Bitcoin is hard to understand. So is its carbon footprint.
In 2013, we found out that Bitcoin mining might be bad for the environment, since the process requires a lot of computing power and therefore a lot of energy, and…
Author: Emily Pontecorvo
The historic protest at the Harvard-Yale football game was years in the making
Saturday marked the 136th annual Harvard-Yale football game, a tradition known simply as “The Game” by students and alumni of the rival Ivy League schools. Tens of thousands of people…
Republicans are buying rooftop solar. Will it change their politics?
Say you’re walking down the street in a random neighborhood somewhere in the United States, and you see a house with solar panels on the roof. Can you make any…
How the humble chairlift could revolutionize renewable energy
What do you see when you imagine a zero-carbon future? Electric buses zipping by? Rolling hills covered with solar panels? Offshore wind farms towering over the sea? If batteries are…
What happened when Venice, the ‘Floating City,’ sank
Flooding in Venice is not a new phenomenon, but the deluge that temporarily sank the “Floating City” this week was the worst Venetians have experienced in more than 50 years.…
Wind and solar can save the planet — can they save our water supply, too?
Solar panels and wind turbines are lifelines to any non-apocalyptic version of the future. They’ll help us keep the lights on, the air breathable, and the planet inhabitable. But while…