Climate and Environment

Earth’s Subtle Tilt Is Pointing Us Toward the Next Ice Age
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Earth’s Subtle Tilt Is Pointing Us Toward the Next Ice Age

If Earth’s climate were left to its own devices, we’d be on a slow, steady path toward another ice age — one that would bury much of the Northern Hemisphere under massive ice sheets in about 10,000 years. That prediction isn’t guesswork. It’s based on cycles that have repeated for nearly a million years, driven…

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Scientists Turn Raindrops Into Clean Energy Using Breakthrough Discovery

Scientists have discovered a way to transform one of nature’s most abundant resources into clean electricity, utilizing technology that was previously considered impossible just a few years ago. While millions of raindrops fall harmlessly to the earth every day, researchers have discovered a hidden energy potential that could revolutionize our approach to renewable power generation. …

Global Warming Is Spiraling: Earth Could Heat Up by 7°C by 2200, Scientists Warn
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Global Warming Is Spiraling: Earth Could Heat Up by 7°C by 2200, Scientists Warn

What happens when a fever doesn’t break? When the body keeps getting hotter, even after you’ve stopped what caused it in the first place? That’s where Earth is now. A system running hotter each year, even as efforts to cool it down lag behind. For the first time in recorded history, there’s a two-in-three chance…