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1. As super 'El Nino' looms, wildfires are set to heat up

   Tue, 12 May 2026 17:02:49 -0000

   More than 150 million hectares — over twice the size of Texas — burned globally in the first months of 2026. With a high chance of a supercharged El …

2. A super El Niño wiped out millions of people in 1877. Are we better prepared now?

   Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:39 -0000

   The climatic phenomenon is expected to return this year, but a lot has changed since what might have been the worst environmental disaster in human history. As chances rise for one of the strongest El Niño events on record later this year, the potential for dangerous conditions has prompted …

3. AI godfather warns humanity risks extinction by hyperintelligent machines with their own ‘preservation goals’ within 10 years

   Tue, 12 May 2026 13:38:34 -0000

   One of the so-called godfathers of AI, Yoshua Bengio, claims tech companies racing for AI dominance could be bringing us closer to our own extinction …

4. NASA satellite images show how a massive tsunami in Alaska changed the landscape forever

   Tue, 12 May 2026 14:45:00 -0000

   A landslide dumped 64 million cubic meters of rock into the popular Tracy Arm fjord. New satellite images are helping scientists understand a major tsunami that changed the landscape of a popular tourist destination in Alaska forever. On August 10, 2025, a tsunami larger than the Eiffel Tower ripped …

5. Why Denmark removed 40% of Greenland from the economy—and what it teaches us about modern capital

   Tue, 12 May 2026 08:00:00 -0000

   There are real costs to short-term optimizations, while set-asides offer a way to reap superior economic returns in the medium term. A useful rule of thumb is that when a problem persists for decades despite serious effort, the failure is usually not one of effort or intelligence, but of framing. …

6. Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War

   Tue, 12 May 2026 17:28:24 -0000

   On the day our oil-stained president returned to the White House, he began an all-out assault on clean energy. Today, 16 months later, he and his party are paying a significant political price while American consumers are stuck with the bill. That bill, according to one scholarly estimate, totals …

7. 50 Years Later, a Tiny Clue May Solve the Mystery of Why the Edmund Fitzgerald Sank. It Was There All Along.

   Tue, 12 May 2026 11:02:22 -0000

   The doomed ship went down just 17 miles from safety. Could this evidence explain what went wrong? Key Points The SS Edmund Fitzgerald, a massive freighter, tragically sank in 1975, taking all 29 crew members with it. • In fierce Lake Superior storms, critical hatch clamps may have failed, leading to …

8. Man Behind Simulation Hypothesis Warns That Extinction of Humanity Is a Risk We Have to Take

   Tue, 12 May 2026 15:12:16 -0000

   We have to sit down. Even if you don’t know Nick Bostrom’s name, you’re almost certainly familiar with the idea he’s most famous for. Back in 2003, …

9. Wildfires Strike Florida, Georgia and America’s ‘Wood Basket’

   Tue, 12 May 2026 17:05:57 -0000

   Large fires, fueled by a record breaking drought, have been destroying homes and timber plantations in Southeastern states. Florida and Georgia are seeing an unusually severe and early start to a wildfire season that is shaping up to be one of the worst in decades. The fires are driven by a …

10. What if we killed all mosquitoes?

    Mon, 11 May 2026 23:45:29 -0000

    The deadliest animals are not lions, spiders or snakes, but the tiny mosquitoes that suck our blood, make us itchy and infect us with …

11. This AI data center will be bigger than 2,000 Walmarts and dump '23 atom bombs worth of energy' into the environment every day — and locals are terrified

    Tue, 12 May 2026 12:43:56 -0000

    For years, AI has felt strangely invisible because we never see "the cloud." But a controversial new project in rural Utah is forcing people to …

12. Why is Florida’s problem with stinky sargassum on the beaches exploding?

    Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Sargassum is washing up on South Florida beaches in mountainous amounts, rotting into a gag-worthy mush. It’s scaring away tourists, making swimmers …

13. Choking on Trump's Gas Prices? Electric Vehicles Are the Heimlich Maneuver | Common Dreams

    Tue, 12 May 2026 14:04:13 -0000

    Count on one thing: however devastating the immediate effects of the disaster in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest horrific Iran war is also helping …

