Environment
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.
Canoe Grown From Mushroom May Help the Environment
May 26, 2023, 10:43 am EDT
A Nebraska college student, Katy Ayers, grew a canoe from mushroom roots with the help from a company called Nebraska Mushrooms. The canoe has the same shape as others and the ability to flow on water. To read more click here
Circling Near Marinas, Lake Mead’s Carp Appear to Beg For Food, But Don’t Feed Them
May 25, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
Introduced over 100 years ago as a source of food for the expanding west, Carp are a nuisance non-native fish in Lake Mead and officials urge tourists not to feed them regardless of how they appear to beg.
Western Snowpack Boosts Reservoir Flow Projections
May 20, 2023, 11:59 am EDT
A snowy winter has caused flow projections to jump for some reservoirs in the West. But, caution is still suggested by federal water authorities.
Companies Striving To Find New Uses For Smelly Sargassum
May 18, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
While sargassum is not safe to eat, it turns out there are other possible uses for the seaweed clogging local beaches.
500 Pounds Of Noodles Dumped In Forest
May 17, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
A local woman found hundreds of pounds of pasta abandoned in the woods in Old Bridge, New Jersey. The photos set off an internet firestorm.
What’s Wrong With Putting Recyclables In Plastic Bags?
May 13, 2023, 12:00 pm EDT
A survey in Washington State found that 20% of residents put their recyclables in plastic bags before putting them in the bin.
