Ernest Scheyder, author of “The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives,” explains the promise of these substances and the challenges of tapping their energy.
Unless more people sign up to be EV mechanics, drivers in the UK might find themselves with an electric vehicle they can’t get fixed or afford to insure.
Catherine McKenna, former Canadian Minister for environment and climate change, says carbon capture has been used an excuse to avoid a faster transition to renewable energy
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Ph.D. candidate Corey Scher and geography professor Jamon Van Den Hoek have been collecting radar data on the loss of buildings during Israel’s bombing campaign. In an intensely politicized environment, their method offers “transparent and reproducible” information, Scher says.
From using open-source encryption software to registering as South Dakota nomads, some privacy zealots go to great lengths to delete their “digital doubles.” Privacy engineer and writer Hal Triedman explains.
The environment that sustains half the planet’s living things is being terribly managed, says David Kroodsma of Global Fishing Watch. New technology “points us towards the information we need to manage the ocean better.”
As billions of dollars pour into spot bitcoin ETFs, Joel Khalili of Wired says the cryptocurrency’s presence in financial markets contradicts the ideology of bitcoin itself.
