The Weird Way That Human Waste Is Killing Corals
“Even with a severe heat wave in 2015, 20 percent of those reefs that were in cleaner water with the herbivore fish not only went got through the heat, but …
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Global air and sea temperatures hit all-time record in July
Death Valley National Park on July 15, 2023, near Furnace Creek, California. David Mcnew | Getty Images Global air and ocean temperatures soared to a record high in July, according …
Over a $1 trillion needed for developing nations climate transition
Smoke billows from an unauthorized steel factory, foreground, on November 4, 2016 in Inner Mongolia, China. To meet China’s targets to slash emissions of carbon dioxide, authorities are pushing to …
For the Love of God, Stop Microwaving Plastic
At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. As a new dad and a PhD student studying environmental nanotechnology, plastic was on …
Now’s Your Chance To Glimpse A Satellite Crashing Back To Earth
Space explorers are running into a real issue right now, what do they do with all the junk floating above the Earth? Currently, there are thousands of retired satellites, chunks …
Extreme heat in U.S., Europe virtually impossible without climate crisis
Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid …
Want to Win a Chip War? You’re Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The volume required can be huge. In the US, chip fabs use far less water than the agriculture and power generation industries, and semiconductors haven’t spurred political tensions over water …
Is an air quality monitor worth it?
We’re in the thick of wildfire season, and places across the country have already seen their fair share of wildfire smoke. From Los Angeles to New York City, poor air …
El Niño exacerbates global warming: Record heat, flooding, wildfires
Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid …
‘Unprecedented’ ocean heat near Fla. has scientists worried
By Eric Zerkel | CNN A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the …