OXYGEN LOSS PROBLEM
Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, weakening natural processes that help regulate[…]
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Month: July 2026
HELPFUL HEAT FLOW
Electricity can dramatically reshape how heat flows through certain ceramic materials, increasing heat conduction by almost threefold in a preferred[…]
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CANADIAN WILDFIRES
Accelerating climate change makes wildfires bigger, hotter, and more destructive. Canada, with more than a quarter of the world’s boreal[…]
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COLORADO RIVER CRISIS
Lake Powell, the US’s second-largest reservoir, threatens to plunge to unprecedentedly low levels this year after a historically bleak snowpack[…]
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PLASTIC TURNED INTO HYDROGEN
A new device, using simple methods and materials, uses sunlight to break down plastic waste and turn it into hydrogen.[…]
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GOOD NEWS FOR COFFEE LOVERS
An energy-efficient espresso is made without heat and 75% less energy. Ultrasonic sound waves are applied to turn room temperature[…]
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GRAPPLING WITH GEOENGINEERING
Using geoengineering to cool the planet might create problems. Cloud seeding over the eastern Pacific and introducing aerosols into the[…]
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SPECIAL USE OF SUNLIGHT
A new sunlight-powered solid-state material converts visible light into higher-energy UV light, enabling cleaner air purification, solar-driven chemistry, and advanced[…]
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JUST SOME OF THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE
Extreme heat widens blood vessels, flushes fluid out of the bloodstream, forcing the heart to pump too much blood per[…]
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