“We are able to quantify how outcomes would have been different in real events,” says de Guzman. “I know that projections are for a higher number of extreme heat days in each of these communities.” In other words: The time to act is now. Tall trees provide shade, for one, but plants in general release … Read more
It seems like everything causes cancer these days, and now researchers are learning how our cars may expose us all to potentially cancer-causing chemicals. As it turns out, some of the toxic chemicals used to treat car seat foam and slow the spread of fires can “off-gas” and release into the air inside of a … Read more
For many western Canadians, feasting on peaches, cherries and other fresh fruit from the Okanagan is one of the highlights of the summer. But produce retailers say due to some extreme temperature swings in the B.C. interior in January, they’re being forced to look elsewhere for fresh fruit this year. The growers call it a … Read more
A building of Stockholm Exergi in Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 5, 2022. He Miao | Xinhua | Getty Images Microsoft signed a deal to remove to permanently remove 3.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide with Swedish energy company Stockholm Exergi, the companies announced on Monday. The contract with Microsoft is the world’s largest carbon removal … Read more
So the demand is there, as is growing support from the federal and state governments. What’s lagging is the workforce—at least temporarily. And the US is nowhere near alone: Wherever heat pump adoption is growing, more workers need to train up to meet demand. “If you look at a place like, say, Finland, where pretty … Read more
Rebekah Alstede Modery, left, and Sarah Alstede, sisters and co-owners of Alstede Farms in Chester, New Jersey. Courtesy: Alstede Farms Sisters Rebekah Alstede Modery and Sarah Alstede were raised on a New Jersey farm. This year, they decided to spend their careers there, too. Rebekah graduated in 2023 with a double major in agricultural business … Read more
VanWalleghem said there is room to push costs down as the company gains experience from these first few plants. The storage systems have a projected lifespan of about 50 years, which is an important data point when comparing it to battery systems, which have much shorter lives, he said. Yiyi Zhou, an analyst for BloombergNEF, … Read more
Whether you believe in climate change or not, you can’t deny that life on Earth has faced increasingly frequent and intense weather anomalies in recent years. More people across the United States and the world have been subjected to unprecedented levels of rain, and more frequent and powerful storms causing flooding, mud slides, and dangerous … Read more
A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang’e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan Province on May 3, 2024. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images China on Friday launched a space probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon … Read more
Three main factors converge to intensify hurricanes. The first is that as the world in general warms, so too do the oceans. Water evaporating off the surface rises, releasing heat that fuels the developing hurricane. The warmer a patch of ocean water is, the more energy a cyclone has to exploit. If a hurricane like … Read more
