2025-01-10

Even Trump Can’t Stop America’s Green Transition, Says Biden’s Top Climate Adviser

As he prepares to leave the White House, Ali Zaidi is sober about what’s coming—but says too much has already been built and invested for Donald Trump to undo it. [...]

2025-01-10

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 are on sale for the first time this year

Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 earbuds are on sale for $180 via Amazon. This is the first serious discount of the year and represents a savings of 28 percent. It's not a record-low, but it’s darn clos [...]

2025-01-10

Everyone agrees: 2024 the hottest year since the thermometer was invented

An exceptionally hot outlier, 2024 means the streak of hottest years goes to 11. [...]

2025-01-10

Climate Change in 2024 Hit a Warming Mark Scientists Hoped We Would Avoid

The rise above preindustrial temperatures marks the hottest year on Earth since records began in 1850. [...]

2025-01-09

Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia

This recently mapped Bronze Age fortress is just one among hundreds. [...]

2025-01-09

The Devastating Los Angeles Fires in Pictures

More than 130,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, with the fires—which are still uncontained—having been declared a major disaster by President Biden. [...]

2025-01-09

The Los Angeles Fires Will Put California’s New Insurance Rules to the Test

The state’s insurance industry was reformed in late 2024 to promote coverage in disaster-prone areas. Tens of billions in fire damage will stress-test the new regime. [...]

2025-01-09

This Is What The Los Angeles Wildfires Look Like From Space

The scope of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires comes into focus through smoke-filled satellite imagery from NASA, NOAA and ESA. [...]

2025-01-09

Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations

Set to be killed by Trump, the rules mostly lock in existing trends. [...]