Heat, Flooding, and Fire Overwhelming Halfway through 2024 Danger Season
August began with nearly half the US population under heat alerts that were 3 times as likely due to climate change.
What Does Meaningful Community Engagement Look Like in Massachusetts?
Conducting meaningful community engagement processes within transportation projects and plans is vital for fostering inclusive decisionmaking and promoting connected communities.
Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers’ catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn’t likely to help
Whether they’re going to cook a fish, have it mounted or just take a photo and then release it, anglers want more than a severed head. But with shark numbers rebounding, they’ve got competition.
Where Have All the Election Officials Gone?
The hard-working civil servants who take on the task of administering elections are vital to democracy and under intense pressure. We need to support them so they can do their job.
Could we use volcanoes to make electricity?
We don’t generate power directly from volcanoes, but their presence is a sign that there are good geothermal resources underground that can be tapped.
Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today
As summer temperatures rise, finding ways to build cities that don’t hold in the heat and can provide some cooling is increasingly important.
US has its first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution − here are 3 strong points and a key issue to watch
Better measuring standards, more responsibility for producers and an end to single-use products are all positive steps. But the US has not yet endorsed a cap on plastic production.
US has its first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution − here are 3 strong points and 1 big gap
Better measuring standards, more responsibility for producers and an end to single-use products are all positive steps. But the US has not yet endorsed a cap on plastic production.
Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the fungus devastating bananas worldwide
Fusarium oxysporum can infect over 120 plant species. Whether it destroys Cavendish bananas as it did their predecessor depends on the agricultural industry and consumers.
Water Conservation Proving Successful as Colorado River Water Users Avoid Crisis Again
Today, as it does every August, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) released data used to determine Colorado River operating conditions for the following year. Thanks to persistent...
Trees compete for space, light and resources, and those clashes can leave battle scars
For trees, growing to maturity involves much more than just reaching upward.
The Price of the Sentinel Nuclear Weapons Program Keeps Going Up—But the True Costs Are Even Higher
Recent analysis of the Sentinel nuclear weapons program found the estimated costs to be much higher than anticipated--and the system will not make us any safer from the threat of nuclear war than we already are.