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Environment

A family of three paddles through flood water on a small raft in southeastern Michigan

How traditional stormwater infrastructure contributed to ‘The Great Flood of 2014’

 Environment
• December 22, 2024

Interconnected infrastructure can exacerbate urban flooding, a new study suggests

Dead fish float on a body of water after dying from lack of oxygen

In the age of dinosaurs, oceans lost their life-sustaining oxygen due to climate changes

 Environment
• November 4, 2024

A new study of ancient climate has alarming implications for today, experts say

Bushels of sorghum hang to dry.

The soil-obsessed artist bringing sorghum to New York farms

 Environment
• October 21, 2024

An artist who fell in love with a climate-resilient crop is pushing for a slow revolution

two eggs sizzle in a frying pan

Getting a handle on the ‘forever chemicals’ in plastics

 Environment
• September 5, 2024

What to know about how PFAS are affecting your body

A group of people wearing yellow hard hats and vests stand near a demolition site.

Rethinking waste, one art project at a time

 Environment
• July 22, 2024

Artist Kaitlin Pomerantz is on a mission to repurpose the unused, forgotten fragments that glue society together  

Several cars sit on a flooded street

Southwest Philly: the next Atlantis?

 Environment
• July 18, 2024

The Eastwick neighborhood of Philly could experience monthly floods as soon as 2060 — a trend experts predict many other coastal cities will face in coming years

Image of David Holland

The climate mathematician

 Environment
• June 25, 2024

As the world warms, scientist David Holland is building a weather forecast for the polar ice caps

A great blue heron standing in body of water and tall grasses

When city rivers get wild

 Environment
• June 13, 2024

How a floating wetland in the middle of the Chicago River has put nature and cleaner water back on the map for city residents

A portrait of mycologist Sigrid Jakob surrounded by different kinds of mushrooms, leaves, and equipment she uses to sequence them.

One woman’s mission to diversify and document New York City’s mushroom scene

 Environment
• May 6, 2024

Sigrid Jakob and other citizen mycologists are classifying fungal species before they disappear.

An image showing a glassfrog when its blood vessels are invisible and when they are visible.

Could frogs hold the secret to preventing blood clots in humans?

 Environment
• March 14, 2024

These tiny, transparent frogs clump their red blood cells together to blend into their surroundings — without ever forming deathly clots

A close up image of a cicada

Don’t freak out, but the cicadas are coming — lots of them

 Environment
• March 13, 2024

Billions will likely emerge across the eastern half of the US this spring, but climate change is a wild card

Warming waters entice ‘flesh-eating bacteria’ further north

 Environment
• March 8, 2024

The risks are low but rising, so cook your shellfish and cover your cuts before swimming

Caught in the turmoil of war and climate change

 Environment
• March 7, 2024

Millions of Sub-Saharan Africans have been forced to flee their homes in recent years. Is it due to climate change or conflict? The government can't decide

When wildlife goes viral

 Environment
• February 19, 2024

What New Zealand’s bird of the century contest can teach us about conservation

Young children play with a handmade game that involves colorful people-shaped pieces and a mountain

How gaming can fight climate change

 Environment
• January 26, 2024

Games that model the future can inspire hope and encourage creative minds to redefine solutions.

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