EartherExtreme Weather Why Texas Has the Country’s Worst Corn The ongoing megadrought is affecting crop quality and crop yield all over the U.S. By Angely Mercado Published June 24, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Car-Centric Los Angeles Could Ban New Gas Stations If this happens, L.A. would become the largest city in the U.S. to enact such a ban. By Angely Mercado Published June 23, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change After Accidentally Starting Huge Wildfire, Forest Service Admits It’s Stumped by Climate Change The agency started the largest wildfire in New Mexico history with two flawed prescribed burns. A new federal report tries to explain why. By Lauren Leffer Published June 23, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation Biden Admin Re-Revises Trump’s Definition of ‘Habitat’ The administration rescinded a Trump-era decision that made it much harder to protect endangered wildlife, but advocates say the White House needs to do more. By Kyle Barr Published June 23, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Lake Mead Could Soon Form a ‘Dead Pool’ as Water Levels Drop to Extreme Lows The reservoir on the Arizona-Nevada border is at its lowest level since the 1930s. By Angely Mercado Published June 23, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change ‘Bloody’ Snow Is Another Ominous Signal of Climate Change The blood-like speckles in the snow are created by algae, which can fuel snowmelt. By Angely Mercado Published June 22, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherEnergy Trash-to-Gas Isn’t a Fairytale Climate Solution Turning waste into a renewable energy source has some of the same downsides as fossil fuels, but it doesn't have to. By Lauren Leffer Published June 22, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherNatural Disasters Deadliest Earthquake in Decades Kills Over 1,000 in Afghanistan An magnitude 5.9 quake struck southeastern Afghanistan Wednesday morning. Aid may be hampered by struggles of Taliban-led government. By Kyle Barr Published June 22, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather ‘Stifling’: Extreme Heat Hammers the U.S. Sections of the Southwest, Midwest, Great Plains, and Southeast are all facing high temperatures this week. 20% of the population could encounter triple digits. By Lauren Leffer Published June 21, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Sunken WWII Ship Reappears in Italian River Amid Drought The Po river has not had any rain in over 110 days, revealing a barge that sank eight decades ago. By Angely Mercado Published June 21, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather ‘Baddest One I’ve Ever Seen’: New Jersey Wildfire May Become State’s Largest in 15 Years A historic village and berry farms are in the path of the large wildfire. By Molly Taft Published June 21, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Wildfire Destroys Buildings at Arizona Observatory, Images Show Telescopes Intact The Contreras Fire in Arizona reached Kitt Peak National Observatory on Friday. By Kevin Hurler Published June 21, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation Strange, Isolated Group of Polar Bears Discovered in Greenland The findings are exciting, but many questions remain about this population. By Angely Mercado Published June 17, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Arizona Wildfire Reaches Kitt Peak National Observatory, Telescopes Possibly Damaged The Contreras Fire began on June 11 and reached the observatory this morning. By Kevin Hurler Published June 17, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Heat Kills Thousands of Cows in Kansas Temperatures soared into the 100s in Kansas, causing as many as 10,000 cattle deaths. By Molly Taft Published June 17, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherExtreme Weather Another La Niña Fall Means U.S. Drought Will Get Even Worse The weather pattern also affects the Atlantic hurricane season. By Angely Mercado Published June 17, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherConservation Where Are California’s Bumble Bees? A recent census of bees in the state found disturbingly few of the insects. By Molly Taft Published June 16, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherEarth Science MIT Scientists Propose Space Bubbles to Reverse the Worst of Climate Change Geoengineering is fun to think about—but lowering current emissions should be the most important goal. By Angely Mercado Published June 16, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherNatural Disasters Yellowstone Wrecked by ‘Thousand-Year’ Floods Photos and video from the closed-down park show unprecedented destruction from flooding that's also led to a Montana disaster declaration. By Lauren Leffer Published June 16, 2022 | Comments (0)
EartherClimate Change Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Climate Change Is ‘Healthy for All of Us’ On a recent conservative broadcast, the Georgia congresswoman called climate research "unscientific." By Molly Taft Published June 15, 2022 | Comments (0)
