IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids
IEEE Spectrumby Pauleth Jaramillo5 Aug 2026
Today’s U.S. electrical grid, among the largest, most complex systems ever built, is operating at its limit.
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top 49%Everyone's afraid of mountain lions. The data says be afraid of deer instead.
Anthropocene Magazineby Warren Cornwall5 Aug 2026
When people talk about living near mountain lions, it’s usually about the threat they pose. But what if these big carnivores are also making us safer?
Who Gets to Decide the Fate of a Pristine Alaskan Rainforest?
Yale E360by August 55 Aug 2026
More than half a century ago, the U.S. Congress transferred 44 million acres of public lands in Alaska to for-profit Native corporations, which have been free to exploit those lands, including by...
Solving the solvent problem
MIT Newsby Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering4 Aug 2026
Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt...
Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Molly Lempriere4 Aug 2026
Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around the world as they work to meet increased demand.
A majority of Americans don't actually fit either climate camp
Anthropocene Magazineby Sarah DeWeerdt4 Aug 2026
Climate change is an extremely politically polarized topic in the United States, with Democrats generally concerned about human-caused climate change and Republicans more skeptical.
The World Adds a Third Terawatt of Solar Power
Yale E3604 Aug 2026
In March, the world passed a major energy milestone, adding its third terawatt of solar power. Increasingly, poorer countries are leading the shift to solar, analysts say.
Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has Power Over Is Falling Apart.
ProPublicaby Rachel Denny Clow4 Aug 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott responded with fury after Corpus Christi officials announced in March that this Gulf Coast region of more than 500,000 people could face unprecedented restrictions as its...
In an Already Broiling Summer, El Niño Is About to Turn Up the Heat
Yale E360by Fred Pearce3 Aug 2026
El Niño is expected to intensify in the weeks ahead, fueling more severe heat across the globe, according to the U.N. World Meteorological Organization.
Q&A: Does the world need ‘carbon capture and storage’ to reach net-zero? - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Josh Gabbatiss3 Aug 2026
When carbon dioxide (CO2) is released from a factory or power plant, the gas can be captured and permanently stored underground, preventing it from driving climate change.
In Mongolia, Looking Beyond the Snow Leopard | Blog | Nature | PBS
Nature | PBSby Amanda Bloom31 Jul 2026
Earlier this year, our WCS Mongolia team fitted a GPS collar to a snow leopard in Mongolia’s South Gobi. We named him Sukhee.
Abandoned Study of Australian Ash Trees Challenges Case for Clearcutting
Yale E360by Ted Williams31 Jul 2026
A landmark study of the towering ash trees that grow in the mountains of Victoria, Australia, which was launched in the 1980s, boosted arguments for clearcutting the iconic trees.
A spritz of nanoparticles could save tomatoes from salty soil
Anthropocene Magazineby Emma Bryce31 Jul 2026
Tomatoes are some of the most widely-produced and consumed crops worldwide. They’re also vulnerable to increasing soil salinity.
The Last of Earth’ and the real Himalaya of pundit explorers
Himal Southasianby Amish Raj Mulmi31 Jul 2026
AMONG ALL THE fabled gold mines of Tibet, the Thok Jalung mine in the Changthang plain of western Tibet – “a large desolate plain of which the prevailing color was reddish brown”, a Survey of India...
Growing Rapidly, Farmer Producer Units Now Have A Capital Problem
Behanboxby Jaideep Hardikar31 Jul 2026
Growing Rapidly, Farmer Producer Units Now Have A Capital Problem A women-led farmer producer company in Maharashtra’s drought-prone Dharashiv district reveals both the promise and the...
How to Easily Revive Wilted Hydrangeas {Enjoy Weeks Longer!}
Thrifty Decor Chickby noreply@blogger.com (Thrifty Decor Chick)31 Jul 2026
How to Easily Revive Wilted Hydrangeas {Enjoy Weeks Longer!} July 30, 2026 Share this This easy trick will give your wilting hydrangea blooms new life!
Concrete, Chaos and Chrysanthemums: How Urban Gardens Saved My Lower East Side
Narrativelyby Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo, PhD30 Jul 2026
Photos courtesy Jardin del Paraiso, Nelsy Maldonado, and the author. This story is part of our ongoing series From the Ground Up, a collaboration between Narratively and ScottsMiracle-Gro exploring...
If the sky doesn't relent, Centre must
New Indian Expressby P K Santhosh Kumar30 Jul 2026
The monsoon’s failure is no longer a forecast—it is a fact with a price attached. The previous month was the fifth driest June since records began in 1901, with all-India rainfall of 99.5 mm, about...
Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Jess Milligan30 Jul 2026
The general public often underestimate support for climate action, while overestimating the real-world actions taken by other people to address the problem, according to new research.
Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires - Carbon Brief
Carbon Briefby Carbon Brief Staff30 Jul 2026
In recent days, prominent climate sceptics and rightwing commentators have shared charts on social media incorrectly implying that Europe is having its “quietest” year for wildfires in 2026.