AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe Earth Will Feast on Dead CicadasWIRED - Celia FordTwo cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221 years. Birds, trees, and dirt are about to get the banquet of a …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatar2 days agoEnjoy Your Favorite Wine Before Climate Change Destroys ItWIRED - By Matt SimonExtreme heat and droughts are making it harder to grow grapes in many traditional regions. Here’s how scientists are helping the industry …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarThe Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their RootsWIRED - Matt SimonSome species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries essential for the renewable …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarEurope Is Struggling to Coexist With Wild BearsWIRED - Tristan KennedyA fatal bear attack in Slovakia reignited accusations that conservationists are protecting the animals at the expense of human safety. Experts argue …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarThe World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis PointWIRED - Matt SimonA new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarThe Undersea Art Gallery That Ensnares Illegal TrawlersWIRED - Tristan KennedyTrailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture project has turned …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarFlooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture HackWIRED - Bianca NogradyThe Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and create jobs. Arriving at the tidal wetlands …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarA Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate ChangeWIRED - Andrew KersleyToucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound. It started at a hackathon a few years ago near …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarScientists Are Tinkering With Clouds to Save the Great Barrier ReefWIRED - Sabrina WeissSuper-reflective clouds could shelter coral from scorching sunlight. But environmentalists are concerned that such plans could prolong our addiction …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarHow to Stay Cool Without Warming the PlanetWIRED - Sabrina WeissThe race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology. There is an insidious irony to climate change: as it gets hotter, more and more people …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarCitizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a TimeWIRED - Matthew PonsfordThe London-based social enterprise is turning regular people into at-home zookeepers. The large marsh grasshopper was once ever-present across Eastern …
AvatarWIREDAvatarAvatarThe World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, FastWIRED - Sabrina WeissThe shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries. It’s the year 2035 and electric cars are …