Have you wondered what happens to all the hot water that you use in your homes for showers or washing dishes? This water goes into our city's sewage system.
Now imagine tapping into this wasted heat and using the recovered energy to heat and cool buildings. Known as sewer energy, this unconventional source of energy may very well be at the forefront of the future clean energy revolution.
Did you know that 7 billion tons of water fell across Greenland on August 14, 2021?
This is the greatest amount of water that has fallen on Greenland’s ice sheets since records began in 1950, making this event unprecedented.
What makes this incident even more shocking is that the precipitation was not in the form of snow. For the first time in recorded history, it was rain that fell on Greenland’s summit!
On August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall with all the markings of a disaster driven by climate change.
With an average wind speed of 150 miles per hour (mph) and a storm surge of nine feet, it is among the most powerful storms to hit Louisiana.
For nine straight hours, the superstorm destroyed properties and downed major transmission lines, leaving millions without power. The twister was so powerful that it actually caused the Mississippi river (near New Orleans) to reverse direction.
President Biden’s historic $1 trillion infrastructure bill is waiting in the wings of Capitol Hill.
After sweeping the Senate with a bipartisan vote of 69 to 30, the bill will now need to be passed by the U.S House of Representatives.
Formally known as the "Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," this 2000-page-long bill will be the largest domestic policy expense of the century in the United States.
The western USA is no stranger to droughts. The intervals marked by hot, dry weather are common in states such as California, Arizona, and New Mexico during the spring and summer.
However, the region is currently experiencing one of the most severe dry spells the country has ever seen.
Water levels in bodies of water throughout the west are historically low, wildfires are burning rampant throughout multiple western states, and record-breaking temperatures are killing hundreds, among many other devastating effects.
The Canadian village of Lytton typically sees average summer temperatures of 77°F.
In mid-June, temperatures soared as high as 116°F to 122°F over three days and were responsible for a fire that devastated the town of 300 people.
Similar record-breaking temperatures across the U.S West and Canada have killed nearly 500 people. However, there seems to be no respite with a fourth "heat dome" in less than a month forming over the Rockies in the U.S and southern Canada this past weekend.
An idyllic field that has now turned into a gaping sinkhole. A residential street, now a mini river, down which a man rows his boat.
These are but a few of the scenes out of Western Europe.
Extremely heavy rainfall and a series of catastrophic floods have hit western Germany the hardest, with parts of Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and northern France also affected. As of July 16, at least 180 people have died, while as many as 1300 remain missing.
Did you know that concrete is the second most-consumed resource after water?
Think of your home, parking lots, bridges, or any other public utility building and you will find concrete.
Unfortunately, this has also resulted in the concrete industry becoming one of the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. In fact, if the concrete industry were a nation, it would be the third-largest emitter of carbon dioxide, after China and the United States.
¿Cuándo empezaron a cambiar los paisajes como resultado de la intervención humana?
Hasta ahora, la mayoría de las investigaciones, la historia y los estudios parecían indicar que todo comenzó con la Revolución Industrial.
Sin embargo, el mes pasado, esta suposición fue cuestionada por un nuevo estudio. ¡Es posible que los humanos hayan comenzado a cambiar el paisaje hace 4.000 años!
Echemos un vistazo a cómo se realizó el nuevo estudio, qué encontró y qué significa para nuestro planeta que se calienta.
This year, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere falls on June 20. Summer Solstice, as it is called, marks the change of season from spring to summer in the Northern Hemisphere and from autumn to winter in the Southern Hemisphere.