Archive for May 2024
Scientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste
Biological solutions offer hope for tackling human-caused pollution — but only if government and industry significantly support getting those solutions out of the lab and into the real world.
Read MoreIn a Dammed and Diked Mekong, a Push to Restore the Flow
Facing increasing land subsidence, saltwater intrusion, and flooding linked with development, Vietnam has committed to changing its approach to managing the Mekong Delta. New initiatives call for retrofitting dikes and dams to restore flood regimes, using nature as a guide.
Read MoreHere’s where the Biden admin wants to build new power lines — ASAP
The Biden administration has unveiled its latest effort to expand the country's overburdened power grid: identifying 10 swaths of the country where it plans to wield a never-before-used federal authority to fast-track and fund major transmission grid projects. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy released a…
Read MoreA $100 million carbon-removal competition enters its final stage
Over 1,000 companies and research teams are now working to remove carbon dioxide from the sky or ocean and permanently lock it away — up from just a handful of ventures a decade ago. As the planet gets warmer and CO 2 levels keep rising , more scientists and entrepreneurs are searching for novel ways to keep Earth’s…
Read MoreSecrets from the rainforest’s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards
Small fragments of ancestral Amazonian culture are emerging from the ground in the backyards of homes in the rural and urban parts of Parintins, Amazonas: pieces of broken pots, chips with clear drawings, elaborately sculpted figures of human and nonhuman beings, decorative objects and burial urns — all made of pottery. Among these particles of […]
Read MoreMicrosoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
Inside the worker-led effort to get the world’s most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill.
Read MoreOne way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down
Read MoreThe surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI’s thirst?
Read MoreNASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to Shine
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from April 15-18, 2024. The coding challenge, celebrating its fifth year and a part of NASA’s Next Generation STEM […]
Read MoreNASA Challenge Gives Artemis Generation Coders a Chance to Shine
NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge (ADC), one of the agency’s Artemis Student Challenges, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston from April 15-18, 2024. The coding challenge, celebrating its fifth year and a part of NASA’s Next Generation STEM […]
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