EnvironmentPacific Ocean changes may 'lock in' US megadrought for decades A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US 51¶¯Âþ
ChemistryNew way to pull uranium from water can help China's nuclear power push Chinese researchers have a new method to extract uranium from seawater twice as cheaply as previous technologies. Their success comes as China needs uranium to fuel its unprecedented nuclear expansion 51¶¯Âþ