In 2014, we travelled to the northern boreal forests of Canada to set experimental fires that would help us understand the effect of wildfires on the global carbon cycle. Sadly, we never got the chance to set those fires, because the firefighters enlisted to help us were busy dealing with an area the size of […]
Embed Code <iframe frameborder=”0″ width=”100%” height=”180″ style=”margin:20px auto 25px;max-width:600px;” scrolling=”no” src=”https://fivethirtyeight.com/player/politics/27374852/”></iframe> This past weekend was all about Iowa. Candidates in the 2020 Democratic primary race gave speeches at the Iowa State Fair, and many of them also spent a good part of last week crisscrossing the state, laying out policy proposals for rural areas. It […]
Have a quick look around your living room, bedroom, or office. How many devices can you see that are plugged in and consuming power? Go on, count them, I’ll wait for you. I’m guessing that if you are a regular reader of this column, you have quite a few devices plugged in. And of those, […]
by Jude Clemente | Rigzone Contributor | Wednesday, August 07, 2019 However, Europe’s domestic oil production outlook remains weak. Europe today (per IEA definition, which notably includes Turkey) utilizes oil for 30 percent of its energy, just slightly below the global average. Consuming 15.5 million b/d, Europe accounts for 16 percent of global demand, or […]
A new report has attempted to quantify just how much proposed tariffs against Chinese imported goods could raise prices on electronic devices, with the results concluding that you could wind up paying an additional $ 100 or more on your next laptop. The report was commissioned by the Consumer Technology Association, which obviously has a […]
A worker checks jars containing rice wine at in east China’s Zhejiang Province.Weng Xinyang/Xinhua/Alamy By Colin Barras Was it the lure of beer that encouraged prehistoric humans to begin farming? Archaeological evidence from China suggests it might have been as the region’s first farmers had worked out how to turn millet and other cereals into […]
*Warning: this article contains some spoilers for the series – but none for the final episode* Female characters in Game of Thrones speak about three times less than male characters in the show, according to new data. Although the hugely popular show ended this week after eight seasons, the debate on how it represented women […]
Sea level rises could be worse than previously expectedAshley Cooper pics / Alamy Stock Photo By Adam Vaughan The world’s coastal cities have been warned to prepare for the possibility of a sea level rise exceeding 2 metres by the end of the century, with “profound consequences for humanity.” A new assessment found runaway carbon […]
The way that we live on Earth is causing an unprecedented acceleration in species extinction. Now, more than half a million species “have insufficient habitat for long-term survival” and are likely to go extinct unless their natural environments are restored. But we are already seeing major problems from this intrusion, not least through an increase […]
We’re all too aware of the consequences of plastics in the oceans and on land. However, beyond the visible pollution of our once pristine habitats, plastics are having a grave impact on the climate too. Newly published research calculates that across their lifecycle, plastics account for 3.8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s almost double […]