Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Environment
07/12/2022
Solar Power Is Bailing Texas Out This Summer
Enjoying that AC? Thank the mighty power of the sun and the renewable energy source keeping the grid afloat.
07/07/2022
A Whale Feeding Frenzy in Antarctica Signals a Conservation Success
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, fin whales in the Southern Ocean have rebounded and returned to their historic feeding grounds, according to a new survey.
07/08/2022
Officially extinct butterfly ‘making a comeback’ in UK
Large tortoiseshells breeding at Knepp, Sussex, after being officially extinct in Britain for half a century.
06/20/2022
First gharial hatchlings spotted in nearly two decades in Nepal’s Karnali River
Twenty-eight gharial hatchlings have been spotted in a tributary of Nepal’s Karnali River, the first sign of successful nesting in this waterway in at least 16 years.
06/24/2022
The World’s First Energy Crisis
A Conversation With Jason Bordoff and Meghan O’Sullivan.
06/13/2022
Brewing Milk in Bioreactors
Cellular agriculture startups are culturing human and bovine cells in bioreactors to produce more sustainable milk without animals.
06/08/2022
H&M, Lululemon back $250 million Fashion Climate Fund to decarbonize supply chain
Lululemon Athletica Inc (LULU.O) and H&M Group (HMb.ST) are among backers of a $250 million fund aiming to speed up efforts to cut carbon emissions in the fashion industry's supply chain, non-profit group Apparel Impact Institute said on Wednesday.
06/09/2022
For the first time in years, Gazans enjoy clean seawater
The water looks crystal blue, with no trace of sewage, the yellow sand is clean and the smell in the air is salty and pleasant, giving beachgoers in Gaza their first experience in years of clean and safe beaches.
06/01/2022
Artificial intelligence can track a coral reef’s health by learning its “song”
Researchers demonstrate how to tell damaged reefs from healthy ones using relatively cheap underwater recorders paired with new computer programs.
06/08/2022
Have we made any progress on climate change?
Yes. We're not on track for 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, but we're in a very different place than we were even five years ago.
05/27/2022
Marine biologists may have found a surprisingly low-tech solution to bycatch
Early trials of a new type of fishing net have revealed that porpoises largely avoided getting entangled in them.
06/02/2022
