Category: Climate change
Chronic wasting disease spreads to deer in Washtenaw County
Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological ailment, kills deer. It’s been slowly spreading through Michigan. Washtenaw County is the 15th county where the disease has been detected in deer.
Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Isn’t Really A Clean Burning Fuel
Hydrogen is often celebrated as the fuel of the future, heralded as a perfect solution that emits no carbon dioxide (CO₂) when burned or utilized in fuel cells. Yet, while technically correct — hydrogen itself emits no carbon dioxide upon combustion — the framing of hydrogen as a fully ‘clean’ … [continued]
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Why Lots Of Rabbits Have To Be Harnessed To Keep Grid Clocks Aligned
The UK now has an active market for grid inertia, marking a significant step toward ensuring stability in an electricity grid increasingly reliant on intermittent renewable energy sources. The first successful bidder to provide this inertia service was a notably straightforward yet effective technology: an electric motor spinning a massive … [continued]
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France Prepares For 4ºC By 2100
France is planning for average global temperatures to increase by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100, the first major country to do so.
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For the first time in more than a century, cougar cubs sighting confirmed in the western U.P.
This is the first time cougar cubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s.