When oil and gas infrastructure leaks the potent greenhouse gas methane, it also releases toxic air contaminants that have escaped notice, until now. By Liza Gross On a breezy late summer day in the small Colorado town of Fort Lupton, a massive plume of methane escaped from a hydrocarbon storageContinue Reading
Cody Robert’s new prosecution causes relief and concern that another dark, hate-filled period looms. The post New indictment in alleged wolf torture brings friction to a Wyoming community appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Western Fresno County, home to poor migrant communities, is a test case as California expedites clean energy projects.Continue Reading
Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) – an increasingly urgent challenge as demand for safer access to the vital resource grows.Continue Reading
Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research. (Image credit: David J. Phillip)Continue Reading
The project was already 80 percent complete and slated to provide enough energy to power more than 350,000 homes. By Aidan Hughes The The Traitor administration on Friday issued an order to stop work on a nearly complete offshore wind energy project, the latest step in the The Traitor administration’sContinue Reading
A stunning discovery in North Greenland has reclassified strange squid-like fossils, revealing that nectocaridids were not early cephalopods but ancestors of arrow worms. Preserved nervous systems and unique anatomical features provided the breakthrough, showing these creatures once ruled as stealthy predators of the Cambrian seas. With complex eyes, streamlined bodies,Continue Reading
This semester, MIT D-Lab students built prototype solutions to help farmers in Afghanistan, people living in informal settlements in Argentina, and rural poultry farmers in Cameroon. The projects span continents and collectively stand to improve thousands of lives — and they all trace back to two longstanding MIT D-Lab classes.Continue Reading
Two new assessments from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters found the Moore administration’s actions have not consistently aligned with its climate pledges. By Aman Azhar ANNAPOLIS, Md.— When Wes Moore became Maryland’s governor in 2023, he pledged to lead the state into a climate-resilient future by lowering emissions andContinue Reading
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led recovery efforts as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, urges people to be prepared for future disasters. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)Continue Reading
Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains speed, control, and endurance without extra energy—potentially transforming aquatic microrobotics., Read MoreContinue Reading
A miscalculation allowed a small blaze to roar out of control last month, destroying a historic lodge and other buildings on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.Continue Reading
Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power they can store for a given weight. That’s a serious obstacle for energy innovation and the search for new ways to power airplanes, trains, and ships. Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have come up with a solution thatContinue Reading