Can trees help save Phoenix from extreme heat? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO It’s time to stop looking at trees as a form of “beautification.” They are, instead, a living form of infrastructure, providing a variety of services that include stormwater management, […]
Making clean energy isn’t enough: We also have to move it. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the near future, the energy made in the US is going to be much greener. The country’s current goal is for solar plants alone to […]
Decades of stopping forest fires have made them worse. Can we undo the damage? Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO 1910’s “Big Blow Up” remains one of the most disastrous wildfires in US history. Hurricane-force winds fanned and threw embers for miles. Full, […]
Corporate consolidation is making it impossible for cattle ranchers to stay afloat. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Cattle auctions happen every day throughout the US; they serve a crucial purpose for the cattle markets. Inside one of these auctions, like the one […]
Oil led to huge advancements — and vast inequities. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO As the planet warms, why is it so hard to turn away from fossil fuels, and can we do it in time? This is “The End of Oil, […]
The nuclear power dilemma, explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The infamous Indian Point nuclear plant, located roughly 30 miles north of Manhattan, shut down earlier this year. To some, the shutdown was a victory following decades of protests about safety and […]
How they’ve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a […]
Underground lairs have hollowed out London. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO One of London’s most unusual luxury trends might be its gigantic basements. Professor Roger Burrows and his coauthors collected data on every basement construction project in from 2008 to 2019, and […]
How the US can shut down but other countries can’t Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Towards the end of every year the countdown until the United States government goes into a shutdown begins. Congress and the President usually avoid it in the […]
The hidden meaning behind Pope Francis’s clothes. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The pope is one of the most recognizable figures in the world, in large part because of the clothes he wears: all white, ornate ponchos, various hats. But all popes […]
