It was October, at the beginning of Amazon’s “peak season”— the long run-up to the holidays when package volume begins to swell. It was my second night working as a “jam breaker” in a facility known as PIT9, an automated sortation center located in the woods near Pittsburgh International Airport.Continue Reading
“When I use a word,“ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.“— Lewis Carroll, “Through the Looking Glass“ When Traitor 47 signed Executive Order 14160 on Jan. 20, declaring an end to birthright citizenship under theContinue Reading
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “I don’t see a future for myself in this country. If I leave Haiti, it’s to save my life and plan for the future. Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave,” says Maximilien Duclair, one of many young people struggling to find an income in Haiti’s capital, where gang violenceContinue Reading
The Kansas City Chiefs, winners of four Super Bowls and one of the sporting world’s most prominent franchises, will leave their longtime home in Missouri and play in the neighboring Sunflower State starting in 2031, team officials said on Monday, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Sharon Barbour Health correspondent A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, officials have warned. Healthcare providers received a patient safety alert earlier this month that the shortage followed manufacturing issues concerning epidural bags. Hospitals are being sent substitutes bags for theContinue Reading
A new version of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS is available to download. The elementary OS 8.1 ‘Circe’ release is built atop a Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS base and runs the Linux 6.14 kernel by default. A raft of improvements to the Pantheon desktop environment, core apps, and the wider user experienceContinue Reading
Aviation’s climate impact is partly due to contrails — condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through icy and humid layers of the atmosphere. Contrails trap heat that radiates from the planet’s surface, and while the magnitude of this impact is uncertain, several studies suggest contrailsContinue Reading
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 15 min read Sentinels in the Sky: 50 Years of GOES Satellite Observations Introduction In an era where satellite observations of Earth areContinue Reading
Students enrolled in MIT’s New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program recently collaborated across academic disciplines to design and construct a solar-powered charging station. Positioned in a quiet campus courtyard, the station provides the MIT community with climate-friendly power for phones, laptops, and tablets. Its installation marked the “first time aContinue Reading
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 12 min read Keeping Up with PACE: Summary of the 2025 PAC3 Meeting Introduction Launched in Feb. 2024, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, oceanContinue Reading
Explore This Section Earth Earth Observer Editor’s Corner Feature Articles Meeting Summaries News Science in the News Calendars In Memoriam Announcements More Archives Conference Schedules Style Guide 7 min read Sentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height Record Introduction On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force BaseContinue Reading
Patrick Taylor Research Scientist, Climate Science Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Patrick Taylor, a research scientist at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center and member of the Radiation Budget Science Project. Dr. Taylor received Bachelor of Science in Earth Science from California UniversityContinue Reading
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