Tag Archives: Desert National Wildlife Refuge

Purdue University engineers have created white paint that can keep surfaces up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than their surroundings but without consuming energy. According to the researchers, the paint would reduce the need for air conditioning by absorbing nearly no solar energy. The critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale has been spared, at least for now, from exposure to …

The massive redwood trees that dot the landscape of Northern California have survived through countless earthquakes and natural disasters. Yet the climate crisis may threaten their livelihood as the latest California wildfires have encroached upon the ancient trees, as NPR reported. —Norm Holy The Earth has lost thirty-one trillion tons of ice in just twenty-three years, and the climate crisis …