Dr. Keeling noted that last year’s drop in annual emissions was too small to be detected in the atmospheric data, since it can be overshadowed by natural fluctuations in carbon emissions from vegetation and soil in response to seasonal changes in temperature and soil moisture. Scripps scientists have previously estimated that humanity’s emissions would need […]
A new study from Switchup has analyzed the hiring rates of coding bootcamp graduates among the Big Five tech companies — Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Amazon. Sung Rhee, CEO of Switchup’s parent company Optimal, said his team analyzed data from LinkedIn to see which coding bootcamps had the highest number of alumni employed at […]
Max Earey We all know that Father’s Day was invented to force children to panic purchase gifts that reveal their confounding and unexamined feelings about, well, just about everything. This year, instead of another platinum-plated melon baller, brogued leather manscaping trimmer holster, cashmere onesie, or reclaimed barn wood wallet, why not get dad something elemental […]
Research published in 2018 found that, for white Americans, living in a county hit by a large disaster was a financial boon. Those white residents didn’t just see their wealth grow — it grew five times as much, on average, as the wealth of white residents in counties without major disasters, according to the research […]
You don’t have to think. How lovely is that? I was looking for excitement. I have a habit of doing this in all the wrong places, but I tried to divert my worse instincts when I heard Apple had a new “Why Mac?” page. I think I know why I choose to use MacBooks — […]
Bill Oakley is a TV writer whose credits include The Simpsons and Disenchantment. He currently serves as executive producer and head Writer of Close Enough on HBO Max. Follow his fast food adventures on Instagram at @thatbilloakley. There is no more enjoyable, nor more appropriate, place to dine on fast food than in your car. […]
Even before Mr. Biden ended negotiations on Tuesday with Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican of West Virginia, progressive Democrats had warned that Republicans were unlikely to embrace the scale of spending needed to address climate change. Mr. Biden has now shifted his engagement to a bipartisan group of senators working on their own framework. While […]
A new, friendlier attitude? Screenshot by ZDNet Business travel is coming back. I know this because I just saw a headline in the Wall Street Journal that read: “Business travel is coming back.” Then again, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky insists: “Business travel as we know it has changed forever.” I confess I recently took my […]
Bentley Father’s Day is right around the corner already; funny how things like this sneak up on you. But before you panic, we’ve got some great gifts to buy for your car-loving old man, granddad, or other important men in your life. Just remember: He doesn’t really want that pair of khakis or some new […]
The Canadian pipeline company that had long sought to build the Keystone XL pipeline announced Wednesday that it had terminated the embattled project, which would have carried petroleum from Canadian tar sands to Nebraska. The announcement was the death knell for a project that had been on life support since President Biden’s first day in […]