As a result of the broader campaign by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to dramatically clear-cut the funding of dozens of federal agencies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced that they will be cancelling numerous space missions andread more
June 2024 marked the twelfth consecutive month that the average global temperature was 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the pre-industrial average, according to Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. This string of record-high temperatures marks a trend that, if it is to continue into the years to come, could mean that we areread more
A new study published in The Lancet is forecasting a “jaw-dropping” decline in the planet’s population by 2100, with the number of people in 23 countries expected to drop by half by the end of the century. While fewer humans using up fewer resources might sound like a good thing, the study’sread more
An effort to rid the oceans of plastic waste that was launched seven years ago has finally borne fruit: the nonprofit organization The Ocean Cleanup reports that one of their ships was able to successfully gather plastic pollution from their proof-of-concept prototype operating in the Pacific Ocean—including tires, microplastics, ghostread more