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Scientists Just Watched the Seafloor Split Apart and Create New Ocean Crust
Most of Earth’s surface was created in a place no human can easily reach: the dark, crushing depths of the ocean. Scientists have long known that tectonic plates pull apart there, allowing magma to rise and harden into new crust. Yet the crucial moment had remained largely hidden, reconstructed only from the evidence left behind.…
Trump Shrinks Two Utah National Monuments Sacred to Tribes by About 90% Each
With a signature on Monday, President Donald Trump erased protections from an expanse of southern Utah nearly the size of Connecticut. Standing at a White House signing event, flanked by Utah’s Republican governor, Trump approved proclamations shrinking two of the country’s best-known national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, by roughly 90% each. Together the…
NASA Wants Volunteers to Live Like Astronauts for an Entire Year
The idea of leaving Earth for Mars has fascinated people for generations. Movies have turned it into an epic adventure, while scientists have spent decades trying to solve the countless problems that stand between humanity and another planet. Now NASA is inviting ordinary people to experience a small part of that journey without ever leaving…
The Forgotten Employee Who Slipped Through the System for Years
Some workplace stories are so unusual they sound like scenes from a comedy. Yet one of Spain’s strangest public sector scandals was entirely real, involving an engineer who disappeared from his job for years while continuing to receive his full salary. The extraordinary case only came to light because officials wanted to reward him for…
Lake Powell Nears Critically Low Levels and ‘Dead Power Pool,’ Experts Warn
A reservoir can still look enormous while coming dangerously close to losing one of its most important functions. Lake Powell now sits only about 34 feet above the point where Glen Canyon Dam can no longer generate hydropower, following a record-low snowpack and decades of strain across the Colorado River Basin. Falling water levels threaten…
AI Data Centers Are Creating Pollution on a Nearly Incomprehensible Scale
Every AI prompt begins with a few taps on a screen, but the answer can depend on warehouses filled with servers, enormous volumes of water, and power plants capable of supplying entire cities. As demand for artificial intelligence surges, researchers warn that its hidden environmental footprint could soon rival millions of cars, while communities in…
Scientists Say Earth Is Entering a More Extreme Climate Era
The warning signs are no longer confined to scientific journals or computer simulations. They are unfolding in real time through deadly heatwaves, record-breaking ocean temperatures, and weather events that continue to surpass expectations. Even researchers who have spent decades studying climate change say the pace of change is becoming increasingly difficult to explain. One concern…
Someone Had a Brilliant Idea for AI Data Centers But There Is One Huge Problem
It started with a question that sounds almost too obvious to dismiss. If data centers spend enormous amounts of money cooling their servers, why don’t companies simply build them in Antarctica? The continent is already one giant freezer, so wouldn’t nature do most of the work for free? The idea has spread across social media…
Inside Akashinga, the All-Women Ranger Unit Protecting Zimbabwe’s Elephants
Kelly Lyee Chigumbura was seventeen when she was raped near her family’s home in Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley. She discovered she was pregnant, dropped out of school, and set aside the future she had imagined for herself, one in which she became a nurse. What happened next followed a custom she had no power to…
Air Conditioners May Be Making Heat Waves Around the World Even Hotter
As heat waves become more intense, air conditioning has become a lifeline in homes, schools, offices, and hospitals. But the same machines that keep people safe indoors may also be adding pressure to the world outside. The Cooling Paradox Behind Modern Heat Waves On extremely hot days, air conditioning can feel less like comfort and…