In this Wednesday, June 21, 2017 photo, a California condor takes flight in the Ventana Wilderness east of Big Sur, Calif. Three decades after being pushed to the brink of extinction, the California condor is staging an impressive comeback, thanks to captive-breeding programs and reduced use of lead ammunition nearContinue Reading
New research deepens the understanding of Earth’s crust by testing and ultimately eliminating one popular hypothesis about why continental crust is lower in iron and more oxidized compared to oceanic crust. The iron-poor composition of continental crust is a major reason why vast portions of the Earth’s surface stand aboveContinue Reading
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force assessing the safety of Japan’s planned discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station issued its latest report today., Read MoreContinue Reading
Researchers discover a unique two-component molecular motor that uses a kind of renewable chemical energy to pull vesicles toward membrane-bound organelles., Read MoreContinue Reading
Governments show time and again they won’t deliver adequate climate solutions of their own accord. If the world is ever going to get serious on climate, it will be because a mass movement of citizen action insists on it. Except, no such mobilisation of citizens yet exists across the globalContinue Reading
The sisters at St. Mary’s Abbey in Ireland grow their own heating fuel.Continue Reading
Mr. Banga’s appointment to a five-year term was confirmed on Wednesday by the World Bank.Continue Reading
The theater and art project was created to help an Appalachian community deal with complicated feelings about the loss of its largest employer. By Dan Gearino When Conesville Power Plant closed in 2020, it was like a death in this rural area in east-central Ohio, but there was no funeral.Continue Reading
Rising rivers are stranding endangered riparian brush rabbits in California. Wildlife officials are searching out and relocating hundreds of them to help protect the species. (Image credit: Lee Eastman/FWS)Continue Reading
To make change, leaders say the U.N. system needs to do a better job elevating Indigenous voices.Continue Reading
Redding, CA – January 20: A view of the Sacramento River downstream from Keswick Dam, where endangered winter-run Chinook salmon come to spawn. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Tribe signs pact with California to work together on efforts to save endangered salmon WaterContinue Reading
The effects of rising global temperatures are becoming increasingly apparent. Heat waves, droughts, torrential rains and flooding are becoming more frequent. In the first three months of 2023, Latin America has witnessed a prolonged drought and destructive forest fires in Chile, intense rains and floods in Brazil that left more than 60 dead and CycloneContinue Reading
A research team outlines how it identified and bestowed a moniker upon a previously unexplored 500 million-year-old Grand Canyon formation: The Frenchman Mountain Dolostone. The newly named rock layer has lain hidden in plain sight throughout the Grand Canyon for millennia, but — until now — geologists had not namedContinue Reading