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The SS United States, a historic ocean liner that once held the transatlantic speed record of 36 knots (41 mph / 66 kph), has departed Philadelphia to be transformed into the world’s largest artificial reef off Florida’s Gulf Coast. The move is part of…
The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.
“For nearly a year now, a bizarre heating event has been unfolding across the world’s oceans,” reports Wired.
“In March 2023, global sea surface temperatures started shattering record daily highs and have stayed that way since…”
Brian McNoldy, a h…
An article in the Washington Post remembers a 1980s-era “glass box with metal water pipes running through it” that “converted sunlight into hot water. By trapping solar energy like a greenhouse, it heated the water to a scorching 180 degrees Fahrenheit…
This summer 80 million Americans were experiencing 105-degree heat. And tonight the Washington Post identifies what was unique about 2023’s weather: “the heat’s all-consuming relentlessness.
“It went day by day, continent by continent, until people a…
It was a half a century ago that America passed legislation to protect vanishing species and their habitats — and since then, more than five dozen species have recovered. Just one example: In 1963 only 417 nesting pairs of bald eagles were found …
Large earthquakes are always followed by aftershocks — a series of smaller but still potentially damaging quakes produced as the ground readjusts. But how long does it take for the aftershocks to die out? A new study suggests some areas can experience…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as the world’s poorest two-thirds, or five billion people, according to an analysis published Su…
An anonymous reader shares a report: In recent years, lots of American companies have gotten behind a potential climate solution called carbon capture and storage, and the Biden administration has backed it with billions of dollars in tax incentives an…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: On Oct. 9, 2022, telescopes in space picked up a jet of high energy photons careening through the cosmos toward Earth, evidence of a supernova exploding 1.9 billion light-years away. Such eve…