The monthslong closure of the Strait of Hormuz is reinforcing an expensive geopolitical lesson about how risky it can be to rely on imported energy. From South America to Southeast Asia, governments and private companies are being forced to look inward and take steps to harness what they can domestically, even when doing so raises…
Before we explain more about the fallout from the war in Iran — and before you listen to the sounds of rare whales — let’s get caught up: The Trump Administration will dismantle an ocean monitoring system: The administration is planning to remove a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that was put in place a…
In today’s edition, we’ll explain what climate science can tell us about Europe’s heat wave. But first, let’s get caught up: National park entrance fees are paying for Trump’s D.C. projects: The National Park Service is using at least $67 million worth of park entrance fees to help fund President Trump’s beautification projects in Washington,…
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…
As astronaut Victor Glover made his way to the moon earlier this month on NASA’s Artemis II mission, he reflected on the incredible miracle that is planet Earth. “You are special,” Glover told an interviewer. Space, he said, “is a whole bunch of nothing.” But in the midst all that nothing, Glover could see a…
