Israeli researchers are working to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by speeding up the natural weathering process by which rain dissolves rock. In nature, rain absorbs CO2 from the ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance a process called rock weathering, capable of trapping and removing ...

STATE OF SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Across vast stretches of farmland in southern Brazil, researchers at a carbon removal company are attempting to accelerate a natural process that normally unfolds over ...

As humanity continues the arduous task of weaning itself off fossil fuels, there has been an increased onus on the development of carbon removal technologies. Unlike capture and storage, these aim to ...

Professor Arline T. Geronimus of the University of Michigan developed the theory of “weathering” while studying health complications of first-time mothers and identifying racial and economic ...

Dr. Arline T. Geronimus presenting live at the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre on Mar. 4 (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) In an hour-long presentation titled “Weathering and Health Equity: ...

Forty years ago, the public was outraged. It seemed there was a wave of teenage girls, particularly Black teenage girls, getting pregnant. "This was a new idea, this new deviant class of people, and ...

For decades, Black women have been told that the negative health outcomes we face are our own fault. We’re fed rhetoric that we are diabetic because we won’t stop eating foods passed down as heirlooms ...

Breathing. I close my eyes and imagine my breath as an anchor, pulling me down into this moment. I notice thoughts that come up. Refocus. Breathing. All I need to focus on is right now. Just breathing ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...