildfire + Adaptation
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The densest concentration of climate research in the US, mapped and annotated. Who's working on what, what they've found, and where the path to a company might exist. Start here if you're a founder looking for science, or a VC looking for what's coming.

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We track labs at Berkeley, Columbia, Stanford, Yale, MIT and beyond — cataloging researchers, findings, and spinout potential. Updated with every episode and newsletter issue.

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Labs Tracked
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Universities
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Featured Labs On or featured in Uncooked
UC Berkeley · College of Chemistry
Yaghi Laboratory
Reticular Chemistry · Metal-Organic Frameworks · Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Key Finding
MOF-303 harvests drinking water from air at 7% humidity, powered by ambient sunlight. 285g water/kg MOF/day demonstrated in Death Valley.
Focus Areas
WaterMaterials ScienceCarbon Capture
Ep. 01 Featured
Columbia University SPS
Sustainable Transportation Economy
EV Infrastructure · Mobility Decarbonization · Charging Economics
Key Finding
~33% of US households lack home charging access. Curbside Level 2 at existing grid points (streetlights) is the lowest-cost path to closing the access gap.
Focus Areas
EVsUrban InfrastructureGrid
Ep. 02 Featured
UC Berkeley · College of Natural Resources
Fire & Landscape Ecology
Fire Ecology · Prescribed Burn Policy · Post-Fire Adaptation
Key Finding
Prescribed burns at scale reduce wildfire suppression costs 7:1. The bottleneck is permitting capacity and community trust, not science.
Focus Areas
WildfireAdaptationLand Management
Episode Planned
All Labs on Radar 14 labs · Updated Jan 2025
Lab / Group
PI / Lead
Focus
Stage
Status
Yaghi Lab
UC Berkeley
Prof. Omar Yaghi
Nobel Laureate · Reticular Chemistry
Water HarvestingMOFs
Active · Commercializing
Ep. 01
Sustainable Transport
Columbia SPS
Prof. Scott Fisher
EV Infrastructure
EV ChargingGrid
Active · Industry-linked
Ep. 02
Fire & Landscape Ecology
UC Berkeley CNR
Prof. Scott Stephens area
Fire Ecology · Policy
WildfirePrescribed Burn
Active
Ep. Planned
Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs.
Columbia University
Multiple PIs
Cryosphere · Ocean Systems
CryosphereSea Level
Active
On Radar
BESS / Energy Storage
UC Berkeley EECS
Prof. Joe Hao (target)
Battery Systems · Grid Storage
BESSBattery Chem
Active
Ep. Planned
Climate AI / Risk
UC Berkeley Haas
Prof. Pano Patatoukas
Climate AI · Financial Risk
Climate RiskAI
Active
Tracking
Clean Mining / Nomadic
Columbia Adjacent
Tem Turburat
Critical Minerals · Clean Extraction
MiningE-Waste
Industry-linked
Tracking
Cryosphere + Sea Level
Columbia Climate School
Niall Coffey (target)
Cryosphere · Sea Level Rise
CryosphereArctic
Active
Tracking
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