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An Engineering Experiment to Cool the Earth

April 5, 2024 - 06:01
A new technology is attempting to brighten clouds and bounce some of the sun’s rays back into space.
Categories: Climate

A Breakthrough in Plastic Recycling Is Coming Up Short

April 5, 2024 - 05:15
Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver.
Categories: Climate

‘Reglobalization’ to the Rescue?

April 5, 2024 - 05:04
The term, which emerged in response to calls for "deglobalization," has been popping up more in trade and policy circles.
Categories: Climate

Geoingeniería solar: desviar el sol contra el calentamiento global

April 5, 2024 - 03:00
Un ensayo en California está probando una máquina diseñada para reflejar la luz solar en el espacio con la finalidad de disminuir temporalmente las temperaturas del planeta.
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Is Traveling by Train Always Cleaner than Flying? It’s Complicated.

April 4, 2024 - 16:41
The surprising carbon footprint of an Amtrak trip across America.
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¿Ventisca? ¿Tormenta de nieve? ¿’Nor’easter’? ¿Cuál es la diferencia?

April 4, 2024 - 16:08
Cómo mantenerse a salvo cuando cae la nieve.
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Plan to Stash Pollution Beneath the Sea Could Save Money and Jobs

April 4, 2024 - 10:24
The Italian energy giant Eni sees future profits from collecting carbon dioxide and pumping it into natural gas fields that have been exhausted.
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Ocean Temperatures Suggest a Daunting 2024 Hurricane Season

April 4, 2024 - 10:01
An early forecast from one set of experts sees an above-average hurricane season that may rival the busiest years on record.
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Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants

April 4, 2024 - 05:05
The E.P.A. said the fund will spur a clean energy transition in overlooked communities. Republicans called it a “greendoggle.”
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Another A.I. Target: Food Waste

April 4, 2024 - 05:03
Artificial intelligence is peering into restaurant garbage pails and crunching grocery-store data to try to figure out how to send less uneaten food into dumpsters.
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As Wildfires Grow Fiercer, Some Companies Look to Rebuild the Tree Supply Chain

April 4, 2024 - 05:00
As forests succumb to ever-fiercer wildfires, the federal government and some adventurous private companies are trying to resuscitate an industry.
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Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress

April 4, 2024 - 00:01
Wildfires and agricultural expansion offset big gains in protecting tropical forests last year.
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I’m a Doctor. Dengue Fever Took Even Me by Surprise on Vacation.

April 3, 2024 - 09:56
Without urgent reforms to how we educate travelers, doctors, nurses and others, we are doomed to miss textbook dengue cases.
Categories: Climate

To Slow Global Warming, Scientists Test Solar Geoengineering

April 2, 2024 - 20:47
A trial in California is testing a machine designed to reflect sunlight back into space. “All my colleagues hope that we never use these things,” one researcher said.
Categories: Climate

How to make polluters pay

April 2, 2024 - 14:30
A new Vermont bill would create a “climate superfund.”
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Is It a Blizzard? A Nor’easter? And What’s the Difference?

April 2, 2024 - 11:40
How to stay safe when the snow is coming down.
Categories: Climate

Why Is There So Much Plastic Food Packaging?

April 2, 2024 - 05:02
As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you.
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5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

April 2, 2024 - 05:01
To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.
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Johnson Outlines Plan for Ukraine Aid; House Could Act Within Weeks

April 1, 2024 - 15:15
The G.O.P. speaker’s proposed conditions for sending a fresh infusion of military assistance to Kyiv are the strongest sign to date that he plans to defy critics in his own party and push through the aid package.
Categories: Climate

The New Climate Tech

April 1, 2024 - 11:11
Ambitious projects are trying to engineer the atmosphere.
Categories: Climate