Climate and Environment

Bees Can Soar Above 30,000 Feet: Here’s Why We Should Care
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Bees Can Soar Above 30,000 Feet: Here’s Why We Should Care

Forget everything you thought you knew about bee flight limitations. Scientists have discovered that some bumblebees can fly higher than Mount Everest, reaching simulated altitudes where most helicopters struggle to operate. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, tested alpine bumblebees from western China in controlled conditions that mimicked the oxygen-starved, low-pressure environment found at…

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…