Emily Wright
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Panic in Spain as mysterious ‘white blob' spotted in iconic lagoon
A mysterious white stain spreading across Spain's Mar Menor has triggered a catastrophic drop in marine life, devastating one of the country's most famous coastal lagoons. Shocking new research reveals an 86% plummet in species diversity at the core of the milky patch. Scientists sweeping the area found a pitiful three fish species inside the worst-affected zone, compared to 21 thriving species in nearby healthy waters.
Why do dead leaves stay on trees during winter?
Why do dead leaves stay on trees during winter? (washingtonpost.com) Why do dead leaves stay on trees during winter? By Kasha Patel; Emily Wright; Marvin Joseph 2026020210011200 Not all trees drop their leaves in the fall. Even in the height of winter, a curious number of oak and beech trees refuse to let go of their brown, brittle foliage. The delicate corpses rattle on the living branches until the warm season returns. This is not a new phenomenon.
The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated
The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated (washingtonpost.com) The MAHA Report’s AI fingerprints, annotated The Post reviewed the more than 500 citations in the MAHA Report. Here are the patterns of AI use we found.
On the wild side
On the wild side (washingtonpost.com) On the wild side By Emily Wright; Allyson Chiu; Frank Hulley-Jones 2025052010003000 More wildlife. A succession of flowers. And less work. Washington Post readers were eager to tell us why they love their no-mow lawns after we published a story last year about eschewing mowers. As spring gets into full swing, and these sorts of efforts come into bloom, here's a look at what some readers shared.
Why some homes survived LA fires, from building materials to prevention
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But amid piles of debris and toxic ash, some buildings are still standing. Whether by design or accident, some homes had structural advantages that helped them survive. February 7, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ESTJust now It’s almost impossible for experts to piece together why certain homes burned — most of the evidence is ash. But in the aftermath of the Los Angeles fires, they are closely studying the homes still standing, searching for clues to how homeowners can cope with future wildfires.
By Anna M. Phillips, Niko Kommenda, Alice Li, Naema Ahmed Verified, John Muyskens Verified, Joshua Partlow Verified, Emily Wright
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Why the world needs lazier robots
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Photos and videos by Jagoda Lasota for The Washington Post December 31, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - On an indoor soccer field here, a championship-winning team is running its drills. Each player stakes out a position, makes precise adjustments and fires the orange ball at another. On the sidelines, manager René van de Molengraft paces and observes.
These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas (FRIDAY)
SAPPORO, Japan — Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido. There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export clean electricity to the rest of the country. But Hokkaido can’t harness all of that power unless it has a way to store energy when breezes are blowing and use it later when the gusts die down.
How to build a battery big enough to solve the world's energy problems
Climate Solutions (Illustration by Emily Wright/The Washington Post) climate leap flowbattery (The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. By Nicolás Rivero and Emily Wright Photos by Noriko Hayashi for The Washington Post November 26, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. SAPPORO, Japan - Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido.
Reinventing the 2nd-most-used commodity on Earth after water
MIDDLESBROUGH, England — Behold one of the world’s greatest slag heaps: A towering landfill piled sky-high with the leftovers from the Industrial Revolution. Not a postcard, to be honest. It is an eyesore, hidden under a bit of grass. Once merely dumped, these ashy-gray, fist-size chunks – called slag – were the unloved scum left over from a century of making steel.
Companies push to make concrete, Earth’s second-most-used material, greener
Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time. Please try again later. MIDDLESBROUGH, England — Behold one of the world’s greatest slag heaps: A towering landfill piled sky high with the leftovers from the Industrial Revolution. Not a postcard, to be honest. It is an eyesore, hidden under a bit of grass. Once merely dumped, these ashy-grey, fist-size chunks — called slag — were the unloved scum left over from a century of making steel.
How to build greener, affordable AC for humidity and hotter summers
Sorry, a summary is not available for this article at this time. Please try again later. THANE, India — In this tropical city, where humidity levels oscillate between muggy and oppressive for most of the year, Santosh Naykar’s only defense against the stickiness is a 14-year-old window air-conditioning unit. “We don’t even want to think about going back to life without an air conditioner,” Naykar, 60, said as he directed the flimsy vents toward his face.
See how this green hydrogen plant converts water into clean fuel
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — The tangle of pipes at this industrial plant doesn’t stand out in this city built around the carbon-heavy business of pumping oil and refining it into fuel for planes, ships, trucks and cars. But this plant produces fuel froma different source, one that doesn’t belch greenhouse pollution: hydrogen. Specifically, hydrogen made from water using renewable electricity, also known as green hydrogen. Aerial view of the Infinium plant.
How did we end up with a Biden-Trump rematch again?
This is the third election in a row that Americans are unhappy with their two main choices for president. And for the second election in a row, those candidates are Joe Biden and Donald Trump. How did we get here and why are these two unpopular politicians the only viable options? Again? Here’s a quick primer on the basics: How we got Biden He’s the current president, and most presidents seek reelection. He’s 81 and already the oldest president ever.
Make your own (DMV-edition) Valentine’s Day card to share your love
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Make your own DMV-edition Valentine’s Day card to share your love Forget to grab a Valentine’s card for your DMV lover? We’re not here to judge. We’re here to help. Just pick a color and your favorite message, and we’ll make you a card that brings a smile to even the grumpiest Valentine. Editing by Madison Walls and Tara McCarty. Copy editing by Jeremy Hester and Rebecca Branford.
Why is coffee so expensive? How prices for your latte have risen.
Gone are the days of scrounging loose change for your daily caffeine fix: Coffee costs more. People now spend about $6 on average for a beverage at cafes and bakeries, according to the cashier checkout system Toast. Grocery store bean prices have soared, climbing 22 percent in the last three years. So why does your cup of joe cost so much?
