Why America has more tornadoes than the rest of the world
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Each year, America gets around four times as many twisters as the rest of the world COMBINED. Taken altogether, countries outside...
View ArticleEarthquake experts debunk 13 earthquake and earthquake safety myths
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Gerardo Suárez:"The ground can open up during an earthquake." Everything disappears in the earth. Earthquakes don't operate like that. "You...
View ArticleA new machine is helping French chefs recycle old bread into a flour...
Summary List PlacementA new machine called Le Crumbler is helping French chefs recycle old bread into a substitute for flour.The machine was invented in 2015 by an urban planner who wanted to address...
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New Deloitte research shows how the pandemic impacted corporate leaders'...
Summary List PlacementThe world's corporate leaders are worried about climate change, but the coronavirus pandemic has many cutting back on their efforts to tackle it. According to a new Deloitte...
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The biggest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016....
Summary List PlacementThe world's 60 largest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2016, despite many of them committing to the Paris Agreement on fighting climate change in 2015 or...
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Over 300,000 bald eagles are now flying in the US, more than quadruple the...
Summary List PlacementThe number of American bald eagles has quadrupled since 2009, with more than 300,000 birds soaring over the lower 48 states, government scientists said in a report Wednesday.The...
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After a massive iceberg broke away from Antarctica, it revealed a long-hidden...
Summary List PlacementSEE ALSO: An iceberg the size of Los Angeles just broke off Antarctica — and it could happen again within weeksThe researchers aboard the Polarstern research vessel found...
View ArticleThese eco-friendly coffins made of fungi are making death less toxic
Summary List PlacementA coffin made from mushroom mycelium can biodegrade within two months.The coffin, made by Loop, allows for burials that don't involve wood, steel, and toxic chemicals.Eco-friendly...
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Bitcoin uses as much energy as Sweden and is on course to use even more....
Summary List PlacementAs bitcoin surges to unprecedented value, the sprawling matrix of computers around the world that run its software is now consuming as much energy a year as Sweden, the latest...
View ArticleWhat if all the world's supervolcanoes erupted at once
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, killing an estimated 92,000 people. It was the biggest eruption in recorded history....
View ArticleWhat if the Earth spun sideways on its axis
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Early in the history of our solar system, something mysteriously knocked Earth slightly off its axis. So today we tilt at 23.5 degrees. But...
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Here are 9 hurdles Biden's infrastructure plan would have to overcome in...
Summary List PlacementPresident Joe Biden this week released his opening bid for an infrastructure overhaul, and now the White House and Democratic leaders face the arduous task of getting enough...
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Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg backs Biden's infrastructure bill,...
Summary List PlacementUS Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday promoted President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan, making the case that the legislation would be transformational...
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US honey still contains traces of the radioactive fallout of nuclear bomb...
Summary List PlacementSome US honey still carries traces of cesium-137 from atom-bomb testing during the Cold War, according to a new study.The levels of contamination in the honey are not high enough...
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Companies ignoring climate change will be on the 'wrong side of history,'...
Summary List PlacementKlaus Schwab, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum, said companies must focus on three principles: profitability, people, and the planet.Schwab, the...
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Jack Dorsey's Square and Cathie Wood's Ark suggest bitcoin mining encourages...
Summary List PlacementTeams from Jack Dorsey's Square and Cathie Wood's Ark Invest produced the results of a research collaboration on Wednesday that aims to show how bitcoin mining incentivizes the...
View Article22 inventions that could save the Earth
Summary List PlacementEDITOR'S NOTE: This video was originally published in February 2019.SEE ALSO: How a 14-year-old turned his plastic-free shampoo idea into a waste-free product businessJoin the...
View ArticleClimate scientists debunk 13 myths about global warming
Summary List PlacementBenjamin Cook:"Global warming is caused by cow farts."Deepti Singh: It's not by their farts, but it's by belching.Cook:"A few degrees' difference is not a big deal." And the way I...
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Scientists believe they found as many as 25,000 barrels of DDT dumped off the...
Summary List PlacementMarine scientists say they have found what they believe to be as many as 25,000 barrels that possibly contain DDT dumped off the Southern California coast near Catalina Island,...
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Earth has been knocked off its axis over the last 25 years, changing the...
Summary List PlacementSince 1980, Earth's north and south poles have each drifted about 13 feet.The poles are where the planet's axis of rotation — the invisible line running through the center of...
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