Texas’ Icy Disaster Makes the Case for Uniting the US Grid
Take a look at the map above. That WI-EI Seam is the border between the Western and Eastern interconnections. All…
Scientists Can Literally Become Allergic to Their Research
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Bryan Fry’s heart was pounding as…
US Cities Are Way Underreporting Their Carbon Footprints
Having each city build an individual SRI is like developing a national weather forecasting system by asking each county to…
Dozens of Egyptian Tombs Will Be Unearthed at Saqqara Necropolis
Archaeologists in Egypt are preparing to open a 3,000-year-old burial shaft at the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, in the…
A Quarter of Known Bee Species Haven’t Been Seen Since 1990
This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The number of wild bee…
9 Adventurers Died Mysteriously. A New Theory Explains Why
The researchers modeled how such winds could have built up snow above the tent, and how long it would have…
A New Project Maps the Pacific Coast’s Critical Kelp Forests
This story originally appeared in Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. An ambitious project to…
Is This a Fossilized Lair of the Dreaded Bobbit Worm?
Not to toot my own horn, but I know a thing or two about bizarre animals. And I can tell…
The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
But scientists haven’t modeled global risks of subsidence—until now. To build their model, Sneed and her colleagues scoured the existing…
The Autonomous Saildrone Surveyor Preps for Its Sea Voyage
If you happen to be crossing the San Francisco Bay or Golden Gate bridges this week, look for a massive…