How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment
An EPA-sponsored cleanup of toxic waste from the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site in Brooklyn,...
Month: January 2025
2024’s extreme ocean heat breaks records again, leaving 2 mysteries to solve Author: Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The global ocean’s surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner...
“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, photography by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica
by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, photography by Julia Rendleman...
Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session by Anna Clark
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2024’s extreme ocean heat leaves 2 mysteries to solve Author: Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
The global ocean’s surface temperature was still well above average going into 2025. Meaghan Skinner...
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California Author: Jon Keeley, Research Ecologist, USGS; Adjunct Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Over 1,000 structures burned in the span of two days, Jan 7-8, 2025, near Los...
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry Author: Ming Pan, Senior Research Hydrologist, University of California, San Diego
Dry vegetation helped fuel fires that spread through the Los Angeles area in early January...
Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China Author: Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
When Donald Trump first offered to buy Greenland in 2019, he was widely ridiculed and...
Wildfire smoke inside homes can create health risks that linger for months − tips for cleaning and staying safe Author: Colleen E. Reid, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
Smoke from several wind-driven wildfires spread through large parts of the Los Angeles area in...
Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change Author: Alana Chin, Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Trees killed by drought and an outbreak of bark beetles in California’s Tahoe National Forest...
