Fire officials are bracing for an active fire season in Northern California as high temperatures dry out forests. Southern California will likely see a typical season.Continue Reading
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has transformed the estuary and robbed the river of sediment over the last century. The post Dredging the Columbia River at the expense of tribal and aquatic communities appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
This story is being published in collaboration with The Tyee , an award-winning independent media outlet based in BC. The artificial intelligence strategy announced by Mark Carney in early June promised to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, boost Canadian productivity and help domestic AI companies, with “a clearContinue Reading
Portland could climb near 100 degrees this weekend, forecasters said. Little relief is expected until next week.Continue Reading
More than 100 planned wind farms in 21 states are now stalled indefinitely as the Pentagon delays military reviews once seen as routine.Continue Reading
A charity set up by Cherie Blair has received more than £3.6 million from U.S. fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil, DeSmog can reveal. The eponymous Cherie Blair Foundation for Women was founded in 2008 – providing training and resources, including mobile apps, for “women entrepreneurs” in low-income countries to start smallContinue Reading
The surge in satellites brings pollution and risks of repeating destructive colonial practices, experts warn. By Bob Berwyn The starry night sky has always anchored humanity’s sense of place in a vast universe. It’s a map guiding travelers, a calendar for migrations and harvests, a wellspring of stories. But aContinue Reading
Researchers in South Korea have recreated the legendary “sea silk” once prized by emperors, using fibers from a clam cultivated in Korean coastal waters. They discovered that its famous golden shine comes from tiny protein structures that reflect light rather than from pigments or dyes. Because the color is builtContinue Reading
NatWest has been slammed for investing at least £17 million in the UK’s biggest supplier of coal to the cement industry, despite pressure on banks to stop financing fossil fuels. According to documents seen by DeSmog, the bank ploughed money into Hatfield Energy, which imported at least 350,000 tonnes ofContinue Reading
Denmark is set to radically overhaul its drinking water policy as part of a raft of sweeping reforms to the country’s livestock industry. In a nation with more pigs per capita than anywhere else in the world, animal welfare and nitrates pollution dominated public debate as millions headed to theContinue Reading
A new paper suggests that 15 percent of global warming comes from overlooked pollutants. By Nina Sablan Record-high global temperatures aren’t driven only by well-known greenhouse gas culprits.Continue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community PhysCOS Activities at AAS 248,… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources PhysCOS Activities at AAS 248 – Sunday, 14 June & Monday,Continue Reading
A spectacular fossil fish discovered on a remote cliff in New Zealand nearly 30 years ago has finally revealed its full story thanks to an unexpected discovery: the original collector’s long-lost field notebooks. The 1.2-meter fossil, preserved in stunning three-dimensional detail, belonged to an ancient tarpon-like predator that cruised NewContinue Reading