Residents of Nintucket are worried about a giant wind turbine blade that crashed into the ocean in July.

This huge piece of fiberglass came in, floated by us. This morning I found Betsy that were like one of our

freckles. I mean that small.

It's Friday, August 2nd, the best day of the week. It's Science Friday.

I'm Cyfry producer Deep Peter Schmidt.

The Biden administration has pushed the U.S. towards more use of green energy, including offshore wind,

but this recent accident off the coast of Massachusetts has some people worried about what exactly is in these wind turbine blades.

We'll get to that story in just a bit, but first,

here's Kathleen Davis with the biggest science stories of the week.

California's Park Fire has been burning since July 24th and it's become the fifth

largest wildfire in the state's history. It's burned more than 600 square miles in

northern California and elsewhere dozens of wildfires are also burning in Oregon, Washington,

and throughout Canada.

If it feels like there are a lot of simultaneous fires out west this year,

it's because there are. And climate change unsurprisingly seems to be making this worse.

Joining me to talk about this and other science stories of the week is my guest

Casey Crown Heart Climate Reporter at MIT Technology Review based in New York.

Casey welcome back to Science Friday.

Thanks so much for having me.

Okay, Casey, let's start off here with this park fire in California.

What's the latest?

Yeah, so like you said, this is already breaking records as one of the largest wildfires in California's history.

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