The KATRIN neutrino experiment is located on the grounds of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. (KATRIN Photo) Article by Alan Boyle via GeekWire Scientists from the University of Washington and other institutions around the world say they’ve reduced the upper limit for the mass of...
Photo by Harry Campbell (TIME) Article by Adam Hermann, via TIME There can be no discussion about climate change without a meaningful conversation about public health. As leading health experts have affirmed, the climate crisis is a threat multiplier, particularly for communities suffering from environmental...
The 3.8-million-year-old skull of the early human was unearthed in Ethiopia (AFP Photo/HO) Article via Robbie COREY-BOULET via Yahoo / AFP A "remarkably complete" 3.8-million-year-old skull of an early human has been unearthed in Ethiopia, scientists announced Wednesday, a discovery that has the potential to alter...
Photo Rajesh Kumar Singh via AP Photo Article by Biswajeet Banerjee via Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — More than a million Indians planted 220 million trees on Friday in a government campaign to tackle climate change and improve the environment in the country's most populous state. Forest official...
Photo by Todd Korol( BLOOMBERG NEWS) Article by Bloomberg News, via DAILY REPUBLIC The hemp fields sprouting in a part of Canada best known for its giant oil patch show how climate change is disrupting the construction industry. Six years after setting up shop in the...
Photo by Christoph Hrdinka, CC Article by McKinley Corbley via goodnewsnetwork.org For the first time in history, wind energy accounted for more electrical usage in Texas than coal. The Electrical Reliability Council of Texas, which manages about 90% of the electrical flow in the state, released a report earlier...
Photo by Lorie Shaull via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Article by Laura M. Holson, via The New York Times Hollywood has produced quite a few fictionalized depictions of dramatic climate change. Scores of people die after Manhattan freezes in 2004’s “The Day After Tomorrow.” In “Geostorm,” released...
Photo by Lode Van de Velde via PublicDomainPictures.net (CC0 1.0) Article by Kashmira Gander, via Newsweek As scientists work to stem the tide of antibiotic resistance, the authors of a study believe an ingredient in cannabis could one day form the basis of a new drug. Antibiotic, or...
Photo by Dennis van Zuijlekom via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Article by Millicent Dent and Chris Martin, via Bloomberg Nearly half the world’s electricity will come from renewable energy by 2050 as costs of wind, solar and battery storage continue to plummet. That titanic shift over the next...
Photo by Bob Nichols Article via sciencedaily.com Published in PLOS ONE, the University of Minnesota-led study, conducted with researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Copenhagen, used weather and reported crop data to evaluate the potential impact of observed climate change. The researchers found that: observed climate...