Power outages are increasing as the grid ages and climate change drives more frequent severe weather. Burying power lines underground can be more reliable – but also much more expensive. (Image credit: Michael Livingston)Continue Reading
Across the state’s heartland, communities such as Indiantown are weighing proposals for hyperscale data centers. The massive facilities would reshape Florida’s rural lands. By Amy Green INDIANTOWN, Fla.—Carroll McAllister frets over the prospect of a hyperscale data center opening next to the grassy expanse where she grew up, in aContinue Reading
The largest and oldest baobab tree in Madagascar, known locally as Tsitakakantsa, is dying, according to experts and local stewards. With cracks in its trunk and dark liquid seeping from its base, the tree appears to have entered its final phase and will eventually collapse and disintegrate.Continue Reading
Scientists have peered inside the skull of a 380-million-year-old Antarctic fish that was closely related to the first animals to walk on land, revealing surprising clues about how life began its move out of the water. Using advanced neutron imaging, researchers discovered that Koharalepis jarviki had features suited for livingContinue Reading
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The head of the UN’s civil aviation agency, ICAO, has called for immediate global action to protect commercial flights from escalating military threats, including missiles, drones, and GPS signal jamming.Continue Reading
We look at three things homeowners and renters can do ahead of the summer disaster season to try to ensure any insurance claims they have to file are handled as quickly as possible.Continue Reading
The president may have backed off killing the agency outright, but his FEMA Review Council clearly sees a much reduced emergency management role for the federal government. By Amy Green, Charles Paullin When disaster strikes, those who turn to government agencies for assistance tend to be the most vulnerable: seniorContinue Reading
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Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 years old. Buried for hundreds of thousands of years at an ancient lakeside site in Greece, the carefully carved wooden objects reveal that early humans were far more skilled and resourcefulContinue Reading
Observers believe regulatory failures contributed to catastrophic sewage and fuel leaks in the watershed. The river was recently named the most endangered in the nation. By Aman Azhar The warning signs were years in the making. And yet, regulators failed to heed the writing on the wall, according to DeanContinue Reading
The Senate has confirmed President The Traitor’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands concentrated in Western statesContinue Reading
The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.Continue Reading