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A helicopter view of the site of a diesel fuel spill at Norilsk's Combined Heat and Power Plant No 3, shown on June 2, 2020.

Russia declares emergency after 22,000 tons of oil spill in the Arctic Circle

By Rafi Letzter published

Twenty-two thousand tons (20,000 metric tons) of oil products leaked from a Russian industrial power plant into an Arctic river on May 29. It could take decades for the region to recover.

Fossil Fuels
Workers at the recycling center found the cannonball on the processing line.

Guys, live cannonballs are not recyclable. Ask me how I know.

By Mindy Weisberger published

A recycling center was recently evacuated after someone turned in a Civil War cannonball.

Energy
That's a lot of plastic.

How much plastic actually gets recycled?

By Isobel Whitcomb published

A lot of plastics end up in the trash.

Renewable Energy
Little girl sitting on toilet.

Where does all our poop go?

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Human poop is a great fertilizer for farmers.

Energy
A still from an Ohio State Highway Patrol video shows the leak in February 2018.

Catastrophic Ohio Methane Leak Stayed Hidden Until a Satellite Found It

By Rafi Letzter published

A blowout in Ohio made little news in 2018, but satellite images show it was a major global event.

Energy
The explosion happened on a sea platform off Nenoksa, Russia, killing nuclear engineers and causing huge radiation spikes in the nearby city of Severodvinsk.

Was Deadly Explosion Off the Arctic Coast the Result of a Nuclear-Powered Russian Weapon?

By Edd Gent published

An explosion off Russia's Arctic coast has led to speculation that the incident resulted from a failed test of a nuclear-powered cruise missile. Do the details add up?

Nuclear Energy
Russia has never acknowledged that any nuclear accident took place at the Mayak facility in the Chelyabinsk region in 2017.

Mysterious Radiation Cloud Over Europe Traced to Secret Russian Nuclear Accident

By Tom Metcalfe published

The cloud held up to 100 times the level of radiation released after the Fukushima accident in Japan in 2011.

Nuclear Energy
A man stands next to one of 65 containers full of imported plastic trash being inspected by the local environment office at the Batu Ampar port in Batam, Indonesia, on June 15, 2019.

The Plastic We 'Recycle' Is Actually Horrible for the Environment

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

When you drop your plastic waste into the recycling bin, where does it go?

Renewable Energy
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

There Are Still 10 Chernobyl-Style Reactors Operating Across Russia. How Do We Know They're Safe?

By Stephanie Pappas published

The flawed reactor design that led to a catastrophic meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was used in several other places. Some are still operating.

Nuclear Energy
Boulder about to fall has potential energy relative to the slope.

What Is Potential Energy?

By Mark Davis published

Potential energy is a core concept of any physics-based discussion, and one of the most influential variables in the formulas that describe our known universe.

Energy
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