Environment

The Cape Cod Oceanographic Institution Just Reimagined the World Map – Why It Won an Award — And Why It Matters for Environmental Science

There’s something subtly satisfying about an old concept making a comeback. The world map that most people have never seen was created by oceanographer Athelstan Spilhaus, who walked the docks…
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The Data Center Emission Fight in Loudoun County Is the Environmental Battle That Will Define How America Powers Its Digital Future

After Dulles, the suburbs begin to lose their gentleness as you drive west from Washington. The strip malls get smaller. The trees return. Then, out of nowhere, the warehouses show…
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The KUTV Investigation Into Data Centers’ Environmental Impact Reveals That America Is Trading Long-Term Resource Security for Short-Term Tech Growth

The area outside Tremonton, Utah, where the next wave of America’s digital economy is expected to take hold, has an odd quiet. Fences, fields, and the odd truck coming onto…
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How Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew’s Global Environmental Leadership Is Changing the Conversation About Faith and Climate Action in America

A soft-spoken man in black robes had been calling climate change a sin for almost forty years, while the majority of the world was still debating its existence. His name…
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What the Lake Chad Basin Climate Collapse Can Teach America About the Speed at Which a Stable Environment Can Become Uninhabitable

In Washington and the majority of American newsrooms, there is an odd tendency to view climate change as a slow-motion issue. Something unsettling. The grandchildren will have to deal with…
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The Orthodoxy of Environmental Stewardship – How Patriarch Bartholomew’s 30-Year Climate Mission Is Finally Breaking Through in American Christian Communities

When the majority of American Christians first heard the term “ecological sin,” they most likely were unaware that an Orthodox bishop in Istanbul had been using it for many years.…
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