Tag: environmental
Carter Lake Dam evacuation request lifted after water levels drop
After an 8-inch hole was found in the dam, ABC13 learned that the National Inventory of Dams lists the last inspection on the 125-year-old dam as almost 45 years ago, in 1980.
Google Project Suncatcher plans to build space-based solar-powered AI infrastructure systems
Suncatcher will aim to put Google’s compute systems in space by 2027 where the hope is that it will harness energy more directly from the sun.
Coast Guard’s Pacific mission continues to expand
The ocean can be a lawless place. Far from shore, the vast seas have become plagued with everything from piracy, rampant illegal fishing and environmental crime, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and even spying and espionage.
The sixth extinction? How humans are driving species to the edge of survival
Human activity may be setting the stage for the largest extinction event since the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, according to a new scientific review. The study, published in Global Change Biology, warns that while today’s loss of species is already extraordinary, it has not yet reached the catastrophic levels [.] The post The sixth extinction? How humans are driving species to the edge of survival appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.
Why the Maya built—and abandoned—their great cities
Why do people move to cities-and why do they leave? Today, the reasons might include jobs, lifestyle, pollution, or even a pandemic. But these same questions were relevant more than a thousand years ago to the ancient Maya civilization of Central America. According to a new study by UC Santa Barbara archaeologist Douglas Kennett and [.] The post Why the Maya built-and abandoned-their great cities appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.
Data corner: Europe’s top collaborators in Latin America and the Caribbean
Photo credits: STori / BigStock On September 29, at a get-together in Brussels, the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
The New York Times
- Poor Countries Got $1 Trillion From China. So Did Rich Ones. 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Alexandra Stevenson
- Nothing Succeeds With Trump Quite Like Success 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Gabrielius Landsbergis
- Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Vimal Patel
- Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Matthew Mpoke Bigg
- Where Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Andrew Higgins and Gilles Sabrié
- After Climate Push, Energy Companies Return to Fossil Fuels in Europe 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Stanley Reed
- Trump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,’ Straining to Address Affordability 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Erica L. Green
- Tennessee Judge Temporarily Blocks National Guard Deployment in Memphis 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Emily Cochrane and Jamie McGee
- MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges 2025 年 11 月 18 日 Bernard Mokam
- After Hundreds of Gazans Arrive on Mystery Flights, South Africa Asks How 2025 年 11 月 18 日 John Eligon and Zimasa Matiwane
How ‘The Simpsons’ nails social commentary
The Simpsons, an animated television series, has been a pioneer in social commentary for over three decades.