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Thomas Zurbuchen in Quanta: Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We see its light every day. For centuries, scientists have tracked the dark spots dappling its
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Daniel Immerwahr in The Guardian: The German forester Peter Wohlleben’s surprise bestseller, The Hidden Life of Trees (published in English in 2016), has inaugurated a new tree discourse, which sees
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The US plans to land astronauts on the Moon in 2026, the first time since 1972. By Richard Windsor at The Week: The US federal government has asked Nasa to
Plastic Pollution and Climate Change Have Common Culprits – and Similar Solutions Nearly 200 countries have agreed that a treaty must tackle plastic pollution at every stage of its existence,
Mark Blacklock at Literary Review: Evidently, the time is ripe for a survey of the branch of cultural production concerned with the end of the world. And yet, as Lynskey
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The Environmental Fine Art Landscape Photographer John Paul Caponigro continues to revisit an ongoing series he began in the late 1990s. Obsessed with color, the Resonance series “possesses my works’
The giggle factor is finally history. Adam Frank at Aeon: After decades on the cultural margins, the question of life in the Universe beyond Earth is having its day in
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There’s “a realistic possibility” that insects, octopuses, crustaceans, fish and other overlooked animals experience consciousness, experts declare. Dan Falk in Quanta Magazine: In 2022, researchers at the Bee Sensory and Behavioral
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Don’t blame it on cloud seeding – the storm was far too big to be human-made Richard Washington at The Conversation: Early on Tuesday morning, April 16, the chat network
And these efforts cannot be simply country-based. They must be geared to achieve global goals for net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Michael Olabisi of Michigan State University explains how the
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by Christian Schroeder at Singularity Hub: The origin of life on Earth is still enigmatic, but we are slowly unraveling the steps involved and the necessary ingredients. Scientists believe life
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McKinsey research shows that carbon dioxide removal, or CDR, could play a vital role in combating hard-to-abate emissions. These emissions are considered hard to abate because they come from activities
Continue readingDecarbonization is the Most Critical Response to Climate Change–But is it Enough?