We Already Have Planet-Cooling Technology. The Problem Is, It’s Killing Us.
The Agung volcano erupts, spewing magma and ash thousands of feet into the air on the island of Bali in Indonesia in November 2017.Josh Edelson/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A trope of sci-fi movies these days,…
Solar Jobs Fell for the First Time in 7 Years in 2017. Now Trump Could Make It Worse.
But on Jan. 22, President Donald Trump approved a 30 percent fee on all imported panels, decreasing by 5 percent per year over four years. The fee was in line with what the International Trade Commission recommended in October, a proposal Suniva called “disappointing” because it was not as aggressive as what the company requested.…
This New Company Wants You To Trade Your DNA Sequence for Cryptocurrency
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After about a year of development, a new biotech company, the brainchild of Harvard genomics pioneer George Church, emerged from the darkness this week, STAT News reported. It’s called Nebula Genomics, and it lets you buy and sell your genomic data using cryptocurrency. The core…
These Animals Are Tougher Than We Thought
Olin Feuerbacher/NPS Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The West is a challenging place to live these days, with fires and mudslides, droughts and heat waves—to say nothing of the political climate. But the West’s residents…
Study: Mammals May Be Better Equipped to Adapt to Climate Change
Are W/Flickr Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Project Earth/Fusion and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that slow and steady wins the race. But when it comes to adapting to changing environmental conditions, Aesop (the…
Researchers Just Found a Hidden Cause of California’s Smog Problem
LPETTET/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Despite its progressive environmental policies, the state of California actually has the worst air quality in the nation, according to a 2017 report from the American Lung Association. More specifically, California’s Central Valley, which produces one third of the country’s vegetables and two thirds…