90-mph Santa Ana wind gusts close Interstate 8 to high-profile vehicles
Santa Ana wind gusts of nearly 90 mph in the San Diego County mountains force closure of a stretch of Interstate 8 to high-profile vehicles.Continue Reading
Santa Ana wind gusts of nearly 90 mph in the San Diego County mountains force closure of a stretch of Interstate 8 to high-profile vehicles.Continue Reading
Grinding and spreading certain types of minerals pulls carbon dioxide from the air, but it takes a lot of rock dust, land and time to see results. By Bob Berwyn One of the many possible tools to stabilize Earth’s climate by reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide had its potential better definedContinue Reading
A team of paleontologists have discovered the first ‘unmistakable’ Triassic-era caecilian fossil — the oldest-known caecilian fossils — thus extending the record of this small, burrowing animal by roughly 35 million years. The find also fills a gap of at least 87 million years in the known historical fossil recordContinue Reading
In May 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-5 mission into orbit. The mission contained a collection of micro and nanosatellites from both industry and government, including one from MIT Lincoln Laboratory called the Agile MicroSat (AMS). AMS’s primary mission is to test automated maneuvering capabilities in theContinue Reading
Koroush Shirvan, the John Clark Hardwick Career Development Professor in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), knows that the nuclear industry has traditionally been wary of innovations until they are shown to have proven utility. As a result, he has relentlessly focused on practical applications in his research,Continue Reading
By Daniel Cohan, Rice University Gas stoves are a leading source of hazardous indoor air pollution, but they emit only a tiny share of the greenhouse gases that warm the climate. Why, then, have they assumed such a heated role in climate politics? This debate reignited on Jan. 9, 2023,Continue Reading
A large donation to the Labour Party from wood-burning giant Drax has raised concerns among campaigners over the sway of big carbon emitters over Parliament. The payment from the former coal-fired power station was registered on September 12 last year, and published in December in the Electoral Commission register ofContinue Reading
UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer, continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.Continue Reading
The Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, a UN-backed panel of experts said on Monday.Continue Reading
A new report shows that seven of the 10 refineries dumping the most dissolved solids in the nation’s waterways are along the Texas Coast. By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski Neighbors of refineries can see the glowing flares and visible plumes of air pollution rising into the sky. But water pollutionContinue Reading
Oil refineries release billions of pounds of pollution into waterways each year, according to regulatory data. NPR found that pollution is concentrated near places where people of color live. (Image credit: Ryan Kellman/NPR)Continue Reading
Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) present at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) inform that powerful explosions have been occurring outside the facility, indicating military activities in the vicinity of the site located on the frontline of the ongoing conflict in the country, Director General Rafael MarianoContinue Reading
Teams of nuclear safety and security experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have been stationed at Ukraine’s nuclear power plants and the Chornobyl site., Read MoreContinue Reading
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