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With an estimated less than 10 individuals alive, the vaquita porpoise of the Gulf of California is on the brink of extinction. Entanglement in gill nets used for fishing totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez has been the prime…
The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, offering what it calls “energy as a service.”
Weak regulation is to blame for disastrous failures in relation to pollution. But there are solutions if people get behind them A study suggesting that as many as 168m light-up Christmas ornaments and similar items could be thrown out in…
Patrick Rea Geospatial Coordination Lead, Contractor, Disaster Response Coordination System, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Mr. Patrick Rea, a Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. employee, will be serving as the Geospatial Coordination Lead within the DRCS Program Office where he…
Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena…
Environmental activists remain jailed in Cambodia on Human Rights Defenders Day In honor of Human Rights Defenders Day on Dec. 9, Mongabay looks back at The Clearing, a documentary about young Cambodian activists currently jailed for their environmental and social…
The way the oceans are managed is meant to be like a successful medieval commons. Most medieval commons weren’t open-access, but commoners had distinct rights in law and committees organized the grazing. Commons were saved from overexploitation by the practice…
Green light intended to limit amount consumers pay for windfarms to turn off during periods of high generation Three major UK electricity “superhighways” could move ahead sooner than expected to help limit the amount that households pay for windfarms to…
A global U.N. report released Dec. 9 warns that the planet is on track for deeper climate shocks, accelerating biodiversity loss, worsening land degradation and deadly pollution — unless countries drastically transform how economies are powered, fed and governed. The…
A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar…