At least 25 were canceled last year in the US, according to an analysis by Heatmap Pro. It’s a significant increase from 2024 as local opposition to energy and water-intensive data centers grows across the nation.
It made up the towns of “Whata Bod” and “Orangeotild,” for example.
Researchers are figuring out how to use AI to issue forecasts faster. And the National Weather Service has had to find ways to do more with less as DOGE-led staffing cuts took their toll on the agency.
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Trump wants Venezuela’s oil, Greenland’s minerals, and above all — control.
That includes the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other initiatives tackling environmental and human rights issues.
“As the only country in the world not a part of the UNFCCC treaty, the Trump administration is throwing away decades of US climate change leadership and global collaboration,” Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Advisor, responded in a press release.
The Trump administration — and antivax crusader RFK Jr. — are cutting down the number of childhood immunizations federal agencies recommend.
”This is just one more example of the decisions coming out of HHS that are sowing confusion,” Daniel Jernigan, former director of the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, tells Stat News.
Since his administration attacked Caracas and arrested President Nicolás Maduro, Trump’s been clear that he wants US companies to “go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken [oil] infrastructure” in Venezuela. That’s easier said than done with massive logistical challenges and political instability still weighing on the oil industry in the region.
Scientists have had to contend with a spate of misinformation this year about efforts to purportedly resurrect long-lost species like the woolly mammoth.
It’s far more impactful to help endangered species now — especially as the US rolls back protections and climate change makes the world a more inhospitable place for already threatened creatures.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says, “People stopped sharing personal moments to feed years ago,” in a New Year’s Eve post about the future of the platform as generative AI produces more realistic-looking content.
