Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
LATEST ARTICLES BY Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
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Un estudio encuentra niveles alarmantemente altos de ‘sustancias químicas eternas’ en los estuarios
January 29, 2024Un nuevo estudio ha descubierto que los pequeños estuarios costeros contienen concentraciones de sustancias perfluoroalquiladas (PFAS) "sustancias químicas permanentes" lo suficientemente altas como para indicar un problema mundial.
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Study finds alarmingly high levels of “forever chemicals” in small estuaries
January 29, 2024“The increasing proportion of wastewater to fresh water in streams, a trend projected to extrapolate to temperate regions due to climate change, consequently leads to chronic exposure of estuaries to elevated PFAS concentrations."
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Successful in vitro fertilization breakthrough could save northern white rhino
January 26, 2024"Now I think with this achievement, we are very confident that we will be able to create northern white rhinos in the same manner and that we will be able to save the species.”
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Draft EU plan would see fossil fuel consumption decline by 85 percent by 2040
January 25, 2024The European Union is in the process of drafting a climate target for 2040 to serve as a bridge between its net greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 55 percent by 2030 and its goal of net zero by 2050.
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Biden admin greenlights largest U.S. offshore wind farm off Virginia coast
November 8, 2023The administration has a goal of 30 gigawatts of capacity by 2030.
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Washington state wildfires endanger animals, homes, crops, renewable energy farms
July 25, 2023"It's a firefighter’s worst nightmare because the humidity is dropping precipitously. The winds are picking up. And so the fire carries extremely fast.”
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Canada wildfire smoke prompts U.S. air quality alerts for 70 million residents in 32 states
July 20, 2023Some days, wildfire crews work as long as 16 hours battling the unrelenting blazes.
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80 million U.S. residents under air quality alerts as Canada wildfire smoke swings south again
June 29, 2023About 16 million acres have already been burned by the wildfires in Canada — an area slightly larger than the state of West Virginia.
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