Author Archives: Office of Public Affairs

By Dave McIntyre, Washington Post The Smithsonian recognizes five families who have worked their way up in the U.S. wine industry Outside Robledo Family Winery, south of Sonoma, on a cool April Sunday, the U.S. and Mexican flags whipped a … Continue reading →

By Jason Daley The Swiss company Climeworks this week switched on its first carbon capture plant—a machine designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The company hopes to quickly scale up its technology and capture one percent of the global carbon dioxide … Continue reading →

By Andrea Thompson The Earth’s rising temperature is expected to knock the global water cycle out of whack, but exactly how it will change is uncertain. Scientists, though, can look for clues as to what the future might bring in … Continue reading →