Burning Question: Will Texas Become Too Hot For Humans?
July 1st, 2023
Via BBC Future, commentary on how much hotter Texas – currently in the grip of a relentless heatwave – could get in years to come: It’s 9.15 pm in San Antonio on 17 June. At this time, [...]
The Race to Build a Better Air Conditioner
June 29th, 2023 Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, an article on the race to build more efficient cooling units needed to meet growing demand without spurring more warming: Air conditioners make people cooler and [...]
June 29th, 2023 Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, an article on the race to build more efficient cooling units needed to meet growing demand without spurring more warming: Air conditioners make people cooler and [...]
Powerful Hurricanes Have Reduced Coastal Cities to Wreckage. But This Community Stands Unscathed.
June 29th, 2023 Via Popular Mechanics, a look at Babcock Ranch, Florida which isn’t just storm-proof—it’s a blueprint for the future: When Hurricane Ian smashed onto Cuba’s southwest coast in the early [...]
June 29th, 2023 Via Popular Mechanics, a look at Babcock Ranch, Florida which isn’t just storm-proof—it’s a blueprint for the future: When Hurricane Ian smashed onto Cuba’s southwest coast in the early [...]
The Race to Tesla-ify Heat Pumps
June 28th, 2023 Via Heat Map Daily, a look at growing importance of heat pumps: Gleaming solar panels, soaring wind turbines, sleek electric cars. These are the Avengers of the climate technoverse, the most widely [...]
June 28th, 2023 Via Heat Map Daily, a look at growing importance of heat pumps: Gleaming solar panels, soaring wind turbines, sleek electric cars. These are the Avengers of the climate technoverse, the most widely [...]
Boston’s Summer Heat Is An Issue of Racial Equity. ‘Greening’ The City is One Solution
June 28th, 2023 Via WBUR, a look at the negative impacts of urban heat and importance of city “greening”: Summer has officially arrived, and so has the heat. The numbers are alarming: New England [...]
June 28th, 2023 Via WBUR, a look at the negative impacts of urban heat and importance of city “greening”: Summer has officially arrived, and so has the heat. The numbers are alarming: New England [...]
World’s Largest ‘Wood City’ To Be Built In Stockholm
June 28th, 2023 Via CNN, a report on a plan to build the world’s largest ‘wood city’ in Sweden: A rendering of Wood City shows what life in a timber-made community might look like. Courtesy Atrium [...]
June 28th, 2023 Via CNN, a report on a plan to build the world’s largest ‘wood city’ in Sweden: A rendering of Wood City shows what life in a timber-made community might look like. Courtesy Atrium [...]