In 2000, UC Irvine led a 2-season study of rice paddies, finding crops emit ozone-depleting gases. Years later, the research still shows rice farming contributes 5% of atmospheric methyl iodide globally todayRice paddies are known for methane emissions. But UC Irvine researchers found another atmospheric connection worth watching. Flooded rice f...
Bill Gates, alarmed by AI, has policy ideas he wants to discuss with China's Xi JinpingThe Microsoft cofounder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview that he believes China might agree to restri...
Disquiet grows over AI's dangers: Gates sets tone for pivotal one-on-one with Xi as a race against time beginsAI risks: A key proposal Bill Gates plans to raise is international monitoring of AI systems capable of designing molecules or assisting bi...
In 2017, USGS and MIT researchers dated a magma pulse to 251.9 million years ago. 9 years later, it links to Earth's worst extinctionEarth faced its worst extinction event around 252 million years ago. Volcanic activity in the Siberian Traps is the leading explanation for...
‘Ukraine wants peace, not surrender’: Zelenskiy draws red line with RussiaUkraine's President Zelenskiy marked Independence Day with a defiant speech, emphasizing peace without surrender. Foreign leaders visited K...
Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 5 people a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike by MoscowRussian forces conducted overnight drone and missile strikes across Ukraine. This follows a deadly strike on a shopping center which killed...
Ukraine takes aim at Russia's economy and morale by attacking online retailerFor over a month, Ukrainian drones have been relentlessly striking warehouses belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries. This offens...
SC pulls up banks over alleged nexus with builders in real estate casesIn a significant ruling, the Supreme Court has ordered lenders to proceed with prosecuting their officers implicated in a questionable alli...
Solar Eclipse 2026: NASA has a bold plan to unlock the Sun's secretsNASA will launch a scientific campaign during the August 12 solar eclipse. A high-altitude aircraft will study the Sun's corona for extende...
In 2003, powerful solar storms during Halloween set off a chain reaction that damaged the Arctic Ozone layer: Study explains how space weather triggered ozone lossIn 2003, powerful solar storms during Halloween set off a chain reaction that damaged the Arctic Ozone layer and led to an unexpected decli...
In 2002, a blind man and an armless man teamed up in a Chinese village, one serving as the other's eyes and hands; over the next 15 years, they planted more than 10,000 trees by hand along a barren riverbankTwo lifelong friends, Jia Wenqi and Jia Haixia, rebuilt a dead riverbank into a forest. They planted over ten thousand trees by hand, overc...
Will Chicago's air quality improve tomorrow? Here's what the forecast saysChicago's air quality has become hazardous due to Canadian wildfire smoke. This pollution has affected over 125 million people across the M...
Chicago air quality turns 'Very Unhealthy' as Canadian wildfire smoke spreads into US ahead of World Cup finalWildfire smoke from Ontario has severely degraded air quality across the northeastern United States. Chicago recorded "Very Unhealthy" leve...
Have all possible headwinds been priced in by the street? 7 agro-chem stocks with upside potential of up to 38%June was one of the worst monsoon months since records began to be kept. That is bad news for agro-chemical companies, though better rains ...
Upmarket invasion: How India's quick commerce giants are crowding out specialist gourmet playersIndian quick-commerce platforms are now targeting affluent households with premium products. This strategic shift aims to improve profitabi...
Why the sky is blueLooking up at the sky offers a unique sense of peace and calm. The sky appears blue due to light scattering by atmospheric molecules. Cloud...
Scientists say ozone loss could have been spotted in the 1950s, because today’s layered satellite tools reveal that industrial chemicals were already thinning the atmosphere long before the Antarctic hole was foundA new study reveals that ozone depletion might have been detectable in the 1950s, predating widespread CFC use. Carbon tetrachloride, an in...