Jul 04 India likely undercounts heat-related deaths, tempering its response, officials say By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press The worry, public health officials say, is that undercounting the deaths means the heat wave problem isn't as prioritized as it should be, and officials are missing out on ways to prepare their residents for the scorching temperatures. Continue reading
Jul 03 Scientists identify salamanderlike predator that existed before the dinosaurs By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Scientists have identified a giant salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs that likely ruled waters 280 million years ago. Continue reading
Jul 03 U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction By Matthew Brown, Associated Press U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins, the spotted owl. Continue reading
Jul 02 Watch 8:28 Scottish oil town hopes to be Europe’s green energy capital with transition to renewables By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Simeon Lancaster A major issue in Britain’s general election is the cost of living crisis, caused by spiking inflation following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That has put pressure on the country’s pledge, written into law, to become carbon neutral by 2050. Continue watching
Jul 01 We’re in literal hot water this hurricane season By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The powerful storm Beryl is acting more like monsters that form in the peak of hurricane season thanks mostly to water temperatures as hot or hotter than the region normally gets in September, experts say. Continue reading
Jun 27 China says U.S. should ‘remove obstacles’ to allow scientists of all nations to study lunar samples By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press China's space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from across the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples the Chang'e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation,… Continue reading
Jun 25 Chinese lunar probe returns to Earth with world’s first samples from the far side of the moon By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press Chinese scientists anticipate the returned samples will include 2.5 million-year-old volcanic rock and other material that scientists hope will answer questions about geographic differences on the moon's two sides. Continue reading
Jun 24 What to know about the devastating flooding in the Midwest By Michael Phillis, Associated Press In Iowa, some areas got as much as 15 inches of rain in the span of a few days. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 4:17 Meet the ninth grader who’s helping restore Mississippi’s oyster reefs By John Yang, Kaisha Young In the past two decades, the oyster population in Mississippi’s Gulf waters has been devastated by both natural and manmade disasters. Among those working to restore oyster habitats is ninth grader Demi Johnson, who was recently recognized by the National… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 6:27 The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Andrew Corkery The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost,… Continue watching