Environment
Huge Rodents Called Nutria Invade California
February 14, 2018, 2:06 pm EST
An invasive rodent species called Nutria have shown up in California where there are fears they will spread.
Pacific Island Nation of Tuvalu Gaining Land Despite Sea Level Rise
February 14, 2018, 1:26 pm EST
New research is challenging our understanding of how islands are responding to climate change, and whether swelling seas will wipe them out.
Depleted Ozone Could Have Caused Greatest Extinction
February 14, 2018, 11:45 am EST
New research points to depleted ozone as the cause of Earth’s greatest extinction.
Trump Budget Calls for Cuts to National Weather Service
February 13, 2018, 4:36 pm EST
President Trump’s new budget calls for cuts to the National Weather Service. Is that really a good idea?
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Being Called Disastrous for Environment
February 13, 2018, 12:20 pm EST
Environmentalists say the plan could be a disaster for the planet.
Fast Fashion Is A Looming Environmental Disaster
February 13, 2018, 11:04 am EST
New clothes are becoming as cheap as used clothes, decimating secondhand trade, and could create a growing environmental disaster.
Seriously? One Garbage Truck of Plastic Enters Oceans Every Minute
February 13, 2018, 4:24 am EST
It’s almost too shocking to comprehend: The equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic goes into the ocean every single minute.
Solar Panels Could Make More Money in North Carolina than Tobacco
February 11, 2018, 5:35 pm EST
The Weather Channel Meteorologist Kait Parker says a new report shows that tobacco farmers in North Carolina could make more money if they replaced their tobacco with solar panels.
Dunkin’ Donuts Announces Plan to Ditch Cups
February 9, 2018, 3:23 pm EST
Dunkin' Donuts finally makes good on a promise to do away with styrofoam cups by 2020.
Conservationists Help Threatened Albatrosses Adapt to Climate Change
February 9, 2018, 3:09 pm EST
Conservationists build nests to help threatened albatross chicks nest in a island affected by a changing climate.
