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Rice University engineers are turning carbon monoxide directly into acetic acid — the widely used chemical agent that gives vinegar its tang — with a continuous catalytic reactor that can use renewable electricity efficiently to turn out a highly purified product.
As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand are intensifying.
Forty years of satellite data show that 2020 was just the latest in a decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice.
Water that had pooled in the crater since 2019 quickly boiled off during an eruption that began in December 2020.
Nation saw its 5th-warmest year on record.
In spring and summer, conditions are often just right for populations of the plant-like organisms explode into enormous blooms.
