One Dead and Dozens Injured After ‘Extreme Turbulence’ on Flight (www.nytimes.com)
Recent research indicates that turbulence is rising and that climate change is a cause, specifically elevated carbon dioxide emissions that affect air currents.
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New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity (www.theatlantic.com)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe (www.propublica.org)
Helicopter Carrying Iran’s President Has Crashed, State Media Reports (www.nytimes.com)
Another EV Factory Has Unionized Boosting Labor’s Push In US South (www.bloomberg.com)
Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds (www.nytimes.com)
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Disabled members of Congress are using apps to do their jobs while paving a path for others (www.sfchronicle.com)
As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose (www.nytimes.com)
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Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base (www.nytimes.com)
Meet My A.I. Friends | Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future. (www.nytimes.com)
First Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy (www.nytimes.com)
For a lucky few, like Kendric, the treatment could make possible lives they have longed for. A solemn and shy adolescent, he had learned that ordinary activities — riding a bike, going outside on a cold day, playing soccer — could bring on episodes of searing pain....
Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn (www.ft.com)
The fight over the future of plastics: As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image. (www.nytimes.com)
Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds (wapo.st)
To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)
If you’ve got an EV, Google Maps is about to become much more valuable | New updates address one of Americans’ top concerns about owning an electric car: finding a place to charge (wapo.st)
Heavy Rain and Floods Kill 19 in Oman and Disrupt Dubai Airport | A year’s worth of rain fell in one day in some areas across Oman and the United Arab Emirates, bringing cities to a standstill. (www.nytimes.com)
The extreme weather appeared to be the result of a relatively normal weather system bringing rain that had been turbocharged by ocean and atmospheric warming, said Janette Lindesay, a climate scientist at the Australian National University. “It’s highly likely that global heating has played a role in the intensity of the...
Clash of the Patriarchs | A hard-line Russian bishop backed by the political might of the Kremlin could split the Orthodox Church in two. (www.theatlantic.com)
Welcome to the Golden Age of User Hostility (www.theatlantic.com)
Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? (www.nytimes.com)
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Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress | Wildfires and agricultural expansion offset big gains in protecting tropical forests last year. (www.nytimes.com)
Iowa Fertilizer Spill Kills Nearly All Fish Across 60-Mile Stretch of Rivers (www.nytimes.com)
“I refer to this one as ‘the big one,’” said the official, Matt Combes, an ecological health unit science supervisor for the Missouri Department of Conservation. He added: “Calling something a near-total fish kill for 60 miles of a river is astounding and disheartening.”
Heat Waves Are Moving Slower and Staying Longer, Study Finds | Climate change is making heat waves linger for longer stretches of time, exacerbating the effects of extreme temperatures. (www.nytimes.com)
The longer heat waves stick around in one place, the longer people are exposed to life-threatening temperatures. As workers slow down during extreme heat, so does economic productivity. Heat waves also dry out soil and vegetation, harming crops and raising the risk of wildfires....
AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them. (wapo.st)
Artificial intelligence is spurring a new type of identity theft — with ordinary people finding their faces and words twisted to push often offensive products and ideas
Oil Giants Plan to Bury Massive Amounts of CO2 in Southeast Asia | After decades of burning carbon, Exxon, Shell and others are looking to lock down the rare places that can absorb it. (www.bloomberg.com)
