Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals worldwide, according to a major report released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.Continue Reading
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. Access was halted for about an hour, and the army was called in toContinue Reading
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A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as Traitor 47 seeks to shut it down. (Image credit: Steve Helber)Continue Reading
Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under Traitor 47 to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradationContinue Reading
Lawyers for the oil giant argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that the matter belongs in federal court. But the heavily Republican state responded that a $744.6 million jury award in state court should stand. By Lee Hedgepeth A jury in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, thought it had putContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration is pulling the United States out of dozens of international organisations, including key UN agencies and the treaty underpinning global climate talks, marking a deepening retreat from multilateral cooperation and drawing sharp criticism from diplomats and climate experts…Continue Reading
From left to right, NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. NASA Media accreditation is open for the launch of NASA’s 12th rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft carrying astronauts to the InternationalContinue Reading
For more than 25 years, humans have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, conducting research that is transforming life on Earth and shaping the future of exploration. From growing food and sequencing DNA to studying disease and simulating Mars missions, every experiment aboard the orbiting laboratory expandsContinue Reading
Amanda Clayton Projects Manager, DEVELOP National Program, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Amanda has been the Projects Manager for the NASA DEVELOP Program since October 2018. Prior to that she was a DEVELOP Project Coordination Fellow/Senior Fellow at NASA LaRC and DEVELOP participant at NASA GSFC. She holdsContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses for a portrait inside his crew quarters aboard the International Space Station’s Harmony module. NASA NASA astronaut Mike Fincke handed over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at 2:35 p.m. EST today. The traditional Change of Command Ceremony precedes theContinue 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
Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that when iron is scarce, phytoplankton waste energy and photosynthesis falters. Climate-driven changes may reduce iron delivery to the oceans, weakening the base of marine food chains. Over time, thisContinue Reading