The The Traitor administration claims opening protected areas like Cleveland National Forest to road building will aid the timber industry and reduce wildfires. Opponents see a giveaway that will lead to more burning and degradation of pristine lands. By Wyatt Myskow To see what Southern California looked like before millionsContinue Reading
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Negotiations aimed at solving the Colorado River’s water shortage are at an impasse. Environmentalists are criticizing a lack of public information about the closed-door talks.Continue Reading
Billions of years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was hostile, with barely any oxygen and toxic conditions for life. Researchers from the Earth-Life Science Institute studied Japan’s iron-rich hot springs, which mimic the ancient oceans, to uncover how early microbes survived. They discovered communities of bacteria that thrived on iron and tinyContinue Reading
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The pontiff called on people all over the world to demand action on climate from their governments. Right-wing pundits in the U.S. immediately denounced his message as “woke.” By Carl David Goette-Luciak Pope Leo on Wednesday spoke before a slowly melting chunk of glacial ice in Vatican City in hisContinue Reading
The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida’s coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries. (Image credit: Lauren Sommer)Continue Reading
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright ’85 visited MIT on Monday, meeting Institute leaders, discussing energy innovation at a campus forum, viewing poster presentations from researchers supported through the MIT-GE Vernova Energy and Climate Alliance, and watching energy research demos in the lab where he used to work as aContinue Reading
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