Scientists drill into Greenland ice sheet for rocks to gauge future melting
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Field camp (828 miles above the Arctic Circle) Then a sudden crack in the ice threatened to doom their experiment — and imperiled their plan to predict just how devastating sea level rise could be. Sleeping tents The drill tent Greenland had not been kind to Joerg Schaefer. For 21 days, he had endured howling winds and blistering cold. He sampled ice until his fingers went numb and shoveled snow until his shoulders burned. His shelter was a cramped yellow tent, his bathroom a hole in the ground.
By Sarah Kaplan Verified, Bonnie Jo Mount, Simon Ducroquet Verified, Emily Wright, Frank Hulley-Jones
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Scientists drill into Greenland ice sheet for rocks to gauge future melting
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Scientists came to Greenland on an unprecedented mission to drill for rocks that would reveal the fate of this fast-melting ice sheet. Then a sudden crack in the ice threatened to doom their experiment — and imperiled their plan to predict just how devastating sea level rise could be. And the experiment that brought him to this ruthless, frozen expanse – an unprecedented effort to drill through more than 1,600 feet of ice and uncover the bedrock below – was teetering on the brink of failure.
By Sarah Kaplan Verified, Bonnie Jo Mount, Simon Ducroquet Verified, Emily Wright, Frank Hulley-Jones
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Buried under the ice
Driller Forest Rubin Harmon clears snow outside the ASIG drill tent. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) Scientists came to Greenland on an unprecedented mission to drill for rocks that would reveal the fate of this fast-melting ice sheet. Then a sudden crack in the ice threatened to doom their experiment - and imperiled their plan to predict just how devastating sea level rise could be. Greenland had not been kind to Joerg Schaefer. For 21 days, he had endured howling winds and blistering cold.
The high-tech, super-secure government warehouse where old cash dies
The $5 bill in your wallet. The $20 bill in the cash register. The $100 bill at the bank. You may be using less cash day to day, but some $2 trillion of paper currency keeps the economy churning so that people can exchange, handle and spend money with ease. But wait, does that $20 bill have a tear down the middle? Did someone take a Sharpie to that $100 bill? If so, it is time for the Federal Reserve to step in.
The high-tech, super-secure government warehouse where old cash dies
24/08/2023 KL. 10:00 For abonnenter The $5 bill in your wallet. The $20 bill in the cash register. The $100 bill at the bank. You may be using less cash day-to-day, but some $2 trillion of paper currency keeps the economy churning so that people can exchange, handle and spend money with ease. But wait, does that $20 bill have a tear down the middle? Did someone Log ind Få adgang til FINANS - Overblik, inspiration og indsigt i dansk og internationalt erhvervsliv. Læs om alle fordelene her
The high-tech, super-secure government warehouse where old cash dies Original
The $5 bill in your wallet. The $20 bill in the cash register. The $100 bill at the bank. You may be using less cash day-to-day, but some $2 trillion of paper currency keepsthe economy churning so that people can exchange, handle and spend money with ease. But wait, does that $20 bill have a tear down the middle? Did someone take a Sharpie to that $100 bill? If so, it is time for the Federal Reserve to step in.
Beneath the surface, scientists find a record that could redefine our history of the planet
MILTON, Ontario — Locals used to say that Crawford Lake was bottomless. Its waters ran deeper than people could reach. Anything that dropped into the basin, it seemed, would fall till the end of time. Yet when scientists finally looked into the lake’s murky depths, they found not a void, but a mirror. For centuries beyond memory, Crawford Lake has quietly absorbed signs of change from the surface world. Whatever fell into the water would drift down to the lake floor.
Are we in the Anthropocene? Why Canada's Crawford Lake may hold answers
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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Yet when scientists finally looked into the lake’s murky depths, they found not a void, but a mirror. Locals used to say that Crawford Lake was bottomless. Its waters ran deeper than people could reach. Anything that dropped into the basin, it seemed, would fall till the end of time.
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What would your four-day workweek look like? Use our calculator.
On a normal work day, how many hours do you work? What's your age? With a 4-day work week, you'd get 8,320 hours - that's 346 days - back. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Share how many hours you'd get back If you worked a day less each week and got paid the same amount, what would you do with all that free time? You could reorganize that clutter drawer (who needs that many rubber bands?). You could catch up with a family member.
Food-flation: Turkey dinner will gobble up your budget
Better wear your sweatpants: A heavy helping of inflation will be on the dinner table this Thanksgiving. Worker shortages, war, rising gas prices, heat waves and even bird flu are colliding to make this year’s meal substantially more expensive than it was before the pandemic. The food will still taste great, but there could be a bitter aftertaste. If you spend the same amount of money on Thanksgiving dinner that you spent in 2019, you will have substantially less food.
How the Fed's rate hikes slow the economy
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The economy runs like a machine. Right now, it's overheating: Inflation levels are at the highest in decades, with prices climbing on everything from groceries to cars to rent. And the job market is unsustainably tight, with nearly twice as many open jobs as people looking for work. Normally, the financial system, consumer spending and business activity keep the hardware running.
Why prices are only going higher
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Story continues below advertisement Advertisement Story continues below advertisement Advertisement (Studio Mals for The Washington Post) (Studio Mals for The Washington Post) (Studio Mals for The Washington Post) In the early days of the pandemic, people were suddenly spending a lot more time at home. Some responded by moving back in with their parents. A lot of people wanted more space.
Every U.S. medalist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics
The United States finished fifth in the final medal standings at the Beijing Olympics, with eight gold, 10 silver and seven bronze. Here's a look back at the Team USA athletes who reached the podium.
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