Technology

"You can now see how coronavirus lockdowns have changed air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus harvests."

"Last fall, European Space Agency satellites detected huge plumes of the invisible planet-warming gas methane leaking from the Yamal pipeline that carries natural gas from Siberia to Europe."

"A plan to release a horde of 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida and Texas is a step closer to fruition after a state regulator approved the idea, over the objections of many environmentalists."

"The International Space Station, orbiting some 240 miles above the planet, is about to join the effort to monitor the world’s wildlife — and to revolutionize the science of animal tracking."

"Off the coast of Florida, testing whether the Gulf Stream can produce carbon-free electricity".

"Common ground is emerging after the second meeting of the joint climate task force devised by Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, according to one participant."

"Renewable energy consumption in the U.S. topped coal consumption in 2019, the first time this has occurred in more than 130 years."

"Plastic pollution threatens marine life, humans and ecosystems. Enter FRED, a future vacuum of the seas."