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China’s stockpiles, combined with its quicker-than-expected shift away from fossil fuels, are making it the most powerful swing buyer in global energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

By studying this fossil alongside other puzzling specimens from much earlier and later periods, the researchers reconstructed a critical stage in early insect evolution.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

“This particular division of private and public, housewife and breadwinner … was built on a flow of cheap fossil fuels and car culture,” she told The 19th.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

And the average sea-surface temperature just hit a record 70 degrees, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus, as the burning of fossil fuels continues to heat the planet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The nitrogen for the fields would no longer be made with the sun’s energy but with fossil fuels.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Geological reconstructions indicate that the sediments containing the fossils formed in near-shore, shallow-water delta coastal environments.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Clearly recognizable insect fossils do not become abundant until the Late Carboniferous.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Using cross-polarized light imaging, the researchers were able to identify distinctive features that revealed the fossils had been misclassified for years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

The fossils of C. praecursor and related Paleozoic stem insects provide a new view of how the most species-rich animal group on Earth began its move onto land.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

You could also find arrowheads and fossils and old bottles that had turned deep purple from lying under the broiling sun for years.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls