Last month’s failure of the Texas electric grid, coming just weeks after General Motors’ pledge to make only electric vehicles by 2035, highlights the daunting task the United States faces as it takes the first steps toward weaning its economy off fossil fuels.
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Researchers Discover Intact Plant Fossils Beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time
Following a relocation of ice cores to the Copenhagen suburb of Rødovre in 2017, University of Copenhagen researchers found unopened boxes of ice cores dating back to 1966—the first ice cores drilled on Earth.
Going Back in Time Restores Decades of Quiet Corn Drama
Corn didn’t start out as the powerhouse crop it is today.
Early Season Dust Storm Hits Beijing
Meteorological spring is just getting underway, and already an enormous plume of sand and dust has blanketed northern China.
To Save Giant Sequoia Trees, Maybe It’s Time to Plant Backups
Last month, unusually high winds knocked down 15 giant sequoias in Yosemite.
Climate-Driven Shifts in Deep Lake Michigan Water Temperatures Signal the Loss of Winter
Changes foreshadow impacts on lake ecosystems, fisheries.