The fossil record suggests that there was an abrupt extinction of many plants and animals at the end of the Mesozoic era.

化石记录表明，在中生代末期，许多动植物突然灭绝。

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As a consequence, we have an emerging fossil record of flowering plants that includes many extinct taxa and would have delighted Darwin.

因此，我们有一个正在形成的有花植物的化石记录，包括许多灭绝类群，达尔文会感到高兴的。

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) works by trapping CO2 from the exhaust gases of fossil fuel power plants and then piping it to underground storage sites, such as disused oil wells.

而作为对比，如果利用碳捕捉与储存技术（CCS），在碳排放工厂进行碳捕捉然后将二氧化碳深埋在诸如废气油井一类的地方，每固定一吨碳需要成本达20-270美元。

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Senator Lamar Alexander said the country should build 100 nuclear power plants, to help break its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Heartening news rang forth from the renewable energy sector this week as a UN-backed study reported that the building of new renewable energy plants has officially overtaken fossil fuel plants in Europe and the US. We also took a look at two brand new types of power plants -- the world's first hydrogen-driven power plant in Italy and the first hybrid coal-solar power plant in Colorado.

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There are also direct rivals to new nuclear plants, such as fossil-fuel plants with carbon sequestration that can provide baseload power.

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Energy leaders and experts recognize that as long as producing carbon pollution carries no cost, traditional plants that use fossil fuels will be more cost-effective than plants that use nuclear fuel.

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