Science and reality
After nine years and $7 billion, the Royal Dutch Shell oil company is abandoning its drilling rights in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska.
The post Shell Didn’t Quit Alaska Out of the Goodness of Its Heart appeared first on WIRED.
Within 60 days of each other, Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping each released detailed plans to curb coal power plants. Has the world gone completely sane?
The post Climate Change Is So Bad That the US and China Agree on It appeared first on WIRED.
On Friday, Chinese president Xi Jinping will announce that China will start the world's largest carbon trading system by 2017, according to a statement released Thursday night by the White House.
The post China Says It Will Start the World’s Biggest Carbon Market by 2017 appeared first on WIRED.
Something big and strange is happening in the United States this week.
The post The Pope, Obama, and China’s President Want to Save Earth appeared first on WIRED.
The chemistry of the diesel engine is what gave away Volkswagen's emissions cheating.
The post VW Could Fool the EPA, But It Couldn’t Trick Chemistry appeared first on WIRED.
The oil and gas giant took climate change seriously.
The post Exxon’s Own Scientists Confirmed Climate Change—In the 70s appeared first on WIRED.
NOAA is predicting a stronger than average El Niño this year, but doubts it will break the drought.
The post El Nino Will Be Big, But It Probably Won’t Kill the Drought appeared first on WIRED.
California is the only place in the US where high-speed rail plans are really moving forward. Here's what the state has to learn.
The post What America Can Learn From Europe’s High-Speed Trains appeared first on WIRED.
Climate change will kill off plenty of species...leaving room for new ones to adapt and thrive.
The post Climate Change Means One World’s Death and Another’s Birth appeared first on WIRED.
More of North America’s land is covered by rivers than we thought, according to a new map.
The post New Map Plots North America’s Bounty of Rivers appeared first on WIRED.