Archive for April 2024
Anatomy of a failed EV startup
Most startups die in darkness. They disappear behind closed doors, while investors privately assess their losses and employees look for new jobs. Any lessons learned tend to stay hidden, and do little to inform successive entrepreneurs. A few months ago, Andrew Krulewitz pulled the plug on Zevvy, the company he…
Read More25 Years, 25 Images
Over the past two and a half decades, EO has published more than 18,000 image-driven stories. This video highlights some of our favorites.
Read MoreHaze Meets the Sulaiman Mountains
Clouds and haze crash into high-elevation ridges in this oblique photograph, taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Read MoreGolden Fields in Romania
Agricultural plots are carpeted in yellow when rapeseed or canola plants bloom.
Read MoreNASA SCoPE PI, Meenakshi Wadhwa, inducted to National Academy of Sciences
On April 26, 2024, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) welcomed a new cohort of outstanding members into its ranks, including Principal Investigator (PI) Meenakshi Wadhwa of NASA SCoPE – the NASA Science Mission Directorate Community of Practice for Education. At the induction ceremony, 120 new members and 23 international members were welcomed, expanding the […]
Read MoreNASA Grant Brings Students at Underserved Institutions to the Stars
At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does wastewater management in Los Angeles have to do with the search for life on Mars? Eduardo Martinez certainly didn’t make the connection when he was pursuing a master’s in civil engineering. Not at […]
Read MoreChart: Heavy industry is the next big climate problem to tackle
America's industrial sector is on track to become the nation's biggest source of planet-warming emissions by 2035, according to Rhodium Group . While the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies are set to drive significant emissions reductions in both the power and transportation…
Read MoreClimate Change Intensified 2021 Pacific Northwest Heat Wave, Study Finds
Climate change made the disastrous 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest larger and longer-lasting than it would have been otherwise, a new study finds.
Read MoreA Wall of Dust Over the Korean Peninsula
Every spring, satellites observe thick plumes of dust streaming from the Gobi Desert over East Asia.
New clean power rules force utilities to take clean energy seriously
On Thursday, the Biden administration issued rules to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and pollution from U.S. power plants, while top officials weighed in with an important message: Clean energy is more than ready to supplant the fossil-fueled power plants the new regulations are intended to curb. The…
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