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.
11/18/2021
What Could Go Right? Reversing paralysis and other “mad” science
Plus, a dramatic sanitation solution, more "reasons for hope" emerge from COP26, and Covid vaccines and pills move closer to poorer countries.
11/15/2021
Biden to Bar New Drilling Around a Major Native American Cultural Site
President Biden announced on Monday that his administration was moving to block new federal oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile radius around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, one of the nation’s oldest and most culturally significant Native American sites.
11/15/2021
Israeli climate-tech firms team up with former foes to face threat of rapid warming
Dozens of Israeli climate-tech companies are teaming up with once-hostile neighbors in the Arab world, working together to stem the threat that climate change will render much of their region uninhabitable.
11/12/2021
Africa’s first “chief heat officer” says Freetown could be a data-driven climate model
The standard chorus in climate change clarion calls is that the world needs to limit earth’s warming below 1.5° Celsius. But one of the ways to get people to care about this big, if abstract goal is to focus attention on relatable climate-related hazards, like extreme heat.
10/04/2021
Aviation: Germany opens world’s first plant for clean jet fuel
Sustainable fuels are seen as key to making carbon-neutral flying possible. But there are some major hurdles preventing these cleaner alternatives from getting off the ground.
11/10/2021
The Tentacled Butterfly Ray Comes Back from the Dead
Presumed extinct, scientists were shocked to find the species holding out in the water off Iran.
11/15/2021
Did COP26 Represent Any Meaningful Climate Progress?
Yes, but there is still a long way to go.
11/06/2021
B.C. makes big commitment to save old-growth trees from further logging
In British Columbia’s Nahmint Valley, an 11th-hour reprieve was issued this week for ancient forests that were slated for logging.
11/11/2021
London’s River Thames, now home to sharks, seals and sea horses, is no longer ‘biologically dead’
Some 60 years ago, parts of the River Thames were declared biologically dead. But the famous waterway that cuts through London has been revived and is now home to hundreds of wildlife species, such as sea horses and sharks.
11/11/2021
The man turning cities into giant sponges to embrace floods
Yu Kongjian can remember the day he nearly died in the river. Swollen with rain, the White Sand Creek had flooded the rice terraces in Yu's farming commune in China. Yu, just 10 then, ran excitedly to the river's edge.
11/05/2021
Overcoming the Obstacles to Clean Electricity
Wind and solar are important to our clean energy mix, but without baseload reliability, coal won’t go away.
11/06/2021