Helium is an essential material for research and medical equipment, but it's nonrenewable and difficult to recycle
With the fourth significant shortage of helium in a decade continuing, companies and researchers are looking for alternative sources.
Nicholas Fitzkee, Professor of Chemistry, Mississippi State University •
conversation
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~8 min
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~8 min
Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
Iceland, Hawaii and Italy have all tried to control lava to save cities in the past. A volcanologist explains the methods.
Loÿc Vanderkluysen, Associate Professor of Earth Science, Drexel University •
conversation
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~5 min
Jan. 17, 2024 • ~5 min
2023's billion-dollar disasters list shattered the US record with 28 big weather and climate disasters amid Earth's hottest year on record
An atmospheric scientist explains how rising temperatures are helping to fuel extreme storms, floods, droughts and devastating wildfires.
Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton •
conversation
Jan. 9, 2024 • ~8 min
Jan. 9, 2024 • ~8 min
2023's extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton •
conversation
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~9 min
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~9 min
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