A new international study presents a serious warning, greenhouse gas accumulation is increasing faster than scientists expected. This is pushing the planet toward dangerous levels of global warming. If current trends continue, the Earth will likely pass the key 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold by early 2028. A goal established in the 2015 Paris Agreement […]
Coral bleaching has reportedly damaged 84% of the world’s coral reefs. These observations of degraded reefs reflect the most intense oceanic habitat destruction ever recorded. Since 1998, it’s the fourth global bleaching event. Surpassing the damage done from 2014 to 2017 that affected two-thirds of the world’s coral reefs. The current crisis began in 2023 […]
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than usual, according to experts from Colorado State University. Their early seasonal forecast, released on April 3, predicts 17 named storms, nine hurricanes, and four major hurricanes. That’s more than the historical average or long-term norm. Typically, there are fourteen named storms, seven hurricanes, […]
Virginia is set to make history by hosting the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, plans to build the facility on a 100-acre site located in Chesterfield County’s James River Industrial Park. The power plant will generate 400 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power 150,000 […]
