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Climate Change
We've wasted our time and resources ideologically policing and punishing each other for far too long. Here's a better route to prosperity.
We're all entitled to our own opinions, no matter how ill-informed they are. But facts are facts; we can't just choose the ones we prefer.
The primary causes of global climate change are all due to human activity. Adding aerosols to our atmosphere only exacerbates the problem.
Retrofitting America's aging dams for hydropower — while removing ecologically harmful ones — may be a productive path forward.
With a flurry of threats to scientists, science funding, and health policy, the USA now faces a crisis reminiscent of Soviet-era Lysenkoism.
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“In our current social and physical climate, there's a sense of fatalism, a fear that bringing someone new into the world might be a bad thing.”
The nation-state had a good run, but its usefulness may have come to an end.
In 8,000-mile journey, a male humpback ditches Colombia for Tanzania — however, scientists don’t know why he made the trip.
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“We've engineered a volatile world where Starbucks is completely unchanging from year to year, but democracies are collapsing and rivers are drying up.”
And can we run the grid of the future without AI?
Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.
A deep dive into missing data and the limitations of disaster databases.
Great tidal ranges are relatively rare on a global scale — and can be very deadly to the unsuspecting foreshore walker.
The US needs 28 million EV chargers by 2030. Here’s how it can get there.
Dinosaurs and other beasts were once thought to be the “undisputed masters” of Venus.
Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality.
Australia's AAPowerLink boasts three global superlatives: largest solar farm, largest battery, and longest power cable.
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.
Think twice before stepping on that crunchy top layer of soil.
It would get rid of our hazardous, radioactive, and pollutive waste for good, but physics tells us it's a losing strategy for elimination.
The laws of physics aren't changing. But the Earth's conditions are different than what they used to be, and so are hurricanes as a result.
The salinity of the oceans is not just a matter of taste. Saltier water behaves differently, too.
You could call this rectangle covering parts of Iran, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula the “Oven Window.”
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“You can find examples of really big environmental problems that we've already solved.” Climate change is solvable, argues Hannah Ritchie.
The lithium-ion alternatives could help create a safer, greener future.
In the 1970s, James Lovelock proposed that the biosphere was not just green scruff quivering on Earth's surface. Instead, it managed to take over the geospheres.
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“We wouldn’t be able to talk about minerals if it weren’t for the minerals themselves.” Mineralogist Bob Hazen explains how Earth’s rocks can teach us about our planet’s technicolor history.
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Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?
Thanks to the Coriolis force, hurricanes never cross the equator.