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CNN: “As the war in Iran enters its tenth week with no clear end in sight, shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz has been completely reshaped, heavily disrupting global markets and supply chains for oil, natural gas, fertilizer and other essential products. Before the United States and Israel launched their …
Type your name [or any name] and see it spelled out in stunning Landsat satellite imagery. The satellite images used in this interactive are part of Landsat’s extensive record, spanning more than 50 years. The Landsat series of Earth-observing satellites are jointly managed by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
World Resources Institute: Tropical Rainforest Loss Slowed in 2025, but Fire is a Growing Threat to Forests Worldwide – The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. This page is updated annually using annual tree cover loss data. Updates are released …
Washington Post [no paywall]: “In its final report, the FEMA Review Council seeks to streamline the agency and recommends shifting leadership of emergency response and recovery to the states. A panel tasked with shaping the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency voted Thursday to approve a report recommending significant overhauls meant to streamline what …
ProPublica: “For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection Agency conducted the painstaking scientific work of assessing the toxicity of chemicals. The calculations done by scientists at IRIS, as it was commonly known, underpin vast numbers of chemical regulations, permits and other environmental rules in the U.S. and abroad. Now the Trump administration is …
Fortune [Comment – Breaking the fabric of Washington DC, demolishing historic buildings, privatizing public spaces…] “In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced the administration would begin a privately-funded $400 million renovation of the White House East Wing that would culminate in the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, justified publicly as a “secure military complex” and …
Apocalypse Early Warning System – “In the event of an imminent nuclear apocalypse, we suspect that many people who have access to private jets will immediately take to the skies and escape city centers. This site tracks this indicator in realtime. The current emergency level is reported on a scale of 1 to 5, with …
The Conversation: “In the novel When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious. This work of eco-fiction deftly explores issues of possible paths to a future where animals return to a nature depleted area. In the …
“One visual a week, for two years. Watch the Trunk grow. Why a Climate Trunk: To grow a tree of knowledge, you need a strong trunk – Understanding climate change and the global energy system is hard. New facts and claims arrive faster than they can be processed. Hot takes crowd out credible context. And …
ACP’s flagship market report reveals how utility-scale clean energy is powering economic growth, creating jobs, and meeting the nation’s surging electricity demand through record investment, deployment, and new manufacturing facilities. In 2025, the clean power sector invested $79 billion in new projects, supported more than 1.4 million jobs, and accounted for over 90% of all …
Esri Blog: “Seventy-five percent of the world’s accessible freshwater originates in forested watersheds. Half of all Americans drink water filtered through forests. There is a powerful connection between trees and water. But until December 2025, no one had built a tool that could show—at global scale, down to a 30-meter pixel—exactly where planting trees would …
Magnified Sand – [magnificent photos from around the world] “Under microscopic magnification, the unique beauty and individual character of sand grains reveal a diverse origin reflecting geological history and marine life biodiversity. Sand is everywhere on earth – on our beaches, in our deserts, and on the bottoms of lakes, rivers and oceans. Sand particles …
