Banda's Burning Crisis
Send us Fan Mail In May 2026, the district of Banda in northern India experienced temperatures of 47–48°C, making it one of the hottest places in the country. At these temperatures, daily life changes...
20 Jul 20min
China's Road to the Top
Send us Fan Mail In 2000, almost every one of the world’s ten biggest carmakers came from Japan, Europe or North America. By 2025, China had become the world’s largest car market, the world’s largest...
18 Jul 17min
Why Hurricanes Went Quiet
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve been half-listening to the news this summer, you might have noticed something odd: hurricane season is underway, but the Atlantic has been almost silent. For anyone studying...
17 Jul 18min
Mountains Are Breaking Down
Send us Fan Mail Climate change, landslides, and the science of predicting disasters Imagine standing beside a beautiful glacier lake in Alaska. Tour boats move across the water. Mountains rise high a...
13 Jul 17min
A Deep Earthquake Beneath Italy
Send us Fan Mail Just after midnight on 2 June 2026, a magnitude 6.26.2 earthquake struck deep beneath the sea off southern Italy. Although this sounds serious—and it is—the effects at the surface wer...
6 Jul 22min
Why Your Electricity Bill Lies
Send us Fan Mail If Germany is such a leader in renewable energy, why are electricity bills still so high there? And why do France and Spain often have cheaper power? That’s the big geography question...
29 Jun 18min
The EV transition
Send us Fan Mail Electric cars are becoming a big part of the global shift away from fossil fuels. In 2025, about one in four new cars sold worldwide was electric, up from one in five the year before....
24 Jun 18min
Why Cities Need Trees
Send us Fan Mail Picture two places on a hot summer day. One is a city full of roads, rooftops, and concrete. The other is full of trees, grass, and shade. Which one feels cooler? Most of us would say...
22 Jun 13min
