Monthly Archive: June 2021
Energy secretary: US adversaries have the capability to shut down our power grid – By Chandelis Duster, CNN Updated 2021 Jun 06 – Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Sunday warned in stark terms that the US power grid is vulnerable to attacks. – …
Mark Poindexter puts a tarp on the damaged roof of his home in Gulf Breeze, Louisiana, on 2020 Aug 29, in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert – By Erik Salna, Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Extreme Events Institute, Florida …
The actions of a Crow Nation police officer were in question at the Supreme Court. Crow Nation – Kirsten Carlson, Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University 2021 Jun 03 – The Supreme Court unanimously affirmed …
The Passamaquoddy’s purchase of Pine Island for $355,000 is the latest in a series of successful ‘land back’ campaigns for indigenous people in the US. Pine Island. Photograph: The Guardian – By Alice Hutton Last modified on 2021 Jun 04 – The advert …
A conservation effort is planting a poisonous flower along the state’s central coast in hopes of lifting butterfly population. Western monarch butterfly populations have sharply declined in recent years. Photograph: Courtesy River Partners – By Erin McCormick in Berkeley Last modified on 2021 …
Researchers think the frog could be widespread across New Guinea. – By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Updated 2021 May 29 – A team of Australian scientists has discovered a curious “chocolate” tree frog in the lowland rainforests of New Guinea. – Tree frogs are …
Traffic at the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park on 2015 Aug 20. Neal Herbert, NPS/Flickr – Michael Childers, Assistant Professor of History, Colorado State University 2021 Jun 01 – If you’re headed out into the wild this summer, you may need to …
An artist’s illustration of the expansion of the universe. Andreus/Depositphotos View 8 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 May 29 – The universe is expanding, and that expansion is accelerating. But what is causing that to happen? The leading hypothesis is a repellent …