Science
A lethal tick-borne disease is spreading in the US, driven by climate change
Experts say it’s not time to freak out — yet.
Read MoreAndean eagles have managed to adapt to fragmenting habitats — for now
Even the greatest, most mobile predators aren’t immune to the shrinking of South America’s forests. The endangered black-and-chestnut eagle (Spizaetus isidori), one of the largest raptors on the continent, has been forced to change its behavior to survive in increasingly fragmented habitats and growing threats from humans. A new study in Global Ecology and Conservation […]
Logging is destroying southern forests — and dividing US environmentalists
More than 150 conservation, environmental, and social justice organizations have accused The Nature Conservancy of “promoting false climate solutions.”
Read MoreThe disease after tomorrow
Five illnesses spreading in a hotter world
Read MoreMiners, drug traffickers and loggers: Is Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park on the verge of collapse?
News articles and opinion pieces have popped up in the pages of different Costa Rican newspapers over the past several years, warning of the imminent collapse of Corcovado National Park, one of the country’s most treasured protected areas. The park is in “agonizing” condition and “on a downward spiral,” some of the opinion pieces said. […]
As the Louisiana coast disappears, the Mississippi River’s newest channel is building much-needed land
It’s up to the Army Corps to keep it flowing.
Read MoreRed alert: Portions of the Arctic are warming much faster than we thought
“What’s happening in the far north is off the scale.”
Read MoreStudy links ‘forever chemicals’ to high blood pressure in middle-aged women
In response, the EPA released stricter standards for PFAS levels in drinking water.
Read MoreCar tires produce vastly more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show
In part because of the increasing weight of cars, toxic particles from tires are almost 2,000 times worse than from exhausts.
Read MoreA Pacific hurricane may kick off yet another hectic Atlantic hurricane season
NOAA is forecasting “above-average” hurricane activity in the Atlantic for the seventh year straight.
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