Researchers analyzed radioisotopes in layers of fossilized volcanic ash. Decay of uranium to lead within tiny crystals enabled scientists to precisely pinpoint dates for certain events. They determined this event occurred 119.5 million years ago — coincident with evidence for massive volcanic eruptions — and lasted for 1.1 million years.Continue Reading
America is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) that it plans to build the world’s first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The announcement is the latest milestone forContinue Reading
In the U.S., around 15 percent of purchases made during the holiday season are returned. By Kiley Price As the holidays quickly approach, the last-minute scramble to get presents for everyone on your list can be a bit of a guessing game. Will your mom like the blue or greenContinue Reading
The Fort McDermitt Paiute-Shoshone are still picking up the pieces from the failed cannabis cultivation venture. The post Legal weed entrepreneurs promised a windfall from tribal lands. Then it fell apart. appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The governor likes electric vehicles a lot more than he likes some other climate solutions.Continue Reading
Keeping nuclear facilities secure from internal or external threats is of paramount importance., Read MoreContinue Reading
The IAEA works with countries to integrate nuclear security measures in the security plans developed for large scale events. The IAEA supported Azerbaijan, which hosted COP29 in November 2024, to implement nuclear security measures during the two-week conference., Read MoreContinue Reading
A new study reveals corals must be within only a few meters of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming world., Read MoreContinue Reading
Developing countries are asking 15 international judges to clarify the legal obligations of rich nations whose high emissions have driven the greatest warming. By Bob Berwyn THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A steel-gray sky hung over the climate proceedings at the International Court of Justice this month, evoking the shadows World War IIContinue Reading
UN humanitarians expressed alarm on Monday at the rising numbers of civilian casualties in and around the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, in northern Darfur.Continue Reading
High winds devastated trees and homes and, possibly, stirred some residents’ complacency about climate change. By Emmy Ribero South Carolina’s upstate residents are still recovering from Hurricane Helene, the storm that devastated areas of the southeast far inland, with a force that many in the area had never seen before.Continue Reading
A new study shows that more than half of the weedy rice sampled in the rice-growing region of the southeastern U.S. has become herbicide resistant., Read MoreContinue Reading
As the world looks for ways to stop climate change, much discussion focuses on using hydrogen instead of fossil fuels, which emit climate-warming greenhouse gases (GHGs) when they’re burned. The idea is appealing. Burning hydrogen doesn’t emit GHGs to the atmosphere, and hydrogen is well-suited for a variety of uses,Continue Reading