A new study from University of Hawai‘i researchers links metals found in the ash of the 2023 Maui wildfires with impaired lung function. By Keerti Gopal After three years helping Maui wildfire survivors track their health progress, Dr. Martina L. Kamaka is used to seeing high levels of heavy metalsContinue Reading
If the California Coastal Commission has its way, vehicular access soon will be nixed at Centerville Beach County Park — one of just a handful of beaches where driving is allowed.Continue Reading
Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their numbers will bounce back., Read MoreContinue Reading
The justice’s participation in the Boulder case already may have been pivotal, and his continued stock holdings—including in fossil fuels—keep an ethics cloud over the Supreme Court. By Marianne Lavelle Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the SupremeContinue Reading
The move marked the final step in the administration’s efforts to dismantle policies aimed at speeding the shift to electric vehicles.Continue Reading
A federal judge ruled that the new law, which would force fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion to help cover the costs of climate change, was unconstitutional.Continue Reading
Scientists resurrected antimicrobial peptides from mammals that lived millions of years ago and found that some were more potent against drug-resistant bacteria than modern human versions. These evolutionary relics could provide new clues for designing treatments as antibiotic resistance becomes an increasingly serious threat., Read MoreContinue Reading
Hurricane Nolo edged further away from the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday as major Hurricane Polo bore down on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula with a threat of storm surge, high winds and heavy rains. (Image credit: Gregory Bull)Continue Reading
On the shores of Nkondo, in Uganda’s Kikuube district, the day begins before sunrise. Fishers enter the lake to fish, while families around Lake Albert rely on its waters for food, income and daily survival.Continue Reading
From electric vehicle exports to massive overseas infrastructure projects, China is having a big—and contradictory—environmental impact worldwide. By Kiley Price, Dan Gearino, Nicholas Kusnetz Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, we discuss China’s burgeoning electric-vehicle exports—now entering a key marketContinue Reading
Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt. The post Montanans are demanding better Indian education, setting an example for other Western states appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The ties between Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been described as “extensive and troubling” in a new report. The analysis by FairSquare, a non-profit which researches and campaigns on human rights, warns that the financial and political alliance between Reform and the authoritarian GulfContinue Reading
A beautifully preserved fossil from Mongolia’s Gobi Desert has solved a mystery that puzzled paleontologists for nearly 40 years. Tamirkhan balcarceli shows that zhelestids were not early relatives of modern placental mammals, despite having teeth that seemed to suggest they were. Instead, the rabbit-like animal belonged to a separate lineageContinue Reading