AvatarVoxAvatarAvatar19 hours agoAI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.verified_publisherVox - Brian CalvertThe energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it. In January, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its forecast for global energy use over the next two years. Included for the first time were projections for electricity consumption …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatar20 hours agoYes, even most temperate landscapes in the US can and will burnverified_publisherVox - Kylie MohrWildfire risk is increasing everywhere, especially in the East and South. Here’s a major reason why. Last month, a heat wave persisted for days in the Chilean coastal city of Viña del Mar. The landscape, already affected by an El Niño-supercharged drought, was baked dry. So, when wildfires sparked, …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarMeet the EPA’s new Choose Your Own Adventure! regulation for car pollutionverified_publisherVox - Umair IrfanHere’s what the federal rules mean for car companies, the climate, and you. The Environmental Protection Agency has officially cemented new pollution rules for cars, pickup trucks, vans, and SUVs that the Biden administration called the US’s strongest-ever clean vehicle regulations. The EPA says the …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarWhy did geologists reject the "Anthropocene" epoch? It’s not rock science.verified_publisherVox - Sigal SamuelThe battle proves that time is political, any way you cut it. Scientists have dealt the final blow in a long-running fight over one big question: Have humans messed up the Earth so badly that we’re now living in a new climate epoch? For 15 years, an intrepid band of geologists has been trying to …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarThe next big climate deadline is for meat and dairyverified_publisherVox - Kenny TorrellaIt’s a lot sooner than you think. For years, climate scientists have called for a phase-out of fossil fuels to avoid catastrophic global warming. Now, according to a first-of-its-kind survey of more than 200 environmental and agricultural scientists, we must also drastically reduce meat and dairy …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarJapan’s cherry blossoms are a marker of natural time — and how climate change is altering itverified_publisherVox - Bryan WalshThe age-old Japanese tradition of hanami has become a harbinger of change. For outsiders who can’t resist the urge to make sweeping generalizations that will later prove highly embarrassing, Japan provides particularly dangerous ground. As someone who spent parts of 2006 and 2007 as a foreign …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarvox-markverified_publisherVox• Israel-Hamas war • 2024 election • Tax season • The Oscars • Supreme Court • Winter warming • All explainers Future Perfect Top Stories Where is Kate Middleton? Her disappearance from public view is getting weirder. By Constance Grady Your guide to the 2024 Oscars 7 winners and 0 losers from the surprisingly delightful …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarCan we protect and profit from the oceans?verified_publisherVox - Julieta CardenasWhat the UN is missing with its plan to save the seas The ocean is home to most animal life on Earth. It’s also vital to human survival, regulating the climate, capturing 90 percent of the heat caused by carbon emissions, and producing 50 percent of the Earth’s oxygen. But most of the ocean is …
AvatarVoxMany coral reefs are dying. This one is exploding with life.verified_publisherVox - Benji JonesScientists recently observed a rare phenomenon on a reef in Cambodia that left them in awe — and filled them with hope. Once a year, after dark, a bit of magic happens in the ocean. In tropical waters worldwide, large chunks of coral — those colorful rocklike structures in shallow, coastal waters, …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarThe tropical disease that’s suddenly everywhereverified_publisherVox - Dylan ScottDengue is erupting in South America — and has even found its way to the US. Dengue (pronounced DEN-gay), a mosquito-borne illness that has circulated to a limited degree for centuries, is now spreading with unprecedented speed around the world. It’s a worrying example of how a changing climate and …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarAre we breaking the Atlantic Ocean?verified_publisherVox - Brian ResnickThe climate change scenario that could chill parts of the world, explained. Of all the potential consequences of global warming, one of the most unexpected is that temperatures in some parts of the world could plummet. A recent paper in Science Advances outlined a scenario where, given enough ice …
AvatarVoxAvatarAvatarBiden isn’t advertising America’s record oil boomverified_publisherVox - Nicole NareaBiden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it. The US is the largest crude oil producer in the world, pumping out nearly 13 million barrels on average every day in 2023, an all-time record, according to new data from the US Energy Information Administration. That’s an awkward …