~wired | Bookmarks (78)
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The Earth Will Feast on Dead Cicadas
Two cicada broods, XIX and XIII, are emerging in sync for the first time in 221...
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Enjoy Your Favorite Wine Before Climate Change Destroys It
Extreme heat and droughts are making it harder to grow grapes in many traditional regions. Here’s...
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The US Is About to Drown in a Sea of Kittens
Cats are most fertile during the summer months, but in recent years “kitten season” has been...
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The Feds Are Trying to Get Plants to Mine Metal Through Their Roots
Some species can absorb extreme amounts of nickel from soils. Such “phytomining” could help provide batteries...
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Europe Is Struggling to Coexist With Wild Bears
A fatal bear attack in Slovakia reignited accusations that conservationists are protecting the animals at the...
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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and...
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The Undersea Art Gallery That Ensnares Illegal Trawlers
Trailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture...
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Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack
The Nywaigi people in Australia have discovered a way to sequester carbon, boost coastal biodiversity, and...
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A Crypto Company Thinks It Can Help Fight Climate Change
Toucan is leveraging blockchain to reinvent the carbon credit market. But thorny questions abound.
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Scientists Are Tinkering With Clouds to Save the Great Barrier Reef
Super-reflective clouds could shelter coral from scorching sunlight. But environmentalists are concerned that such plans could...
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Citizen Zoo Is Rewilding the UK, One Grasshopper at a Time
The London-based social enterprise is turning regular people into at-home zookeepers.
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Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones
Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with...
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The Global Danger of Boring Buildings
Unloved buildings turn to ruin, leading to a deluge of construction waste worldwide. Designer Thomas Heatherwick...
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The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge
Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit stormwater instead...
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Climate Change Is Bad for Your Health, Wherever You Are
Rising temperatures are a threat regardless of where you live on the planet—they’re just dangerous in...
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Get Ready to Eat Pond Plants
Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process....
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Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest
Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for...
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Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World's Groundwater Supply
Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating...
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Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea-Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking
Coastal land is dropping, known as subsidence. That could expose hundreds of thousands of additional Americans...
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Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble
White spruce are spreading in the high north, thanks to extra snow. That “Arctic greening” has...
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The US Buried Nuclear Waste Abroad. Climate Change Could Unearth It
A new report says melting ice sheets and rising seas could disturb waste from US nuclear...
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Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That
Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What...
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US Cities Could Be Capturing Billions of Gallons of Rain a Day
With better infrastructure and “spongy” green spaces, urban areas have made progress but should be soaking...
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Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting...