Editor’s Note: Catherine Fulton is a Canadian journalist and editor-in-chief of The Reykjavik Vine. She lives in Reykjavík with her Icelandic partner and their two children. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. read more CNN Opinion. I remember the first time I experienced an earthquake in Iceland. I ran to the nearest … Read more
Air pollution particles from coal-fired power stations are more harmful to human health than many experts realized, and are more than twice as likely to contribute to premature deaths as air pollution particles from other sources, new research shows. In the study, published in the journal Science, colleagues and I mapped how emissions from U.S. … Read more
Scientists have discovered that salt glaciers may exist on Mercury, the planet closest to the sun and the smallest world in the solar system. The discovery could show that even the most volatile conditions in the inner solar system can occasionally mirror conditions on Earth. The team’s findings complement recent discoveries showing that Pluto has … Read more
The mysterious respiratory illness that may have sickened dozens of dogs across the country could be caused by a new type of bacterial infection that could be very good at evading dogs’ immune systems, researchers say. Some dogs have died from the disease, which starts with coughing that can last for weeks, watery eyes and … Read more
By Sarah McFarlane and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Giant batteries that provide a stable power supply by offsetting intermittent renewable energy supplies are becoming cheap enough to prompt developers worldwide to abandon dozens of gas-fired generation projects. The long-term economics of gas-fired plants, used in Europe and some parts of the United States mainly … Read more
NEW DELHI (AP) — Manju Devi suffered pain for two months last year as she worked on a farm near Delhi, unable to avoid tasks that sometimes involved standing for hours in the waist-deep water of a paddy field lifting heavy loads in intense heat and spraying pesticides and insecticides. When the pain finally became … Read more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – SpaceX’s highly anticipated second test flight of the massive Starship rocket will have to wait another day, and it appears many of those who made the trek to see the rocket launch are willing to stick around for the show. Starship, SpaceX’s next-generation launch vehicle, is gearing up for its … Read more
Sophie Kastner is a composer who has translated the unlistenable into songs and converted nuanced data from the heart of our Galaxy into the notes of a dissonant symphony. “It’s like writing a fictional story based largely on real facts,” she said in one rack. Her piece ‘Where Parallel Lines Converge’ is based on a … Read more
Since 2007, Michaela Musilová has dreamed of visiting Antarctica. As an astrobiologist, she has two goals: to identify the limits of life on Earth and to assess the possibility that life as we know it exists elsewhere in the universe. Research into how life behaves in the extreme environment of Antarctica is central to her … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Greener newsletter. Our limited series of newsletters guides you through minimizing your personal role in the climate crisis – and reducing your environmental concerns. As the climate crisis worsens, we see farmers whose crops dry up and people losing their homes due to rampant wildfires. But there is another … Read more