If deforestation and global warming continue unchecked, the Amazon rainforest could begin a gradual transition to a degraded, grassland-like ecosystem in just a few decades, according to new research published on Wednesday. The study, published in the journal Nature, provides new insight into when the forest might start to slip over a so-called tipping point…
It might be the world’s most baffling tourist attraction: a roaring pit of fire the size of a soccer field sitting in a barren desert. The Darvaza crater, known as the “Gates to Hell,” lies deep in territory of the isolated Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan. The crater has been burning for decades. Over the…
Amsterdam is famously a place where anything goes. Prostitution is legal. Coffee shops sell marijuana and hashish. Truffles laced with the psychoactive compounds found in hallucinogenic mushrooms are available at “smart shops.” But what is no longer allowed in the freewheeling city’s public spaces are advertisements for products that some city councilors consider to be…
Microsoft has been the biggest supporter of the much-hyped market for carbon removal technologies, which are designed to remove a key planet-warming gas from the atmosphere. But now, the tech giant is stepping back from an industry it almost single-handedly was propping up. With the company now telling some partners that it is pausing future…
Over the last several years, Microsoft almost single-handedly established the market for carbon dioxide removal technologies, a nascent field that aims to scrub the planet-warming gas from the atmosphere to counter climate change. But now, Microsoft is stepping back from the industry it helped create, telling some companies that it is pausing future purchases of…
