Climate

23+ hour, 37+ min ago   (564+ words) Arizona's semiconductor industry is booming as the state faces a future with less water. Researchers are hoping to make every drop used in the water-intensive industry count — and then count again. Arizona State University researchers are working on ways to…...

3+ hour, 40+ min ago   (107+ words) This compilation serves as a fact check on the most widespread false claims made about climate change by the media in August, 2026. The post Climate Fact-Check August 2026 appeared first on Watts Up With That?. Guest Post by: The Committee for…...

24+ min ago   (71+ words) As global temperatures climb and weather patterns grow increasingly erratic, scientists are turning their attention to some of the smallest organisms on Earth as potential saviors of the world’s food supply. A new thematic collection published in the journal Discover…...

56+ min ago   (524+ words) Every year, the world brews billions of cups of coffee, and almost all of the spent grounds end up in landfills, where they slowly decompose and release methane....

17+ hour, 1+ min ago   (582+ words) Before you reach for a plastic food storage container, think again -- plastic containers have unique downsides that glass and metal containers don't. There are many reasons that plastic is so popular. It's fairly simple to produce and manufacture. It's cheap…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago   (70+ words) Peppers are among the world’s most valuable vegetable crops, prized for their culinary versatility, vibrant pigments, and nutritional content, yet they remain dangerously vulnerable to cold. Even brief exposure to chilling temperatures can disrupt membrane integrity, suppress photosynthesis, and throw…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (470+ words) Yggdrasil Urban Wildlife Rescue is asking Bay Area drivers who recently returned from the mountains to check their vehicles after two yellow-bellied marmots were found in the region. Both animals are recovering at the rescue center, and their origins have…...

3+ hour, 33+ min ago   (706+ words) Scientists investigating the damage caused by severe wildfires across Wales this summer say the impact has been "catastrophic". Extreme heat and exceptionally dry conditions throughout July and August left landscapes such as heathland, moorland and upland grasslands vulnerable to fast…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (1620+ words) He forgot to add words like “super” and “apocalyptic”. The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety in Brussels,…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (55+ words) Every farmer, grain trader, and food security planner in Europe knows the fear that hangs over a hot, dry summer. The catastrophic growing seasons of 2003 and 2018 showed how compound heat and drought can slash yields across entire continents, and climate…...