President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a call for national unity, devoting much of his inaugural address not to the policies and programs to come, but to the “uncivil war” that Americans must put behind them to tackle their myriad national challenges.
The Inauguration of Biden as the 46th president and of Kamala Harris as the first woman, African American, and Asian American vice president took place before a sparse, masked crowd and amid heavy security, both vivid reminders of two major challenges ahead: the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed 400,000 Americans, and angry opposition across the land, reflected in the storming of the Capitol just two weeks earlier.
Foreign Policy magazine in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds. Each episode focuses on ordinary people across the globe who have found ways to fight back against the seemingly insurmountable challenges of climate change.
In this selected episode, host and CNN climate change analyst John Sutter interviews Daniel Schrag, the director of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment, about the role of technology in combatting climate change.
Solar and wind are now cheaper than natural gas for electricity in many parts of the world, but not as flexible, Dr. Schrag says. 30% renewables is attainable and should be done fast.
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If you ve watched the Chris Evans film
Snowpiercer, you would know how humans survive the world of ice. The movie shows an Ice Age-era of Earth wherein people are forced to stay in a train to survive from the heat outside.
Unfortunately, it didn t end well for many humans in the film. Here s a wild question: is it possible that the Earth could actually be frozen forever?
What happens once Earth turns into an ice age
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Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach as temperatures dipped well below zero on January 6, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago hit a record low of -16 degree Fahrenheit this morning as a polar air mass brought the coldest temperatures in about two decades into the city.