At this point, the greatest danger of climate engineering may be how little is known about where countries stand on these potentially planet-altering technologies.
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Precision Mapping with Satellite, Drone Photos Could Help Predict Infections of a Widespread Tropical Disease
Satellite images, drone photos and even Google Earth could help identify communities most at risk for getting one of the world’s worst tropical diseases.
New Synthesis Method Yields Degradable Polymers
MIT chemists have devised a way to synthesize polymers that can break down more readily in the body and in the environment.
Extinction of Cold-Water Corals on the Namibian Shelf Due to Low Oxygen Contents
Researchers have only been aware of the existence of fossil cold-water corals off the coast of Namibia since 2016. But it was not known when and why the cold-water corals in this region became extinct.
Pumped Up: These 3D Printers Create Perfect Models of Life-Sized Human Hearts, Spines and Other Body Parts
In a small, windowless room at Toronto General Hospital, a bank of seven 3D printers runs day and night, patiently laying down layer after layer of coloured plastic.
NASA Sees Tropical Cyclone Olga Merge with a Cold Front
Tropical Depression 17 strengthened briefly into a tropical storm on the same day it formed, Oct. 25. NASA’s Terra satellite captured a look at the clouds associated with its remnants merging with a cold front over the southern U.S.