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Temperature Records Broken as Extreme Heat Grips Parts of Europe - Extreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements sug... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/13/1449205/temperature-records-broken-as-extreme-heat-grips-parts-of-europe?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgTemperature Records Broken as Extreme Heat Grips Parts of Europe - SlashdotExtreme heat is breaking temperature records across Europe, early measurements suggest, and driving bigger and stronger wildfires. From a report: In south-west France, records were broken on Monday in Angouleme, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion and Saint-Girons. Meteo France said the "often remarka...

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Biochar From Human Waste Could Solve Global Fertilizer Shortages, Study Finds - Biochar produced from solid human excrement could supply up to 7% of global phosph... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/1939238/biochar-from-human-waste-could-solve-global-fertilizer-shortages-study-finds?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgBiochar From Human Waste Could Solve Global Fertilizer Shortages, Study Finds - SlashdotBiochar produced from solid human excrement could supply up to 7% of global phosphorus fertilizer needs annually, according to a Cornell University study published in PNAS. When combined with nutrients extracted from urine, the process could provide 15% of phosphorus, 17% of nitrogen, and 25% of pot...

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California Successfully Tests 'Virtual Power Plant', Drawing Power From Batteries in 100,000 Homes - "California's biggest electric utilities pulled off a record-breaking test..." rep... - https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/08/09/0446221/california-successfully-tests-virtual-power-plant-drawing-power-from-batteries-in-100000-homes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

hardware.slashdot.orgCalifornia Successfully Tests 'Virtual Power Plant', Drawing Power From Batteries in 100,000 Homes - Slashdot"California's biggest electric utilities pulled off a record-breaking test..." reports Semafor, "during the 7pm-9pm window that is typically its time of peak demand as people come home from work." Pacific Gas & Electric and other top California power companies switched on residential batteries...

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Chemical Pollution a Threat Comparable To Climate Change, Scientists Warn - Chemical pollution is "a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/06/2016214/chemical-pollution-a-threat-comparable-to-climate-change-scientists-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgChemical Pollution a Threat Comparable To Climate Change, Scientists Warn - SlashdotChemical pollution is "a threat to the thriving of humans and nature of a similar order as climate change" but decades behind global heating in terms of public awareness and action, a report has warned. The Guardian: The industrial economy has created more than 100 million "novel entities," or chemi...

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Great Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline on Record - Parts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral ... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/06/2011230/great-barrier-reef-suffers-worst-coral-decline-on-record?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgGreat Barrier Reef Suffers Worst Coral Decline on Record - SlashdotParts of the Great Barrier Reef have suffered the largest annual decline in coral cover since records began nearly 40 years ago, according to a new report. BBC: Northern and southern branches of the sprawling Australian reef both suffered their most widespread coral bleaching, the Australian Institu...

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World in $1.5 Trillion 'Plastics Crisis' Hitting Health From Infancy To Old Age, Report Warns - Plastics are a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger" to human and planetary... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/08/04/1924249/world-in-15-trillion-plastics-crisis-hitting-health-from-infancy-to-old-age-report-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

science.slashdot.orgWorld in $1.5 Trillion 'Plastics Crisis' Hitting Health From Infancy To Old Age, Report Warns - SlashdotPlastics are a "grave, growing and under-recognised danger" to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. From a report: The world is in a "plastics crisis," it concluded, which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5 trillion a year...

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Satellites, Drones, and AI: the New 'High-Tech Quest to Fight Wildfires' - There's now an "influx" of startups fightging wildfires, reports the Washington Po... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/02/0059225/satellites-drones-and-ai-the-new-high-tech-quest-to-fight-wildfires?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgSatellites, Drones, and AI: the New 'High-Tech Quest to Fight Wildfires' - SlashdotThere's now an "influx" of startups fightging wildfires, reports the Washington Post. "More than 100 new wildfire-related technologies have launched in the U.S. and around the world since 2023, according to Lori Moore-Merrell, who served as U.S. fire administrator during the Biden administration.....

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US Lightning Flash Was Longest On Record At 515 Miles - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A 515-mile (829km) lightnin... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/31/2247247/us-lightning-flash-was-longest-on-record-at-515-miles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgUS Lightning Flash Was Longest On Record At 515 Miles - SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A 515-mile (829km) lightning flash has set a new record as the longest ever identified. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed the new world record for the flash registered on October 22, 2017, over the Great Plains in the US. It ...

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Google's AlphaEarth AI Maps Any 10-Meter Area on Earth Using Satellite Data - Google today announced AlphaEarth Foundations, a new AI model that processes terab... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/30/2032255/googles-alphaearth-ai-maps-any-10-meter-area-on-earth-using-satellite-data?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgGoogle's AlphaEarth AI Maps Any 10-Meter Area on Earth Using Satellite Data - SlashdotGoogle today announced AlphaEarth Foundations, a new AI model that processes terabytes of daily satellite data to track environmental changes across the planet. The system, part of Google's broader Earth AI initiative, uses machine learning to compress satellite imagery into color-coded maps showing...

