Searching for ‘Forever Chemicals’ From an Endless Landfill Fire
[ad_1] Testing done by ADEM, Butler said, also did not assess water samples taken from sites closest to the dump. And while PFAS compounds are certainly common, he said, experts…
The Best Umbrellas to Help You Ride Out the Rain
[ad_1] There are a lot of umbrellas out there, and we’re always testing more. Here are a few others we like that didn’t quite make our list of top picks.…
The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
[ad_1] The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy…
Texas Is Already Running Out of Water
[ad_1] “However, if a system is permanently impaired it is also possible that recovery will not reach former levels,” Montagna said. Studies suggest that systems around Corpus Christi may already…
A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
[ad_1] A recent global study, which surveyed 10,000 young people from 10 countries, showed that nearly 60 percent of them were extremely worried about the future state of the planet.…
The White House Just Announced a $623 Million EV-Charging Bonanza
[ad_1] In California, the Bay Area’s Contra Costa County will get $15 million, for instance, to deploy more than 100 chargers at its libraries. In Alaska, the Chilkoot Indian Association…
Digitization Beats Deforestation
[ad_1] If you ever had pastries at breakfast, drank soy milk, used soaps at home, or built yourself a nice flat-pack piece of furniture, you may have contributed to deforestation…
How Your Body Adapts to Extreme Cold
[ad_1] Metabolic details matter to predict health in the modern world, Ocobock says. The same genetic programming that arose to protect someone in the Arctic—like high BMI and faster metabolism—could…
Forget Growth. Optimize for Resilience
[ad_1] Fleming believed that growth has natural limits. Things grow to maturity—kids into adults, saplings into trees, startups into full-fledged companies—but growth beyond that point is, in his words, a…
The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
[ad_1] There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes and baking heat waves, and prolonged parching droughts. In parts of…