Rattan Lal, one of the world’s most renowned soil scientists, says yes. By Anika Jane Beamer DES MOINES, Iowa—The World Food Prize Foundation gathered hundreds of scientists, farmers and innovators in the agrifood industry last week to address a pressing question: How can we better feed the world’s hungry?Continue Reading
Thanks to federal policy changes, the U.S. electric vehicle market is in disarray. Whether it is facing an existential threat, however, remains to be seen.Continue Reading
El laboratorio donde Oppenheimer desarrolló la bomba atómica es el eje del esfuerzo de EE. UU. por modernizar sus armas nucleares. Pero el centro ha enfrentado incidentes de contaminación, interrupciones de obras e infraestructuras obsoletas. The post La carrera armamentística nuclear pone a prueba el laboratorio de Los Álamos appearedContinue Reading
Researchers in Japan have revealed how some gourds draw pollutants into their fruits. The secret lies in a protein that carries contaminants through the plant sap. By manipulating this protein’s structure, scientists hope to breed crops that resist contamination or serve as natural soil purifiers. This finding bridges food safetyContinue Reading
This spring, J-PAL North America — a regional office of MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) — launched its first ever Learning Lab, centered on climate action. The Learning Lab convened a cohort of government leaders who are enacting a broad range of policies and programs to support theContinue Reading
Some experts believe CKD is the first chronic illness directly linked to climate change. By Gina Jiménez, Public Health Watch Two years ago, Ignacio, a construction worker in Houston, began having frequent headaches and fatigue. Then 40, he initially didn’t go to a doctor because he was uninsured. His wifeContinue Reading
As Hurricane Melissa moved north of Jamaica on Wednesday, the head of the UN team there said that preliminary damage assessments from the category 5 storm showed a level of devastation “never seen before” on the Caribbean island.Continue Reading
As batteries have gotten cheaper and more powerful, they have enabled the electrification of everything from vehicles to lawn equipment, power tools, and scooters. But electrifying homes has been a slower process. That’s because switching from gas appliances often requires ripping out drywall, running new wires, and upgrading the electrical box.Continue Reading
Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels. By Jake Bolster Surging electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence is putting humanity’s climate goals out ofContinue Reading
UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls, they showed that humans changed about twice as much as expected. The findings suggest that both cognitive andContinue Reading
In a first-of-its-kind judgment under EU consumer law, a Paris civil court last week ruled that parts of a 2021 rebrand by the French oil giant TotalEnergies misled consumers with claims that it could be a carbon-neutral company by mid-century, even though it has continued to make its main business oilContinue Reading
Major Canadian environmental organizations, as well as an assortment of civil society organizations with considerable stakes in the fight against climate change, are using the services of lobbyists who also represent some of Canada’s biggest polluters. This, according to a groundbreaking new report published by FMinus, an American accountability monitorContinue Reading
Developing countries are receiving less than 10 per cent of the money they need to adapt to a world increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather – putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk, the UN revealed on Wednesday.Continue Reading