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Researchers Quietly Planned a Test to Dim Sunlight Over 3,900 Square Miles - California researchers planned a multimillion-dollar test of salt water-spraying e... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/27/2146205/researchers-quietly-planned-a-test-to-dim-sunlight-over-3900-square-miles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgResearchers Quietly Planned a Test to Dim Sunlight Over 3,900 Square Miles - SlashdotCalifornia researchers planned a multimillion-dollar test of salt water-spraying equipment that could one day be used to dim the sun's rays — over a 3,900-square mile are off the west coasts of North America, Chile or south-central Africa. E&E News calls it part of a "secretive" initi...

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"So here's the catch. If you have the power of geoengineering to turn Mars into Earth, then you have the power of geoengineering to turn Earth back into Earth."
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and writer

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Study Finds 'Pressure Point' In the Gulf Could Drive Hurricane Strength - alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Driven by high temperatures in th... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/26/0358218/study-finds-pressure-point-in-the-gulf-could-drive-hurricane-strength?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgStudy Finds 'Pressure Point' In the Gulf Could Drive Hurricane Strength - Slashdotalternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Driven by high temperatures in the Gulf, Hurricane Ian rapidly intensified from a Category 3 to Category 5 before making landfall in Southwest Florida on September 28, 2022. The deadly storm caught many by surprise and became the costliest hurricane ...

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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef - Scientists led by Daniel Harrison at Southern Cross University conducted their mos... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/25/181205/the-manmade-clouds-that-could-help-save-the-great-barrier-reef?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgThe Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier Reef - SlashdotScientists led by Daniel Harrison at Southern Cross University conducted their most successful test of marine cloud brightening technology in February, deploying three vessels nicknamed "Big Daddy and the Twins" in the Palm Islands off northeastern Australia. The ships pumped seawater through hundre...

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'Boiling Frog' Effect Makes People Oblivious To Threat of Climate Crisis, Shows Study - An anonymous reader shares a report: Surveys show that the increasing number of ex... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/24/1643252/boiling-frog-effect-makes-people-oblivious-to-threat-of-climate-crisis-shows-study?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.org'Boiling Frog' Effect Makes People Oblivious To Threat of Climate Crisis, Shows Study - SlashdotAn anonymous reader shares a report: Surveys show that the increasing number of extreme climate events, including floods, wildfires and hurricanes, has not raised awareness of the threats posed by climate change. Instead, people change their idea of what they see as normal. This so-called "boiling f...

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In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceX - China has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink int... - https://www.nytimes.com/video/technology/100000010290263/china-starlink-space-race.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #defenseandmilitaryforces #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #satellites #earth #china

www.nytimes.com · Jul 24Video: In the Latest Space Race, It’s China vs. SpaceXChina has made it a national priority to catch up with SpaceX’s nearly 8,000 Starlink internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit, which it regards as a military threat. Despite successes in other parts of its space program, China has just 124 internet-providing satellites in low-Earth orbit. Selam Gebrekidian, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains why China is lagging behind in this new space race.

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Top UN Court Says Countries Can Sue Each Other Over Climate Change - A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue eac... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/1741214/top-un-court-says-countries-can-sue-each-other-over-climate-change?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgTop UN Court Says Countries Can Sue Each Other Over Climate Change - SlashdotA landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases. BBC: But the judge at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday said that untangling who caused wh...

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Europe's Resistance To Air Conditioning is Softening Due To Climate Change and Recent Heat Waves - A record-breaking heat wave across Western Europe in June and July has triggered a... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/144223/europes-resistance-to-air-conditioning-is-softening-due-to-climate-change-and-recent-heat-waves?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgEurope's Resistance To Air Conditioning is Softening Due To Climate Change and Recent Heat Waves - SlashdotA record-breaking heat wave across Western Europe in June and July has triggered a political battle over air conditioning installation, with right-wing parties demanding widespread adoption while government officials warn of environmental consequences. More than 1,000 French schools closed partially...

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In World First, CCTV Captures Supershear Velocity Earthquake - For the first time ever, a CCTV camera in Myanmar captured real-time footage of a ... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/038237/in-world-first-cctv-captures-supershear-velocity-earthquake?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

science.slashdot.orgIn World First, CCTV Captures Supershear Velocity Earthquake - SlashdotFor the first time ever, a CCTV camera in Myanmar captured real-time footage of a supershear strike-slip earthquake moving at 3.7 miles per second. According to seismologists at Japan's Kyoto University, the analysis has "led to new findings based on real-time visual evidence of tectonic motion," re...

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Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World's Forests - An anonymous reader shares a report: In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/2218208/climate-change-is-making-fire-weather-worse-for-worlds-forests?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgClimate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World's Forests - SlashdotAn anonymous reader shares a report: In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe. The fires sent veils of smoke and several billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, subjecting millions of people to poor air quality. Extreme ...

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Should California's Grid Join a Larger Regional Electricity Market? - One in every 9 Americans lives in California. And right now its Congress is debati... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/07/21/0557216/should-californias-grid-join-a-larger-regional-electricity-market?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #earth

news.slashdot.orgShould California's Grid Join a Larger Regional Electricity Market? - SlashdotOne in every 9 Americans lives in California. And right now its Congress is debating a bill that "would help establish a regional electricity market capable of tying together the American West's three dozen independent power grids," according to the Los Angeles Times' newsletter about climate chang...

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