Though it’s Saturday at Nevada’s desert-based Burning Man event “Dawn brought a growing realization for attendees that they might not be going home as planned, given rain forecast for later Saturday into Sunday…” reports the Reno Gazette-Journal. “Mo…

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Early human ancestors came close to eradication in a severe evolutionary bottleneck between 800,000 and 900,000 years ago, according to scientists. A genomics analysis of more than 3,000 living peo…

The centenary of the Great Kanto earthquake brings angst, and lessons for the world. From a report: Every year on September 1st, Japan’s ministers trek by foot to the prime minister’s office to take part in a crisis simulation. Across the country, loca…

Shell PLC has quietly abandoned its plan to spend $100 million a year on carbon credits, “which is the largest offset program among corporations,” notes CarbonCredits.com. The move comes six months after its new CEO Wael Sawan took office. From the rep…

Cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco shave an average of 2.2 years off lifespans globally. But merely breathing — if the air is polluted — is more damaging to human health. From a report: That is the conclusion of a report published Tuesday by…

The United States has enough geothermal energy to power the entire country. Some are trying to unlock it by using techniques from the fracking boom. From a report: Traditional geothermal plants, which have existed for decades, work by tapping natural h…

Using data collected from the International Space Station (ISS), scientists found that a small yet growing percentage of tree leaves in tropical forests are approaching the maximum temperature threshold for leaves to photosynthesize,” reports Live Scie…

An anonymous reader shares a report: German goals to cut greenhouse emissions by 65% by 2030 are likely to be missed, meaning a longer-term net zero by a 2045 target is also in doubt, reports by government climate advisers and the Federal Environment A…

The G20 poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite having promised to reduce some of it, a report has found. The Guardian: The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and gas in 20 of the world’s biggest economies re…

The hazards are many. And they seem to come in all forms. From a report: The southwestern U.S. is reeling from record rainfall and extensive flooding from a rare tropical storm. Much of the central and southern parts of the country are in the grips of …