NASA’s Artemis Delays Fuel Controversy over Rocket Design

Fossil Fuels

U.S. Fossil-Fuel Reserves Alone Could Put Global Climate Targets Out of Reach

A new fossil-fuel tracker tallies global oil, gas, and coal reserves and projects to show how current production could drive the world above the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius

Heather Richards and E&E News

Climate Change

Vultures Prevent Tens of Millions of Metric Tons of Carbon Emissions Each Year

Vultures get a bad reputation for their carrion-scavenging ways, but their dietary habits prevent the release of greenhouse gases

Ian Rose

Renewable Energy

Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Break the Grid

Though conservatives have attacked California officials for asking electric vehicle owners to unplug during a heat wave, experts say more electric cars won’t topple the power grid

Andres Picon and E&E News

Climate Change

Why Typhoon Merbok Was So Powerful when It Hit Alaska

Typhoon Merbok heavily damaged Alaskan communities, many of which are Indigenous and rely on subsistence hunting that residents would normally be doing right now

Rick Thoman and The Conversation US

Extraterrestrial Life

Perseverance Mars Rover Makes ‘Fantastic’ Find in Search for Past Life

NASA’s Perseverance rover has collected four rock samples from an ancient river delta where organisms might have thrived

Alexandra Witze and Nature magazine