Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?
"Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate." … more »
"Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have time to prevent that fate." … more »
"Humanity is slowly losing access to the night sky, and astronomers have invented a new term to describe the pain associated with this loss: “noctalgia,” meaning “sky grief.” … more »
"Physicists and philosophers recently met to debate a theory of consciousness called panpsychism." … more »
"Doctors are dying by suicide at higher rates than the general population. Somewhere between 300 to 400 physicians a year in the US take their own lives, the equivalent of one medical school graduating class annually." … more »
"Housing advocates insist that the solution is to force growth into existing neighborhoods. Yet the state’s supposedly pro-development new housing laws have yet to produce more homes at a scale sufficient to address the affordability crisis. Across every demographic analyzed, respondents preferred suburban, single-family home development." … more »
"The last stop: what happens when a US city’s subway starts to die? Once a national model for sustainability, San Francisco’s Bart is facing a dire future as ridership slumps. What lessons does it hold for the city, and for the promises of public transportation?" … more »
"Coal is Still King - Coal still leads the charge when it comes to electricity, representing 35.4% of global power generation in 2022, followed by natural gas at 22.7%, and hydroelectric at 14.9%." … more »
"August US housing starts fell to its lowest level in three years in a worrying sign for the economy. The slowdown in homebuilding activity comes as mortgage rates continue to linger above 7%. The sharp drop in housing starts is concerning because housing has been one of the pillars of the economy." … more »
"The majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are likely junk." … more »
"The Las Virgenes Municipal Water District recently partnered with California-based OceanWell to study the feasibility of harvesting drinking water from desalination pods placed on the ocean floor to establish the nation’s first-ever “blue water farm.” … more »