14. ‘Not normal’: On one April day, all of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities were in a single country

    Mon, 11 May 2026 13:37:33 -0000

    On one day in late April, something very unusual happened. Every single one of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities was in just one country: India. This is according to data compiled by AQI, the air quality monitoring platform. There is “no modern precedent,” AQI said on its website. “This is not a …

15. We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface

    Tue, 12 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    When Soviet engineers began to drain the Aral Sea in the 1960s, they could hardly foresee the scale on which their handiwork would alter the planet. …

16. Shimmering silver 'sunglint' obscures Hawaii as hurricane approaches — Earth from space

    Tue, 12 May 2026 14:04:30 -0000

    This striking satellite snap shows a powerful hurricane bearing down on Hawaii as a shimmering silver streak obscures the tropical islands from …

17. Trump has turned key issue into 'the world’s dumbest culture war'

    Tue, 12 May 2026 11:05:21 -0000

    The U.S. is ceding ground on a vitally, existentially important issue to China under President Donald Trump's leadership, and according to a new …

18. As the Coal Industry Fades, Life Expectancies in Coal Country Shift

    Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:26 -0000

    The coal industry can damage human health in myriad ways via dangerous working conditions and harmful pollution. But the income opportunities offered …

19. A Super El Niño hitting SC getting more likely, forecasters say. What that means for the weather

    Tue, 12 May 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Likely is the word weather forecasters are using to predict whether a super El Niño will spread across the United States this summer, bringing a mild …

20. Supersonic airliners, ozone, and wildfire smoke: Origins of the nuclear winter theory

    Tue, 12 May 2026 15:40:40 -0000

    In November of 1981, atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen and I sat in his office at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, Germany puzzling over the results …

21. From record heat to floods and drought – what’s in store if a ‘super’ El Niño hits this year

    Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:44 -0000

    Climate scientists warn that the strongest El Niño on record could hit later this year but it is "not the reason to freak out". Scientists are …

22. The World's Most Impactful Companies of 2026

    Tue, 12 May 2026 13:04:34 -0000

    In recent years, the annual growth rate of the global economy has restabilized to around 3%, according to The Council on Foreign Relations. At the same time, while business is booming, climate change is accelerating, health inequities are widening, and literacy rates and math skills are stagnating …

23. CNN launches CNN Weather app

    Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:06 -0000

    CNN on Tuesday launched its new weather app in the U.S., marking its first standalone lifestyle product since management overhauled digital strategy …

24. The Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy Shock

    Mon, 11 May 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    How the war created a new geopolitical divide.

25. Electric Vehicle Calculator Shows Yearly Savings

    Mon, 11 May 2026 14:38:40 -0000

    One of my former co-workers once explained to me how she sold her car and rode public transportation to save $3,000 per year for ten straight years, …

26. Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats

    Tue, 12 May 2026 13:01:00 -0000

    High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems. Fifteen-year-old Evan Budz was on a camping trip when he saw a snapping turtle that would become the impetus for an award-winning invention. As …

27. Disneyland pays $56,000 settlement for modified Autopia engines

    Tue, 12 May 2026 17:03:11 -0000

    Disneyland plans to update Autopia with electric vehicles and retire the gas-powered engines on the 1955 opening day Tomorrowland attraction after …

28. Did Trump post about Iranian wind secretly powering US windmills?

    Mon, 11 May 2026 10:48:35 -0000

    Trump has criticized wind energy, but there is no evidence he posted about Iran "pushing" wind into the U.S. through "secret atmospheric …

29. 'Many African countries believe they shouldn't have to choose between funding their development and fighting climate change'

    Mon, 11 May 2026 12:26:48 -0000

    International donors are considering the need to direct funding toward the most fragile countries and sectors seen as least profitable, such as …

30. World’s largest solar-powered aircraft crashes after losing power

    Mon, 11 May 2026 15:46:32 -0000

    ‘Solar Impulse 2’ made history by circumnavigating the globe in 2016. The groundbreaking experimental aircraft known as Solar Impulse 2 has met an untimely end. According to a National Transportation Safety Board report, the completely solar-powered plane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during an …