The chip industry is sorting through the production fallout from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, the island’s strongest temblor in 25 years. U.S. semiconductor manufacturers remain highly reliant on Taiwan-based chip factories. Early indications suggest the damage to Taiwan-based chip factories from the earthquake were modest.
Some parts of the country could see rain for 10 successive days. Find out why and where the biggest falls are expected to hit.
The nearly 300-year-old Philippine town was submerged in the 1970s to build a major reservoir.
Bull bison can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and sprint up to 40mph
Scientific Alchemy A team of scientists in the United Kingdom say they have discovered a porous material that has the potential capacity to store large quantities of greenhouse gases, The Independent reports, making it one possible tool in the arsenal to fight climate change. The scientists detailed how they used computational models to develop this […]
Residents in some parts of NSW should brace themselves for more wet weather over the coming days and weekend, with up to 100 millimetres of rain predicted.
Millions of Australians are being warned to get their umbrellas ready as more rain is on the way as school term resumes.
Satellite imagery captured the eruption of Mount Ruang in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi region on Tuesday morning, April 30.This timelapse video, which shows ash spewing from the volcano, depicts an 11-hour period between 2 am and 1 pm.The video was released by the Colorado-based Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. Credit: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA via Storyful
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New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment Department has ever reached for a civil oil and gas violation. It stems from the flaring of billions of cubic feet of natural gas that the company had extracted over an 18-month period but wasn’t able to transport to downstream processors.
A storm chaser and his partner got a little too close to a tornado for comfort near Marietta, Oklahoma, on April 27, with dramatic video showing the car they were in narrowly avoiding falling debris as a powerful, damaging twister crossed their path.The scary moment came during a Facebook Live stream by Jesse Rossi. In the video, Rossi and his partner can be heard wondering about the cloud formation ahead of them before realizing that they are facing a tornado.A few moments later, as the pair look to pull over off Interstate 35, a large chunk of debris falls straight in front of the car, narrowly missing them.The National Weather Service confirmed a powerful EF3 tornado had hit the area. Several buildings were destroyed and extensive damage sustained along I-35. Credit: Jesse Rossi via Storyful
Wildlife officials in central Minnesota were excited to find a group of newborn raccoons in a hollow tree in late April, footage shows.Footage posted to X by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the pile of kits, which they said was filmed at the Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge in Lincoln County on April 24.“We elevated a camera to take a look inside this tree cavity only to find a cuddle puddle of five baby raccoons!” they wrote on the post.Raccoons “are born blind and deaf. After about three weeks their eyes and ear canals will open,” they added. Credit: USFWS via Storyful
A group of nations known as the G-7 say they’ll eliminate coal from their power sector — unless those coal plants capture their planet-warming emissions — by 2035. In a communique this week, the nations’ environment and climate leaders said they would phase out “unabated coal power” — that which does not use technology to…
Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won't be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high. Insurance providers, state regulators and researchers are grappling with how to keep the insurance companies in business while keeping residents and their properties insured and protected. “I think most of the insurers, you know, I’m very grateful that they’re committed to the Hawaii market, so we haven’t seen wholesale withdrawals,” after the Aug. 8, 2023 fire burned through Lahaina and killed 101 people, Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito said during a Wildfire Risk Forum for insurance commissioners held at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
Around 20 protesters disrupted the chancellor and the energy secretary at a net zero summit.
Cities are home to a majority of Europe’s population and are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.
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A blistering assessment of Australia's renewable energy investments has shocked attendees at a Brisbane solar event.
The National Trust plans to restore 531 acres (215ha) of peat at its first nature reserve.
The complicated process requires trapping and then moving bears by helicopter from Montana or British Columbia
E.On’s UK boss said the results of the energy company’s research underline changing attitudes towards climate change.
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