These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down. NYT: Science By: Delger Erdenesanaa 24 May 2024 at 05:02 Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. Β© Cornell Watson for The New York TimesFrom left: Lila Gisondi, Mateo De La Rocha and Sebastian Ng, high school seniors in Cary, N.C., who adopted an oil well in Ohio that was leaking gas.
Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphereβs Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds NYT: Science By: Delger Erdenesanaa 14 May 2024 at 11:02 Scientists used tree rings to compare last yearβs extreme heat with temperatures over the past two millenniums. Β© Arpad Benedek/AlamyA 730-year-old fir tree in Mount Rainier National Park, Wash. Researchers used data from 10,000 trees across the Northern Hemisphere.
Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth NYT: Science By: Katrina Miller and Delger Erdenesanaa 14 May 2024 at 03:00 A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis. Β© David Maurice Smith for The New York TimesPenny Sackett, former director of the Australian National Universityβs Mount Stromlo Observatory, just outside Canberra, in the remains of the observatory, which was destroyed in a 2003 wildfire.