Global warming

SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year…

The word “processed” has become something of a slur.Say “processed food” and most of us picture unhealthy, cheap junk. Fresh food straight from the garden or the field is good. Once we’ve…

If you have ever heard of the claylike mineral known as zeolite, chances are you share your home with a cat. You may also know that it comes in a powder, and that it is good at wicking out…

Carbon dioxide emissions at the 2022 Winter Olympics (Throughout the preparation and post Games) The 16-day…

Is the future over? To some, it has been for some time. Ten years ago, the late critic Mark Fisher wrote of “the slow cancellation of the future” in his book, Ghosts of My Life, attributing…

The ConversationDec 07, 2021 14:35:46 IST The recent Glasgow climate pact committed 197 countries to “phas down unabated coal”. Unabated coal refers to when power stations or factories burn…

The ConversationDec 02, 2021 14:54:30 ISTBefore the end of this century, most of the Arctic will for the first time receive more rain than snow across a whole year. That’s one of the key…

Perhaps unsurprisingly, reactions to Morton have been intense and polarized. Hyperobjects has (and hyperobjects have) been called “pessimistic,” “provocative,” “disempowering,”…

The ConversationNov 07, 2021 11:48:34 ISTGlobal carbon dioxide emissions are expected to increase to almost 2019 levels this year, upending last year’s unprecedented drop caused by COVID-19…

The ConversationNov 03, 2021 17:48:10 ISTIn the Paris Agreement, countries committed to seek to limit the increase in temperature to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels. However, even if…