The Obtain: Ukraine’s drone defenses, and as we speak’s local weather heroes

Drones have come to outline the brutal battle in Ukraine that has now dragged on for greater than two and a half years. And most depend on radio communications—a know-how that Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov has obsessed over since childhood.

Whereas Flash is now a civilian, the previous officer has nonetheless taken it upon himself to tell his nation’s protection in all issues associated to radio. As soon as a month, he research the skies for Russian radio transmissions and tries to be taught in regards to the issues dealing with troops within the fields and within the trenches.

On this race for survival—as either side consistently tries to finest the opposite, solely to begin once more when the opposite inevitably catches up—Ukrainian troopers have to develop inventive options, and quick. As Ukraine’s wartime radio guru, Flash could be one in all their finest hopes for doing that. Learn the complete story.

—Charlie Metcalfe

Meet 2024’s local weather innovators beneath 35

One technique to know the place a area goes? Check out what the sharpest new innovators are engaged on.

Excellent news for all of us: MIT Expertise Overview’s checklist of 35 Innovators Underneath 35 simply dropped. A good variety of the individuals who made the checklist are working in fields that contact local weather and vitality in a technique or one other. And our senior local weather reporter Casey Crownhart seen a couple of developments which may present some hints in regards to the future. Learn the complete story.

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