Power outages across the Plains: 4 questions answered about weather-driven blackouts
Heat waves, droughts and deep freezes can all strain the electric grid, leading utilities to impose rolling blackouts. Climate change is likely to make these events more common.
Feb. 16, 2021 • ~9 min
Fossil fuel subsidies amount to hundreds of billions of dollars a year – here's how to get rid of them
The costs that fossil fuels impose on public health through air pollution alone are enormous.
Feb. 11, 2021 • ~7 min
Beetle parents manipulate information broadcast from bacteria in a rotting corpse
If you think only humans engage in disinformation, think again. Here is a stunning example of a beetle manipulating the odors emitted from a rotting corpse to keep it hidden from competitors.
Jan. 26, 2021 • ~9 min
Why the US rejoining the Paris climate accord matters at home and abroad — 5 scholars explain
US backing of the Paris Agreement has an influence on food security, health and safety and the future warming of the planet.
Jan. 22, 2021 • ~11 min
Now's the time to rethink your relationship with nature
If all of humanity was wiped out tomorrow, it's estimated that the natural world would take at least five million years to recover from the damage humans have done to the world.
Jan. 19, 2021 • ~6 min
Vampire finches: how little birds in the Galápagos evolved to drink blood
Finches have evolved to feed off blood from red-footed and Nazca boobies – and we've seen it first-hand.
Jan. 15, 2021 • ~7 min
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