As national Republicans celebrated the election of Donald Trump as president last week, the progressives and Democrats who lead Colorado and shape its policies wondered — and began planning for — what a second Trump administration would mean for the steady-blue Centennial State.
In the days since Trump won, Colorado officials have cautioned that a sea of unknowns remain.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms—some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it.
One microorganism in particular has captured scientists’ attention.
Given that Donald Trump is the elected president and will soon be the constitutional commander-in-chief, what the Pentagon brass are alleged to have done is treason.