How Overreliance On Wind And Solar Fed Texas’s Power Outages
When the lights went out in Texas earlier this year, corporate media and the left swiftly developed a narrative and stuck to it: Texas failed because it didn’t regulate enough and it wasn’t part of the national grid. This storyline…
Earliest known honey jars in Africa are 3,500 years old
An ancient people with a sweet tooth – the Nok culture of sub-Saharan Africa – used terracotta pots to hold honey 3,500 years ago. They may be the earliest confirmed honey collectors in Africa.
Astronaut Soichi Noguchi sets a new space record
Congratulations to Japan’s astronaut Soichi Noguchi, who this month was awarded the Guinness World Record for the longest time between spacewalks: 15 years and 214 days.
Alpine plants are losing their white “protective coat”
(University of Basel) Snow cover in the Alps has been melting almost three days earlier per decade since the 1960s. This trend is temperature-related and cannot be compensated by heavier snowfall. By the end of the century, snow cover at 2,500 meters could disappear a month earlier than today, as simulations by environmental scientists at the University of Basel demonstrate.
Earthquakes in Taiwan are linked to seasonal changes in water levels
Seismic activity in Taiwan happens more often during the dry season when the groundwater built up during monsoon season is depleted, leaving Earth’s crust more likely to rebound under stress
Media Claim Crop Reductions As Harvests Set New Records
The media this week are breathlessly promoting a paper by researchers at Curtin University in Australia that says climate change is harming food production. In reality, crop data show food production is rising dramatically in recent decades under ideal crop…
PENTAGON: Biden plan would boost climate defenses at military bases
Military installations along storm-battered American coasts could see a surge in infrastructure spending as the Biden administration seeks to harden the Department of Defense against asymmetric threats like climate change.
EXTREME WEATHER: Analysis: 8 counties got half of 2020 flood claims
The federal flood insurance program paid $1.2 billion in claims in 2020, breaking the $1 billion threshold for a record sixth consecutive year, according to an E&E News analysis of federal records.
WHITE HOUSE: Kerry climate trip aims to warm China relations
John Kerry, President Biden’s top climate diplomat, is on a mission to rally support from world leaders in the fight against global warming. Key to that effort is assuring other countries that the United States is willing to engage with the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter: China.
POLITICS: Biden wants bipartisanship. Will climate policy suffer?
Much of Washington thinks bipartisanship is on life-support. But the White House isn’t ready to declare it dead when it comes to climate change.
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