Climate/Energy

The amount of solar energy that the sun provides in an hour can power the entire Earth for a year. Known formally as solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, solar power has become the most popular form of clean energy...

When you hear the term “carbon dioxide,” the first thing that comes to mind is most likely the various environmental problems attributed to its presence, most notably its role as a greenhouse gas and its...

The last time you’ve thought about clay was probably, well, never. Its existence eludes our thoughts despite being so prevalent in the composition of many objects in our everyday lives, from the ceramic cups...

U.S. Grid Struggles to Cope with Changing Times, Electricity Generation With the constant unveiling of new “smart” devices such as adaptive thermostats, refrigerators decked out with cameras that can be...

Caliginous clouds of smoke and smog emanating from overworked factories illustrate a common depiction of the adverse effects of fossil fuel dependence. This mental image is well-deserved; this dependence has...

If you’re like me, you may have found yourself scrolling down Facebook one day when you came across headlines exclaiming that “The Great Barrier Reef is Dead.” And if you’re like me you probably...

Among Donald Trump’s many contentious appointments to key cabinet positions, attorney general of the oil-rich state of Oklahoma, Scott Pruitt, has been selected to head the Environmental Protection Agency....

Farmed fish supply roughly one-third of worldwide seafood consumption, and that number is increasing every day. With a rapidly growing global population, accompanied by a burgeoning demand for food, the...

Implementation Begins The Paris climate agreement reached its threshold for ratification in early October and went into action November 4th of 2016. Canada and the EU were the last to join those who had...

Our solar system’s sun has been fusing hydrogen into helium in its core at 14 million degrees Celsius for 4.6 billion years and counting. That’s an awfully high bar for Earth-bound nuclear fusion...