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Recognizing unpaid environmental duties
A case study by SMU Assistant Professor Sayd Randle reveals how the maintenance of green infrastructure can place an extra burden on lower-income marginalized communities.
Tallahassee police identify woman killed after she allegedly ambushed officers
Tallahassee, Fla., police Friday identified the woman who allegedly ambushed police and was killed as 25-year-old Asia Fitzgerald.
Blinken to discuss NATO membership for Sweden Monday
Beginning on Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Sweden, Norway and Finland to discuss national security cooperation and NATO membership for Sweden.
Kentucky man 'ran out of gas,' won $1 million lottery prize
A Kentucky man said he won a $1 million lottery jackpot thanks to what initially seemed like an unlucky event -- he ran out of gas.
Tracking the accelerated melting of glaciers in Greenland
A study has found widespread mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland since the start of the 20th century.
Study reveals changes of lake area in permafrost regions of arctic and Tibetan Plateau from 1987 to 2017
As an important indicator of climate change in cold regions, changes in lake area are important for understanding hydrological and ecological processes in cold regions.
South Carolina judge puts hold on new 6-week abortion ban until judicial review
A South Carolina Circuit Court Judge has paused the state's new six-week abortion ban until it is reviewed by the state's high court.
Interdisciplinary study provides a detailed map of urban heat islands
Urban areas are where the majority of the world's population lives, and they are also usually most affected by climate change. Heat waves and extreme temperatures are more intense in...
'We abuse plastic, it's so cheap': UN Environment chief
Humanity uses and abuses hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic a year because "it's so cheap", despite the huge cost of the pollution it creates, the head of the...
Killer whales damage boats in Spanish, Portuguese waters in puzzling new behavior
A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week, damaging it enough to require Spanish rescuers to come to the aid of its...
Warm and dry climate over China in 2022 with extreme heatwaves and droughts
Weather and climate are important factors affecting economic and social development. In China, the country's National Climate Center releases an annual climate report that comprehensively covers China's achievements and progress...
Former ice cream truck driver gets life in prison in Fla. double-murder revenge case
A former ice cream truck driver in Florida was sentenced to life in prison Friday, more than 12 years after he shot two people to death and injured four others.
Stanford sophomore golfer Rose Zhang turning professional
Stanford sophomore golfer Rose Zhang is turning professional and will make her LPGA debut at the Mizuho Americas Open next week at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City, N.J.,...
Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region in coming decades, new research shows
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Over half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water
The amount lost in the last 30 years is equivalent to 17 Lake Meads — the largest reservoir in the U.S.
Using nature to fight rising seas
Picture Boston Harbor, a few years from now. The East Boston Greenway, a leafy urban trail, no longer stops a block from the pier, but extends into the ocean. A...
Rainfall is on the rise in northwest Australia
In the first week of 2023, slow-moving Tropical Cyclone Ellie dropped 800mm of rainfall, flooding the Fitzroy River in Australia's northwest. Local residents were cut off from food and other...
Climate scientist explains increase in airplane turbulence
As the third-busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000 approaches, kicking off a summer travel season that AAA predicts will be one for the record books, particularly at airports, travelers are...
Pope Francis cancels meetings due to a fever
Pope Francis has canceled some meetings Friday due to a fever, according to the Vatican. The pope also has no public events scheduled for Saturday, according to the Vatican calendar.
Philosophers agree with economists on climate action, but stress ethical considerations
A new study shows that philosophers with expertise on social discounting and intergenerational distribution want to put more emphasis on the conditions of future generations in climate economic calculations. But...
Capturing non-transparent ultrafast scenes
A research team at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) led by Professor Roberto Morandotti reported the first realization of a single-shot ultrafast terahertz (THz) photography system. This...
Volcanic activity in the Garrotxa region ended only 8,300 years ago, reveal new studies
A research team has carried out a study on paleoclimatic evolution, volcanic activity and its socio-ecological impact in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field (Girona). The results of the paleoenvironmental study have...
Researchers determine quantitative composition of ultrahigh-pressure fluid in deep subduction zones
In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Prof. Xiao Yilin's group from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy...
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, no tsunami
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday shook eastern Japan, including Tokyo, but officials said there were no threats of a tsunami.
Grubby the stowaway opossum captured after nearly 2 months in Alaska
An opossum that hitched a ride to Alaska in a shipping container has been caught after nearly two months and will have a new permanent home at the Alaska Zoo,...
A quake on Mars showed its crust is thicker than Earth’s
Planetary scientists now know how thick the Martian crust is, thanks to the strongest Marsquake ever observed. On average, the crust is between 42 and 56 kilometers thick, researchers report in a paper...
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Magnitude 6.2 quake hits east of Tokyo, no tsunami warning
A strong 6.2-magnitude quake shook buildings in Tokyo on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.