Energy and Environment: The mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the North Atlantic Ocean is starting to give up its secrets

The mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the North Atlantic Ocean is starting to give up its secrets; The Antarctic ozone hole has finally started to ‘heal,’ scientists report; This robot follows you around and blasts you with air conditioning; Stinging lionfish are invading the Mediterranean, and scientists fear 'ecological disaster’; Massive effort to save the Amazon is failing even in ‘protected’ areas; The world has the right climate goals — but the wrong ambition levels to achieve them; Scientists created zombie ‘Frankenturtles’ to discover why loggerheads are dying; How wearable technology could change the way we think about air pollution; The world is running dangerously low on helium. This discovery reinflates our supply.; U.S., Canada and Mexico vow to get half their electricity from clean power by 2025; California may have a huge groundwater reserve that nobody knew about; Thanks to climate change, the Arctic is turning green; Why an E.U. without Britain is bad news for the fight against climate change;   With Chris Mooney   The mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the North Atlantic Ocean is starting to give up its secrets New research suggests the all-important North Atlantic circulation isn't slowing down, despite the "cold blob." By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » The Antarctic ozone hole has finally started to ‘heal,’ scientists report In a major new paper in the influential journal Science, a team of researchers report strikingly good news about a thirty year old environmental problem. The Antarctic ozone "hole" — which, when it was first identified in the mid-1980s, focused public attention like few other pieces of environmental news — has begun, in their words, to finally "heal." … By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   This robot follows you around and blasts you with air conditioning This robot could one day be the coolest friend you know. Why? It's an air-conditioner. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Stinging lionfish are invading the Mediterranean, and scientists fear 'ecological disaster’ "People's livelihoods are at stake if this gets out of control," one researcher says. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Massive effort to save the Amazon is failing even in ‘protected’ areas Even in intact forests protected by law, a variety of disturbances, like selective logging and hunting, devastate biodiversity. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   The world has the right climate goals — but the wrong ambition levels to achieve them A new analysis finds that current climate pledges put the world on course for 2.6 to 3.1 degrees Celsius of warming. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Scientists created zombie ‘Frankenturtles’ to discover why loggerheads are dying Not just any turtle could help these scientists determine why loggerhead sea turtles are dying. They recruited a dead one. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   How wearable technology could change the way we think about air pollution The day may be coming when you'll wear pollution detectors on your clothes. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   The world is running dangerously low on helium. This discovery reinflates our supply. The field, in Tanzania, is estimated to contain twice as much of the gas as the U.S. Federal Helium Reserve. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   U.S., Canada and Mexico vow to get half their electricity from clean power by 2025 Leaders from U.S., Canada and Mexico will pledge Wednesday to source half their overall electricity with clean power by 2025, according to sources. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   California may have a huge groundwater reserve that nobody knew about However, some scientists questioned whether knowledge of this deep groundwater can have any immediate impact on the drought. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Thanks to climate change, the Arctic is turning green A new study not only documents Northern Hemisphere greening, but attributes it directly to greenhouse gas emissions. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Why an E.U. without Britain is bad news for the fight against climate change Things just got really complicated for the E.U.'s climate change policy. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   To Your Health Health news and research, in your inbox weekly. Sign Up »         Share Energy and Environment:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Energy and Environment. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071