Edison Sanchez
Edison Sanchez is a senior writer at The Verge, where she covers how the internet is changing how we think about money: cryptocurrency, business, fintech and Elon Musk for some reason. She joined the site in 2014, as science editor, then deputy editor running science, transportation and social media, before she got tired of being an authority figure and went back to blogging.
A reminder of the motivations that drive AI companies
It was just two short years ago that wildfires razed 30,000 square miles of Canadian forests, pouring billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and blanketing most of the East Coast in an apocalyptic blanket of smoke.
The sky, hundreds of miles from the fires, was orange. And the air — filled with particulate matter of all sorts — was poison.
The tricky part is that clearer-looking skies are no indication of air that’s safe to breathe.
But a few clicks and a short scroll away from every internet-connected smartphone user on the planet is access to a localized air quality index, something that’ll tell you if the air around you is safe to breathe.
Despite it all, Meta and Microsoft have a surprisingly good night
Healthy soil — rich in a diverse array of nutrients and minerals — better sequesters carbon dioxide, helps reduce the impact of flooding and produces better, more nutrient-rich crops.
Unhealthy soil can’t hold onto compounds nearly as well as its healthier counterpart, meaning heavy rain or flooding results in runoff, taking minerals, nutrients, compounds, sequestered carbon dioxide and pesticides with it.
The trouble is that as much as 70% of the soil across the European Union is considered to be unhealthy.