Wyoming may resume collecting data in the Green River and Little Snake River basins as part of a future Upper Colorado River Basin project. By Jake Bolster Wyoming has shelved a state-funded project to measure water use in the Green River and Little Snake River basins after it could notContinue Reading
It takes a long time to build new nuclear plants. So, some U.S. companies are looking to get more electricity out of reactors that already exist.Continue Reading
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.Continue Reading
$228 billion is a staggering amount of money to find, but that’s exactly what communities around the world are faced with every year, to rebuild housing after disaster strikes.Continue Reading
Poor management of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste threatens “many, if not all, human rights,” the newly appointed independent human rights independent expert on the rising threat told the Human Rights Council on Monday. Continue Reading
Coral reefs are facing increasing threats around the globe. But on a remote Pacific island, scientists have found that reefs can get help from a surprising ally: seabirds. (Image credit: Claire Harbage)Continue Reading
“This tomato is blowing my mind,” says Nermine Hassanin. The MIT graduate student in architecture is marveling at the fruit in her salad. She and several MIT School of Architecture and Planning classmates had spent their morning working at Hannan Healthy Foods Farm in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and then harvested theContinue Reading
A colorful crew of activists helped spur moratorium votes in 10 communities next month. Now, they’re aiming for a statewide ban. By Dan Gearino COLUMBUS, Ohio—A four-hour legislative committee hearing in June, punctuated by applause and anger, offered a window into the growing backlash against data centers.Continue Reading
The nets for Alaska’s massive pollock fishery also catch salmon and other marine lifeContinue Reading
Coral reefs are facing increasing threats around the globe. But on a remote Pacific island, scientists have found that reefs can get help from a surprising ally: seabirds. (Image credit: Claire Harbage)Continue Reading
In heat wave-like temperatures, coast redwoods’ photosynthesis slows down, which may put one of Earth’s most efficient carbon storers in jeopardy., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California is as stunning as it is diverse, with storms from the Pacific Ocean dumping rain and snow on the range’s western slopes while arid conditions mark much of its eastern face. David Des Marais, MIT’s Amgen Career Development Associate Professor, knows the mountainsContinue Reading
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed a remarkable formation in Madagascar that looks surprisingly similar to the Moon’s bright highlands. Made of anorthosite, a rock abundant on the lunar surface, the formation dates back at least 600 million years and bears the scars of ancient continental collisions., ReadContinue Reading