Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis to be one of the… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Sign up for free here. When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic debris buried Pompeii and created a city forever frozen in time. Researchers consider the doomed metropolis to be one of the… Read More »
As the Great Salt Lake shrinks and scientists worry about toxic dust storms and potential ecological collapse, Utah state leaders say all options for recovery are on the table. Rob Sowby, an assistant professor of civil and civil engineering at Brigham Young University, hopes to implement a pipeline that would pump seawater from the Pacific… Read More »