While avoiding the worst dangers of climate change will likely require sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky, prominent scientists have long dismissed such technologies as far too expensive.
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Researchers develop field test for drug-resistant malaria
The number of drug-resistant malaria cases is increasing — posing a serious world health threat.
NASA Sees Ewiniar Slide Back into South China Sea and Strengthen
Tropical Cyclone Ewiniar made landfall on mainland China and as the center of circulation has moved back into the South China Sea and reorganized, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP provided a look at the storm.
New AI program fights fire with data
A computer program that uses artificial intelligence to sort through historical meteorological data is being developed to help predict where and when future forest fires will take place so they can be prevented.
The Disc of the Milky Way is Bigger Than we Thought
Spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way have discs which are really thin, in which the major fraction of their stars are found. These discs are limited in size, so that beyond certain radius there are very few stars left.
Consumers’ Food Choices Can Help Reduce Greenhouse Emissions Contributing to Climate Change
Changes in diet have been proposed as a way to reduce carbon emissions from the food system. But there has been little research on the affordability and feasibility of low-carbon food choices in the U.S. and how these choices could affect diet and climate change.