Longreadsby Carolyn Wells6d ago
When Rhonda MacDonald put out a plea for help on Facebook, the cowboys answered. Wildfires have been ravaging British Columbia, Canada, this summer—and when a ranch is put under evacuation, it is...
Times of Indiaby TOI WORLD DESK6d ago
Before it was a wildlife sanctuary, it was a woman's abode. Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre land area off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States.
Eosby Rebecca Owen6d ago
Photovoltaic technology, most commonly seen as the bulky solar panels used on solar farms, is expected to become a dominant energy source by 2050.
Wildlife | The Guardianby Ramon Antonio Vargas6d ago
An Alaska marathon athlete used a repellant spray to fend off an attacking bear that officials say injured her while she ran on a popular trail recently – an encounter that she has since described...
ReadWriteby Suswati Basu6d ago
A House proposal introduced Monday (August 17) seeks to stop federally regulated prediction markets from letting traders place bets on wildfires or the destruction they cause. Rep.
Yale E360by Kate Morgan6d ago
A controversial scheme aimed at slashing car pollution in Central London was a boon to children in the area, whose lungs grew faster after the program was launched, researchers found.
DW Englishby Mark Hallam; Timothy Jones6d ago
What you need to know - Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig says laws on rented accommodation could be changed to allow tenants to improve their protection against heat - Hubig also spoke out in favor...
Gristby Benton Graham6d ago
On Charlie Hamilton’s regular Amtrak rides from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia, he passes some of the country’s most spectacular vistas: the Puget Sound coast and the...
Gristby Vivian La6d ago
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Interlochen Public Radio in northern Michigan. The U.S.
Gristby Matt Simon6d ago
Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in the scorching desert thanks to the Nile River, which delivered fresh water and annual dumps of nutrient-rich sediment.
The Tyeeby Tyler Olsen6d ago
It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Sunday and Armaan is in his element: standing in a kitchen, bouncing between a grill and a stove and a deep fryer, assembling a meal for hungry customers.
Eosby Dave Petley6d ago
The external review of the Mount Maunganui Beachside Holiday Park landslide is extremely critical of the local authority in their approach to the management of the well-documented landslide hazard...
Travel | The Guardianby Mike MacEacheran6d ago
I hadn’t planned to enjoy any of this. As summer light fell on Stac Pollaidh – the summit’s teeth bared, the views stretching across the surreal emptiness of Assynt – I found myself ankle-deep in...
DW Englishby Andreas Noll6d ago
Since early August, huge silver tanker trucks have been paying a visit to the town of Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in Alsace, eastern France, twice a week.
The Better Indiaby Sriroopa Dutta6d ago
In the sandbanks of Bihar’s Gandak River a long-snouted reptile lies motionless on a stretch of pale sand, its jaw pointed towards the current.
Wildlife | The Guardianby Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent6d ago
Carbon pollution has fuelled a “massive expansion” of marine heatwaves in Europe this summer, research has found, with some waters recording temperatures 6C higher than normal.
Environment + Energy - The Conversationby Jessica Tout-Lyon, Lecturer and researcher in marine molecular and microbial ecology, Charles Sturt University6d ago
If you’re a keen angler and regularly catch yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi), you may have encountered instances of the fish’s flesh turning mushy and unpalatable once cooked.
Wildlife | The Guardianby Nicola Davis Science correspondent6d ago
Humans turn to heated blankets and fluffy socks to cope with winter, but long-clawed shrews have a very different adaptation: they increase the size of their snouts.
Salonby Troy Farah6d ago
The Trump administration’s construction project in Big Bend National Park, which is destroying the area’s pristine environment to build more of President Donald Trump’s border wall, is temporarily...
Environment | The Guardianby Sadiq Khan6d ago
When I introduced London’s clean air zone – the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) – more than seven years ago, no city had ever attempted anything quite like it.
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