Science and reality
Japan announced this week that it would resume hunting minke whales in defiance of an international moratorium. Why?
The post The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling? appeared first on WIRED.
New rules and a nice El Niño may let the Golden State recharge its aquifers.
The post California Is Finally Getting Rain. Now if It Could Just Hold on to It appeared first on WIRED.
Yemen's geography and politics make it even more vulnerable to the rare tropical cyclone that just made landfall.
The post Yemen’s Rare Cyclone Puts the Country Underwater appeared first on WIRED.
A new study says strict fishing quotas haven't taken account for warmer waters, which has kept cod populations from rebounding.
The post Climate Change Is Wicked Bad for New England’s Cod appeared first on WIRED.
Following a major earthquake, the health care needs begin with trauma care, then disease, and eventually mental health.
The post The Afghan Quake’s True Cost Could Come in the Winter appeared first on WIRED.
Deeper quakes dissipate their energy over larger areas, and tend to be less destructive than shallow quakes.
The post The Upside of Afghanistan’s Quake: It Struck Deep appeared first on WIRED.
El Niño is here, and so is la lluvia (the rain). Already, the storms are triggering massive mud flows.
The post How Rain Turns Dirt Into Disaster appeared first on WIRED.
The Olympics bring the world together through sports. They also tear it apart through building ski runs, stadiums, and other athletic accoutrements.
The post A Brief History of Olympic Environmental Disasters appeared first on WIRED.
A new study and accompanying interactive map show where locked in sea level rise is going to flood.
The post Map Shows Where Sea Level Rise Will Drown American Cities appeared first on WIRED.
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.