Environment
His Diet Is Garbage, But He's Kinda Cute
June 3, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
A celebrity was born in 2014 when Mr. Trash Wheel started sucking up Baltimore’s trash. It has since gobbled up millions of pounds of trash and garnered thousands of social media followers.
Underwater Volcano Spewing Mud And Methane Discovered
May 29, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
Arctic researchers discovered an underwater volcano spewing mud and methane, and it’s just the second of its kind found in Norwegian waters. Here’s what scientists know about the volcano, its history, and what we could learn from it.
Stepping Up Efforts To Remove Ghost Fishing Equipment
May 27, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
NOAA recently awarded an $8-million grant to William & Mary for a new program to find and remove derelict crab and lobster traps.
Mystery Of Baltic Sea Yellow Swirls Solved
May 27, 2023, 11:24 am EDT
Scientists were mystified by yellow material swirling in the Baltic Sea. The results of their findings may be surprising, but it does show how much of the material is around at certain times of year.
As Wildfires Torch Forests, Shockingly Few Trees Replanted
May 27, 2023, 7:11 am EDT
Wildfires are devouring millions of acres of forests across the western U.S., but shockingly few trees are replanted. Here’s why, and why that could pose a problem.
How Wildfires In California Made The Air The Worst In The Country
May 27, 2023, 7:05 am EDT
New research from the University of Chicago links record-breaking California wildfires to deadly levels of air pollution.
Houston Reunites Memorial Park With Tunnels Over Highway
May 26, 2023, 2:13 pm EDT
Memorial Drive has bisected Houston’s Memorial Park for over five decades but four tunnels and a set of 35-foot-tall hills now let people and animals easily cross over the six-lane highway.
Mosquitoes May Be Biting Longer
May 26, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
Urban light pollution may be extending the time of year that mosquitoes bite humans and other mammals, a new study says. But in the long run, it also could cut their numbers. Here’s how.
Grand Canyon Tourists May Have Been Exposed to Radiation
May 26, 2023, 10:47 am EDT
Grand Canyon employees and tourists may have been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation as they passed by three buckets filled with uranium ore in the park’s museum collection building, according to the park’s safety manager Elston Stephenson.
Glaciers May Disappear from 21 World Heritage Sites by 2100, Study Finds
May 26, 2023, 10:46 am EDT
Almost half of the World Heritage sites could lose their glaciers by 2100 if business-as-usual greenhouse gas emissions continue, according to a new global study published in the journal “Earth’s Future” by scientists with the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
