Climate Change

The Saturday afternoon following Election Day 2020 felt like a holiday Democratic voters feared would never happen. In cities across the country, interracial crowds, united in masked joy, rushed out of doors as soon as the major networks finally called the presidential race for Joe Biden. Where I live in…

The colorful banded Tepees are part of the Blue Mesa Member, a geological feature about 220 million to 225 million years old in the Chinle Formation in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. Credit: NPS How did rocks rust on Earth and turn red? A Rutgers-led study has shed new…

Annual wet-bulb Cooling Degree Days CDDwb (°C-days) in the baseline and the specific warming level scenarios. Credit: Energy and Buildings (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2020.110696 Space cooling already accounts for 14% of residential electricity demand in Brazil, and it is expected to increase further because of climate change. Very few studies investigate…

One of Tani Salma’s most vivid childhood memories is laying in his mother’s arms as she held him tightly. But in this memory she wasn’t singing him a lullaby or reading him a bedtime story — she was protecting him, as they laid under her bed, from the unrelenting winds…

JOSHIMATH, India (AP) — As hundreds of rescue workers scoured muck-filled ravines and valleys on Tuesday looking for survivors after the sudden collapse of a Himalayan glacier, distraught relatives gathered at the disaster site to search for family members, almost resigned to the likelihood they were dead. The disaster was…

Author of the article: Staff Reporter Publishing date: Feb 08, 2021  •  8 hours ago  •  2 minute read A very good dog does the very important of carrying a very big stick. Photo by Larry Wong /POSTMEDIA NETWORKArticle contentHave you noticed that it’s been a little bit brighter recently? The…

P rince William believes if young people should educate older relatives about the damage they cause to the environment it could really “change the tide” and create momentum for climate change. The Duke of Cambridge spoke out during a 45 minutes chat to seven young people named 2020's Young Champions…

“The Most Beautiful Boy in the World” filmmakers Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri knew it was vital that film subject Björn Andrésen return to Japan in his adulthood, years after the actor’s first experience there “terrified” him. The documentary follows Andrésen, once dubbed by the media as “the most beautiful…

By Hemal Jhaveri | February 5, 2021 6:27 pm The Los Angeles Dodgers signed 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer to a $102 million, three-year contract on Friday afternoon, making him the highest paid MLB player in 2021. Per USA TODAY Sports, the contract has an opt-out…

Home News Spaceflight NASA's current exploration strategy focuses on sending astronauts to the moon and robotic missions to Mars to prepare for eventual human missions to the Red Planet. (Image: © NASA) NASA has a big year ahead of it: Landing on Mars, further delivering on the promise of commercial…