Audrey Carleton
Audrey Carleton is an environmental journalist based in Brooklyn.
Greenpeace Is Pushing to Change How Bitcoin Works to Cut Emissions
Environmental groups backed by the co-founder of a cryptocurrency embroiled in a lawsuit with the SEC are pushing for a fundamental change to Bitcoin.
A Massive Ice Shelf Collapsed In East Antarctica for First Time on Record
The New York City-sized ice shelf broke off after a record-breaking heatwave struck both Antarctica and the Arctic.
Researchers Flip Pharmaceutical AI to Create 40,000 Biowarfare Agents
Researchers from a medical startup demonstrated in a new study how even tools designed for good can be tweaked to produce dire results.
Watch the First Stars In the Universe Being Born In This Incredible Simulation
"Cosmic dawn," when the first stars formed, is a murky period of history of the universe. Watch it happen in this simulation from MIT scientists.
Exxon Considering Expanding Bitcoin Mining Pilot to 4 Countries: Report
Bitcoin mining captures excess gas that would otherwise go into the atmosphere, and provides additional income for energy producers.
Scientist Who Predicted Arab Spring: Skyrocketing Wheat Prices Are Creating a Global ‘Regime of Risk’
Speculative commodity trading associated with diminished wheat supply from Russia and Ukraine are creating the conditions for more unrest and chaos worldwide.
Government Invests $5M to Turn the Rust Belt Into the Lithium Belt
The Department of Energy has invested millions in a battery manufacturing program in Appalachia as part of the clean energy transition.
The Newest Bitcoin Diet Trend Is Hating ‘Seed Oils’
That canola and other seed oils have ruined our diet is an idea at the nexus of Bitcoin, alternative nutrition, and skepticism of modern institutions.
‘Never Supposed to Happen’: North and South Poles See Unprecedented Heat
Extreme temperature spikes at the North and South Poles are showing the worrying effects of climate change, scientists say.
Inside a Bitcoin Mine at a Natural Gas Well In Texas
Bitcoin miners are turning gas that would otherwise be flared into the atmosphere into electricity and tapping into Texas' wind boom to make bank.
Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan's Northeast Coast
Fukushima and Miyagi are under formal tsunami advisories.
Shenzhen Shutdown Is a ‘Shock’ to an Already Stressed Supply Chain
Foxconn and other factories have had to limit production as COVID hits the world’s most famous electronics manufacturing hub.