Why the Microsoft 365 outage is different and why it takes so long to restore email services
By Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, The Conversation · November 13, 2026

When one email service goes down, others don’t stop trying to send emails to users of the affected service. The result is snarled traffic that takes time to clear up.
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Oceans and forests have absorbed roughly half our carbon emissions for decades, slowing climate change – but can they keep it up?
By Andrew C. Manning, Visiting Professor of Carbon Cycle Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Andrew J. Watson, Professor of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Exeter, Eric J. Morgan, Project Scientist in Geosciences, University of California, San Diego · 6h ago

To get Americans to care about climate change, just call it climate change
By Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Director of Behavioral Science & Policy Initiative, Schaeffer Institute of Public Policy & Government Service, USC Price School of Public Policy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Gale Sinatra, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Psychology, University of Southern California · 9h ago

Debate in New York City over city-run groceries is not just about food, but something bigger
By Nevin Cohen, Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Public Policy · 11h ago