Greenland, Iceland And Spain To See A Total Solar Eclipse In 200 Days

A rare total solar eclipse will cross Greenland, Iceland and Spain — Europe’s first mainland totality since 1999 — on Aug. 12, 2026.

Birding In Bolivia Gives Communities A Reason To Save Rare Macaws

Rare red-fronted macaws are making a rebound in central Bolivia, thanks to creative conservation agreements with local farmers. Birding enthusiasts can reap the benefits.

It’s Pothole Season – Here’s How To Cope With Pockmarked Pavement

Whether a given driver lives in the Snow Belt or the Sun Belt, encountering potholes that pop-up every winter and spring is all but inevitable.

Echoes Of A Lost Shtetl: How Sound Is Recreating A Vanished Jewish World

Through historical research and careful sound design, the Lost Shtetl Museum uses immersive audio to reconstruct the daily rhythms, and ultimate demise, of shtetl life.

Rare Geomagnetic Storm Sparks Northern Lights In Unexpected Places

A rare and fast CME triggered a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, producing brilliant auroras seen across Europe and the U.S. under ideal dark sky conditions.

The Short-Sighted, $27 Billion U.S. EV Retreat

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Brightline’s rising bullet train costs and how Ecolab is solving the data center water problem.

Major Northern Lights Alert For 22 States Monday After Solar Flare

A NOAA forecast has Northern Lights visible in northern U.S. states overnight on Monday, Jan. 19 through Tuesday, Jan. 20, as a “full-halo” CME heads to Earth.

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Reaches Launch Pad — What Happens Next

NASA’s Artemis II rocket arrives at Launch Pad 39B, beginning final prelaunch tests ahead of the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, set for Feb. 2026.

Can Chinese Automaker XPENG Bring Emotion To Electric Vehicles?

XPENG aims to combine technology and feeling to give its vehicles a unique identity. Is this paradox possible? Designer Alain Simon explains how.

In Exactly 1 Month A ‘Ring Of Fire’ Eclipse Will Strike — Here’s Where

On Feb. 17, 2026, a rare “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse will be visible for 2 minutes over Antarctica, with a partial eclipse across southern Africa.