Wintertime

This photo provided by Edmunds shows a Rivian R1T electric pickup near Boulder, Colorado. Many of the potential problems of driving an electric vehicle in cold weather can be offset by planning ahead. Credit: Emme Hall/Edmunds via AP As a big winter storm rolled across the United States in mid-January, many news outlets reported on drivers of electric vehicles dealing with dramatically reduced range and multi-hour waits at…

Graphical abstract. Credit: Environmental Science & Technology (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05645 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researchers find dangerous sulfates are formed, and their particles get bigger, within the plumes of pollution belching from coal-fired power plants Previous studies have found that the…

While the northern hemisphere of Earth experiences the winter solstice this week, there are also snowy winter scenes to be found on Mars. With average temperatures around minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit and dropping as low as minus 220 degrees Fahrenheit, Mars is a chilly place generally, and is particularly so around the poles and during the winter. NASA recently shared a selection of photographs of Mars taken from orbit which show the winter weather to be found on our neighboring planet. Weather on Mars is quite…

You might be surprised to learn that over a third of adults in the United States don’t get enough vitamin D. In fact, vitamin D deficiency is the most common medical condition in the world and is especially likely to occur in the winter months when people don’t get enough sunlight. This is because ultraviolet sunlight absorbed through your skin triggers vitamin D production and that’s why it’s sometimes referred to as “the sunshine vitamin.”Vitamin D holds a few other surprises as well.In this short guide, you’ll find…