Environment

Heat pumps: what they do and why they’re hot now

By Justine Calma August 11

Nights are getting way too hot to handle

By Justine Calma August 10

Climate change can make most human diseases worse

By Nicole Wetsman August 8

This act is the biggest step against climate change the US has ever taken

By Justine Calma August 8

The Verge Review of Animals: Bibi the hippo

By Justine Calma August 5

How machine learning could help save threatened species from extinction

By Justine Calma August 4

Go read this investigation into major methane leaks in Texas and New Mexico

By Justine Calma August 3

Amazon's climate pollution is getting way worse

By Justine Calma August 1

The UK’s extreme heatwave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

By Justine Calma July 29

Can hydrogen fuel cells power Microsoft data centers?

By Justine Calma July 28

Joe Biden’s new plan: solar power for everyone, not just the rich

By Justine Calma July 27

What the future of lab-grown meat could look like

You could have your pig and eat it, too!

By Lizzie Philip July 27

This website lets you watch US heatwaves in real time

By Justine Calma July 26

Teenagers spotted the largest gas pipeline spill in US history

By Justine Calma July 25

What record-low water levels at the Hoover Dam reservoir look like from space

By Justine Calma July 22

The World Meteorological Organization has ‘no immediate plans’ to name heatwaves

By Justine Calma July 21

Wind farms could join oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico

By Justine Calma July 20

UK heatwave breaks records as Brits roast in 40 C temperatures

By Justine Calma July 19

London Luton Airport suspended flights after its runway buckled due to the UK heat

By Mitchell Clark July 18

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The UK’s blistering heatwave is just the beginning

By Justine Calma July 18

Today I learned Amazon will recycle small electronics for free

By Emma Roth July 16

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Democratic lawmakers ask federal agencies to crack down on crypto mining

By Justine Calma July 16

NASA just launched a powerful new instrument to study dust

By Justine Calma July 15

Texas’ fragile grid isn’t ready for crypto mining’s explosive growth

Bitcoin mining could bring higher electricity bills and more pollution to Texas

By Justine Calma July 14

Texas heatwave and energy crunch curtails Bitcoin mining

By Justine Calma July 12

Dead solar panels are about to become a lot more valuable

By Justine Calma July 8

Mining the deep sea for battery materials will be dangerously noisy, study finds

By Justine Calma July 7

Can Microsoft’s data centers become big batteries for the grid?

By Justine Calma July 7

These fire-prone places are ditching fireworks for drones this July Fourth

By Justine Calma July 2

New York denies air permit to Bitcoin mining power plant

By Justine Calma June 30

The Supreme Court just decided a major climate court case

By Justine Calma June 30

The Supreme Court just took away an EPA tool to fight climate change — what happens next?

Cleaning up the US power grid will take an act of Congress

By Justine Calma June 30