AI-Powered Tools Aid in Early Wildfire Detection AI, or artificial intelligence, has long been heralded as a solution to many of humanity’s most pressing issues, but now thanks to the work of a California teenager, AI wildfire detection is being put to work preventing fires in sensitive environments. The system, created by 14-year-old Ryan Honory, uses an array of interconnected fire detectors and mini meteorological stations to […] Lucas Gauthier | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Microplastics Found in Snow in Siberia, Russia Researchers recently found microplastic pollution in Siberia, one of the world’s most remote areas. These recent findings are another example of human pollution permeating the environment. Related: USGS Report: “It’s Raining Plastic”: Microplastics in the Mountains? At Tomsk State University, researchers found airborne plastic fibers in snow samples taken from twenty different Siberian regions. Snow sampled from the Altai Mountains, […] Brains Alex Mangels | March 25, 2021 0 Comments
California’s Unpredictable Climate Could Forecast A Future With No Snow A massive snowstorm is currently hitting the Sierra Nevada and Lake Tahoe region dumping three to six feet of snow by the end of the week. A few weeks ago, the region was ravaged by high winds and dry conditions which sparked wildfires throughout California. This dramatic shift in the region’s climate is only expected to get worse, and this “precipitation […] Weather Nick Retterer | January 29, 2021 0 Comments
Tahoe Fund Donors Meet Tahoe Blue Vodka’s $100,000 Match to Clean Up the Lake The Tahoe Fund announced today that Tahoe Blue Vodka’s generous $100,000 match has been met, allowing the nonprofit Clean Up The Lake to begin its massive effort to remove trash around all 72-miles of Lake Tahoe this spring. Support to meet the match was overwhelming, with more than 135 businesses and people donating to the cause, including $25,000 from Vail […] SnowBrains | January 6, 2021 0 Comments
Australia Proposes Year-Round Concrete Runway for Antarctica Vast, untouched, pristine, frigid; these are a few words that come to mind for me when picturing Antarctica. I’ve always thought of it as the last frontier on Earth, where nature is still the dominating force and human presence is minimal and restricted. Human presence in Antarctica isn’t new, but a controversial new development proposal is on the horizon. Related: […] Industry News Taylor Stephan | July 21, 2020 0 Comments
US Forest Service Memo Proposes More Logging, Mining And Oil The US Forest Service (USFS) released a memo which proposes to increase the usage of public land for more useful purposes, and environmental groups are concerned. Bosses at USFS seek approval of logging, drilling, mining on public lands to be quicker. They want to increase the productivity of National Forests and Grasslands, value Nation’s grazing heritage and National Grasslands, increasing […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | July 8, 2020 2 Comments
The United States Can Reach 90% Renewable Energy With No Added Cost by 2035 Many scientists and academics have argued over how long it would take the United States to reach 100% renewable energy production. It is extremely hard for a fossil fuel-based economy to completely convert to renewables, which is why it is more important to focus on how much of our production can be switched instead of figuring out when we can […] Alex Camerino | June 23, 2020 2 Comments
Blasts Cause Mining Companies To Help Update Australian Aboriginal Heritage Act Plans to destroy dozens of sacred sites in Western Australia as part of a major mine operation are on hold. Following backlash over the Rio Tinto’s blasting of two 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal caves in the Pilbara in late May. WA’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt said on Twitter last week the blast was a “terrible outcome,” resultant from legislation that […] Brains Rouchelle Gilmore | June 12, 2020 2 Comments
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