US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.
With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking up way more free stormwater.
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently.
“I feel so powerless in this state.”
“I feel so powerless in this state.”
A 1970s plan to grow underwater limestone objects has been repurposed as a way of regenerating the seabed, reestablishing corals, and stopping coastal erosion.
An idea derived from string theory suggests that dark matter is hidden in an as-yet-unseen extra dimension. Scientists are racing to test the theory to see if it holds up.
Los Angeles saw 592 slides in one week, a reminder that excessive precipitation events set off more than flooding.
A Houston-based company called Intuitive Machines made lunar history this week.
The carbon removal market is fast growing, with an array of different removal methods available to businesses keen to mitigate their environmental impact.