Environment
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Paying for the Lake: Utahns Signal Financial Support for Great Salt Lake Recovery
A new Weber State University survey reveals a surprising willingness among residents to fund the restoration of the stat...
Beyond the Label: Why Your Choice of White Fish Now Depends on the Map
The Marine Conservation Society's 2025 guide warns that popular staples like haddock and coley are slipping, urging cons...
The Pacific's Expanding Heat: Why a New Warm Water 'Arm' Signals a Millennium-Level Event
A massive warming event in the Pacific Ocean has expanded, with new data showing a second branch of warm water stretchin...
From Lagos to Congo: The Grueling Path to Biliβs Second Chance
A western lowland gorilla's journey from a Nigerian sting operation to a Congolese sanctuary highlights the massive, und...
Singapore Targets Corporate Polluters as Indonesian Fires Claim Four Lives
As four firefighters perish in Indonesia's East Java, Singapore's leadership prepares to weaponize transboundary polluti...
California's High-Stakes Gamble Against 70 MPH Santa Ana Winds
With hundreds of thousands facing power shutoffs and memories of the deadly 2025 fires fresh, Southern California enters...
Santa Monica Mountains Shutdown: A New Strategy for Wildfire Prevention
Four agencies are locking down trails and backcountry areas in Southern California to combat extreme fire risks.
Canopy Refuge: The YIARI Rescue of Eight Borneo Orangutans
Following devastating El NiΓ±o-driven wildfires in West Kalimantan, eight endangered orangutans have been relocated to th...
The Meeteetse Silence: Why Wyoming's Black-Footed Ferrets May Have Vanished
A massive 4,000-acre survey in the Absaroka Range suggests a local extinction for a species once rescued from the brink.
The High-Speed Lens Capturing Britain's Newest Resident
Andrew Fusek-Peters uses advanced photography to reveal how the Hummingbird Hawk-Moth is adapting to a warming UK climat...
Running for the Ghost of Lake Bonneville: Dakota Jonesβ 260-Mile Plea
An ultrarunner's five-day relay around the Great Salt Lake perimeter aims to turn physical endurance into political and ...
The Urban Trap: How Human Hair is Maiming Britain's Pigeon Population
Volunteers at London Pigeon Rescue are fighting a 'silent epidemic' of string foot, a gruesome condition caused by disca...
The $116 Million Dust Crisis Looming Over the Great Salt Lake
As water levels recede, Utah faces a choice between immediate ozone regulation and the massive, long-term costs of a dry...
Beyond the Spires: The Complex Birth of Chiricahua National Park
While Arizona's volcanic landscape prepares for national park status, tribal access and National Park Service staffing s...
The Plastic Trail: North Carolina's Ongoing Battle with IPEX PVC Debris
A massive stretch of the French Broad River remains choked with industrial piping following hurricane damage to an Ashev...
Arizona Braces for Tropical Storm Rachel's Remnants: Wind and Cold Snap Loom
A sudden shift in weather patterns brings flood warnings and a sharp temperature drop to the Southwest this weekend.
Arizona Braces for Extreme Fire Risk as NWS Issues Week-Long Alert
A massive fire weather advisory covers much of Arizona and parts of Utah, warning of rapid fire spread due to wind and l...
San Diego's Coastal Defense: Sandbags and Volunteers vs. Tropical Storm Rachel
As Tropical Storm Rachel approaches, San Diego's beach communities are racing to fortify La Jolla Shores and surrounding...
Tropical Storm Rachel Lashes Southern California: A Wake-Up Call for Coastal Infrastructure
From red-tagged homes in Long Beach to flash flood warnings in the Inland Empire, Tropical Storm Rachel exposes the vuln...
Isaias Slams Florida Panhandle: A Warning Shot for the 2026 Season
With 105-mph winds and nearly half a million power outages, Hurricane Isaias marks a violent start to the Atlantic hurri...
Arizonaβs 145,000-Acre Wildfire Crisis: 15 Zones Under Threat
Massive blazes are tearing through Arizona's deserts and mountains, forcing evacuations from Phoenix to Tucson.
SDSUβs New One Water Lab: A $2.6M Blueprint for San Diegoβs Climate Resilience
The new Mission Valley facility aims to turn academic research into real-world solutions for drought and water pollution...
Beyond Commodity: The Fight to Restore Indigenous Stewardship of Utah's Great Salt Lake
As climate change and mining threaten Utah's Great Salt Lake, a new movement seeks to replace industrial management with...
The Big Bend Standoff: Why Hudspeth County is Fighting a $46 Billion Wall
A new steel barrier in Texas' Big Bend has triggered a legal injunction and a grassroots uprising from ranchers and tour...
Mexico Braces for Category 4 Hurricane Simon as Pacific Storms Surge
Rapid intensification of Hurricane Simon threatens Mexico's coast with catastrophic winds, while Tropical Storm Rachel e...
Malaysia Shuts Schools as Indonesian Forest Fires Trigger Toxic Haze Crisis
Unhealthy air quality has forced school closures in Kuala Lumpur and four Malaysian states, as regional leaders scramble...
The El NiΓ±o Wanderer: What a Rare Swordfish in Haida Gwaii Signals for the Pacific
A six-foot predator found far north of its usual range highlights the disruptive power of marine heatwaves on the Pacifi...
The Zero-Dollar Deal: Salt Lake City's Battle Over Airport Wetlands
A proposal to transfer 1,000 acres of ecologically vital land has sparked an unlikely alliance between birdwatchers and ...
The Biodiversity Trade-off: Why 200 Environmental Groups are Fighting the New Permitting Bill
A bipartisan push to accelerate energy projects could dismantle decades of conservation, according to a coalition of ove...
The Fall of 'Penguin Mordor': Zavodovski Island's Catastrophic Population Crash
A once-massive colony of chinstrap penguins is vanishing as warming oceans push their food source into unreachable icy w...