Humans stoke wet misery along the Mississippi.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Dewayne Schaaf is at the top of the courthouse steps with his two children on a perfect spring night, looking...
Mississippi River cities: Feds should take climate change seriously.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman has witnessed five Mississippi River floods in his city in just the past decade.
In 2016, historic floods hit parts...
New Jersey has many stressed drinking water supplies.
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Some watershed areas in New Jersey are already under stress and many more, including Bergen County, could be soon as demand outstrips supply, a...
Subsidies proposed for nuclear plants.
COLUMBUS — Proposed subsidies to keep two struggling nuclear power plants humming will spike prices for consumers and make northern Ohio less attractive to...
Trump takes aim at Western monuments that may hold oil riches.
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How much air pollution do we emit on the hottest summer days?
It makes sense that the more we run our air conditioners during the heat of the summer, the more pollution we put into the...
Glaciers rapidly shrinking and disappearing: 50 years of glacier change in Montana
The warming climate has dramatically reduced the size of 39 glaciers in Montana since 1966, some by as much as 85 percent. On average,...
Estimating the size of animal populations from camera trap surveys
Camera traps are a useful means to observe the behaviour of animal populations in the wild at remote locations. Researchers recently extended distance sampling...
How do snowflakes form? Chemist sees ice crystal formation in new light
New research by chemist has shed new light on ice crystal formation by combining an electron backscatter with a large single crystal ice model....
Can the motion of checking your smartwatch charge it?
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are small devices that convert movement into electricity, and might just be what bring us into an era of energy-harvesting clothes...
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