As the record-breaking, months-long heatwave continues, a major glacial lake outburst in Pakistan has destroyed a bridge, two power stations, and inundated a community. High temperatures hastened ice and snowContinue Reading
According to the UN Global Assessment Study on Disaster Risk Reduction, which is entrusted with defining methods mankind might decrease catastrophic risk, the UN has produced yet another scary reportContinue Reading
One of the creators of CRISPR gene editing, a revolutionary new approach for engineering genetic code, believes the same techniques might be used to address some of the most pressingContinue Reading
Wildfires are becoming larger, hotter, and more common as the climate changes, from the Amazon to the Arctic. In 2019 and 2020, Australia’s forest fires scorched an area the sizeContinue Reading
People have a wide range of emotions when it comes to bitcoin. It’s the cryptocurrency that began it all, the source of a thousand jokes, a thousand more questions, aContinue Reading
Drought has altered the appearance and operation of Lake Mead, the reservoir of Hoover Dam. It’s at a historically low water level, therefore Hoover Dam is producing less energy thanContinue Reading
The combustion of fossil fuels, which today accounts for 86 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, is the primary cause of climate change. And, unless we make a speedy shift toContinue Reading
The third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report serves as a reminder of humanity’s tremendous arsenal of technology, know-how, and money, all of which are accessible and required forContinue Reading
