Broadcasters TV2 in Hungary and 1+1 in Ukraine have picked up Magnum Media in the UK’s entertainment format The 1% Club. Both local versions will go into production this summer and premiere later thi
A poll shows 45% of U.S. adults say they’ve become more concerned about climate change over the past year.
Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. A resident of Alden, Minnesota, Theusch has noticed increasingly dry and mild winters punctuated by short periods of severe cold — symptoms of a warming planet. As he thinks about that, future generations are on his mind. “We have four children that are []
Developers equipped with the Apple Vision Pro can now try out the third developer build of visionOS 1.2. visionOS The third build of visionOS 1.2 surfaces after the second, which arrived on April 16. The first appeared on April 2. The new build is build number 21O5570d, replacing the second beta, build number 21O5565d. The second build's release notes mentioned changes were made to fix an issue with FaceTime call synchronization and notification interruption issues for some apps. ...
Behind a chain-link fence in a corner of San Joaquin County sits one of California's — and perhaps the world's — best hopes for combating climate change. Here at the nation's first commercial direct air capture facility, towering trays of limestone mineral powder are working round-the-clock to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Robots skitter and whir around the 40-foot-tall columns, which are part of a multi-step process that will ultimately convert the CO2 to concrete, rendering the...
Microsoft laid out $1.5 billion for a stake in UAE-based G42 in a deal that gave the tech giant a seat on the AI company’s board.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air by optimizing their root systems to store more carbon for a longer period of time.
Climate change has taken up a permanent presence in our global discourse. The broad issue is complex, riddled with an assortment of challenges.Yet in the mainstream, the idea of climate change is regularly oversimplified, and the conversation around this multifaceted topic invariably circles back to one element: carbon.As the primary contributor to the greenhouse effect and our changing climate, it’s understandable why carbon – and its capture and removal – has become the central character in...
To the editor: The Times' editorial board issues yet another dire warning about the health of our planet. Record-breaking heat due to fossil fuel emissions shows we are headed in the wrong direction. These grim facts might leave readers discouraged and hopeless. While there is damage that we may not be able to fix, it's not too late to heal our Earth. Indeed, we have seen other seemingly hopeless situations change. My grandmothers couldn't vote when they came of age. There were racial covenants...
A climate academic has warned of a potential “competition” for water that could one day emerge between householders and farms.
As Hawaii faces a mounting water crisis, Oahu stands on the brink of what locals describe as an environmental catastrophe.
Trudi Warner on a year being pursued by government lawyers determined to prosecute her over a jurors’ rights protestTwo days before Trudi Warner faced court under threat of a contempt of court prosecution, she fell off her bike and ruptured the tendons in her hand.Now the hand is black and blue, tightly bandaged, and requires surgery. It is an indication that 69-year-old Warner, who spent her working life as a child social worker and has committed her retirement to climate action, is not as...