Disturbing ‘Light Paintings’ Show All That Crap We’re Breathing In
The ugly truth is that, if you could see the quality of the air you breathe in many places, you wouldn’t go outside. But it’s important to highlight the insidious…
Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds
Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely…
Study Reveals Shrinking Timeframe to Contain Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees
Our global carbon budget to avoid permanently reaching 1.5 degrees of warming is smaller than we previously thought, new research says. A study published this week in the journal Nature…
How to Build a Heat-Resilient City
This story is co-published with Grist, and is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how—and where—we live. Totally Killer Exclusive Clip Off…
41 Million Americans Are Simmering on Urban Heat Islands
Try walking outside on a midsummer day in New York City. You’re sweating buckets. You can smell garbage rotting by the side of the road. The sunlight and heat seem…
Plant a Trillion Trees and Pump That Gas, House Speaker Says
Some Republicans are seemingly no longer denying that climate change isn’t real, and they have a plan to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Not, it’s not supporting a transition towards renewable…
Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says
Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban…
Attaching Massive Kites to Boats Will Help Slash Shipping Emissions
French company Airseas, has promised to help cargo ships reduce their fuel consumption, and cut their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 20%. And they’re doing this with the…
NASA Visualization Offers a Disturbing Glimpse of All That Carbon in Our Atmosphere
Animations created by NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio include images and videos showing what carbon emissions would look like if they were visible in our atmosphere. The videos of the swirling…
Chicago Has Some of the Worst Air Quality in the World, Blame Canada
A gust of wind from the great white north has pushed Canadian wildfire smoke down into the Midwest. Cities around the Great Lakes region are now shrouded in smoke. Skylines…