Madeleine Gregory
Tech news
Climate Crisis and Pandemic Collide in California's Raging Wildfire Season
Crises are colliding in California, which is experiencing raging wildfires exacerbated by climate change and limited firefighting ability due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reliance on prison labor.
Madeleine Gregory
4 days ago
Tech news
Wildfire Season Is Almost Here, and Coronavirus Is Making Us Less Prepared
Training is cancelled, controlled burns on hold, and fire camps are "the opposite of social distancing." Officials are scrambling to "transform" firefighting amid a pandemic and running out of time.
Madeleine Gregory
3.25.20
Tech news
Scientists Need Help Looking for Aliens in Massive New Trove of SETI Data
The Breakthrough Listen project just released two petabytes of SETI data, and anyone from scientists to coders with experience in Python and a bit of gumption can look for signs of extraterrestrial life.
Madeleine Gregory
2.15.20
Tech news
We're Now Harvesting Crabs to Make Plastic
Invasive green crabs are a problem for conservationists, and now scientists in Canada will start receiving shipments of them to make biodegradable plastic cups and cutlery.
Madeleine Gregory
2.13.20
vice investigates
How Nationalism Set the Amazon on Fire
Letting his citizens chip away at the world’s biggest rainforest was a part of the promise Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro made to ranchers.
Madeleine Gregory
11.1.19
Power
Millions of Californians Lost Power Because PG&E Refused to Spend Money to Fix Its Problems
“I can’t say how frustrated I am,” says a city councilor in Paradise, a town that was completely razed by the 2018 fires caused by PG&E.
Madeleine Gregory
10.11.19
climate
Nationalism Is an Environmental Disaster
Blind nationalism is the enemy of the environment and the climate, and it's about much more than a border wall.
Madeleine Gregory
10.2.19
climate
New, Dire Climate Models Say the Planet Warms Faster Than We Thought
Two new models say the Earth is even more sensitive to emissions than we thought, and humanity has to work even harder to meet Paris agreement targets.
Madeleine Gregory
9.19.19
crime
Pirates, Stowaways, Vigilantes: ‘The Outlaw Ocean’ Humanizes Crime on the High Seas
Reporter Ian Urbina spent years at sea reporting on maritime crime. His new book exposes the strange world that few on land ever experience.
Madeleine Gregory
8.27.19
Technology
A New Generation of Students Is Teaching Us How to Reduce E-Waste
In colleges and universities across the United States, students are taking classes on how to repair our electronics that normally end up as e-waste.
Madeleine Gregory
8.23.19
climate change
The Amazon Wildfires Aren't Natural. Blame Humans
As the Amazon burns, it's important to know that intense wildfires aren't natural to the largest tropical rainforest ecosystem on Earth—people are to blame.
Madeleine Gregory
8.22.19
Science
How to Plant Trees and Save the World
A guide to small- and large-scale reforestation efforts to help both humans and the planet.
Madeleine Gregory
8.21.19
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