3 wildfire lessons for forest towns as Dixie Fire destroys historic Greenville, California

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

David Hulse, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 • ~10 min

3 lessons for forest towns as wildfire destroys historic Greenville, California

Hundreds of computer simulations point to a few best strategies for keeping homes safe from fire in a warming climate.

David Hulse, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Florida • conversation
Aug. 6, 2021 • ~10 min

How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today

More than 40 fire scientists and forest ecologists in the US and Canada teamed up to investigate why wildfires are getting more extreme. Climate change is part of the problem, but there’s more.

Paul Hessburg, Research Ecologist, United States Forest Service • conversation
Aug. 2, 2021 • ~9 min

A 20-foot sea wall won’t save Miami – how living structures can help protect the coast and keep the paradise vibe

Healthy corals and mangroves break waves and dissipate their energy. Paired with unobtrusive hardened structures, they can provide powerful storm solutions.

Brian Haus, Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami • conversation
July 28, 2021 • ~10 min

Report from Europe's flood zone: researcher calls out early warning system gridlock amid shocking loss of life

Catastrophic floods in north-western Europe have shown how badly early warning systems can fail.

Jeff Da Costa, PhD researcher in Environmental Science at the University of Reading & PhD Fellow at RSS-Hydro, University of Reading • conversation
July 16, 2021 • ~5 min

Why spending more time in nature could reduce 'germaphobia'

A fear of microbes, like germs, could be harming human health.

Jake M Robinson, Ecologist and Researcher, Department of Landscape, University of Sheffield • conversation
July 13, 2021 • ~7 min

Harvard-led physicists create 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator

A Harvard-led team has created a 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator that represents the cutting edge in the world-wide quantum race.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
July 7, 2021 • ~6 min

New York City or Los Angeles? Where you live says a lot about what and when you tweet

An AI analysis shows that differences in how New Yorkers and Angelenos tweet go beyond the words they use.

Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California • conversation
July 2, 2021 • ~8 min

Four ways to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises simultaneously

Solve the climate and extinction crises together, or solve neither.

Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL • conversation
June 30, 2021 • ~8 min

Gas boiler ban: how to make sure everyone can afford low-carbon heating

What if you could pay to heat your home the same way you pay to stream music? You can with heat-as-a-service.

Omid Omidvar, Lecturer in Strategic Management, Aston University • conversation
June 24, 2021 • ~7 min

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