The Planet (on, and off)

The New York Times defines the solar wind as “a million-miles-per-hour stream of electrons, protons and other charged particles rushing outward into the solar system.” Now CNN reports that the Parker Solar Probe “has uncovered the source of solar wind.” As the probe came within about 13 million miles (20.9 Read more…

“A shroud of smoke has sent solar power generation in parts of the eastern US plummeting by more than 50% as wildfires rage in Canada,” reports Bloomberg. “Solar farms powering New England were producing 56% less energy at times of peak demand compared with the week before, according to the Read more…

New research suggests that Arctic summer sea ice could melt almost completely by the 2030s, a decade earlier than previously projected, even with significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions. “We are very quickly about to lose the Arctic summer sea-ice cover, basically independent of what we are doing,” Dirk Notz, a Read more…

The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening. The temporary pause in the growth of the dirty fuel was hailed by energy experts as Read more…

The House of Representatives in the United States plans to hold a hearing to investigate claims made by a whistleblower former intelligence official, David Grusch, that the US government possesses “intact and partially intact” alien vehicles. “There will be oversight of that,” Comer told NewsNation. “We plan on having a Read more…

Greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, threatening to push the world into “unprecedented” levels of global heating, scientists have warned. From a report: The world is rapidly running out of “carbon budget,” the amount of carbon dioxide that can be poured into the atmosphere if we are to Read more…