Today: September 19, 2024
Today: September 19, 2024

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Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems

After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag.

Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems
Environment|News|World

: AK: LANDSLIDE KILLS 1, CRUSHES POWER LINES

A landslide in Alaska has killed at least one person.

: AK: LANDSLIDE KILLS 1, CRUSHES POWER LINES
Environment|News|World

Millions in this country are stranded by flooding. Many blame their neighbor

Millions in this country are stranded by flooding. Many blame their neighbor

Millions in this country are stranded by flooding. Many blame their neighbor
Environment|News|Travel

How an Alaska couple managed to escape a deadly landslide – but lost everything

How an Alaska couple managed to escape a deadly landslide – but lost everything

How an Alaska couple managed to escape a deadly landslide – but lost everything
Africa|Environment|Health

A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing

Sudan’s health ministry says a dam has collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the eastern Red Sea state, sending water flooding over nearby homes

A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing
Americas|Environment|News

Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stop

A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, Alaska, killing a city public works employee who was cleaning stormwater drains

Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stop
Environment

US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100M

The official nonprofit organization of the National Park Service is set to receive the largest grant in its history

US national parks are receiving record-high gift of $100M
Environment|News

Cows obstruct Nigeria's capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go

As the population grows and development extends to rural areas where herders live and graze their cattle, they are now forced to move into the city center in search of pasture

Cows obstruct Nigeria's capital as climate change and development leave herders with nowhere to go
Americas|Environment|News

'It's time to run': Grand Canyon hiker films escape as floods surround her

More than 100 people were rescued by the Arizona National Guard after catastrophic floods hit the Grand Canyon. One hiker, thirty-three-year-old Chenoa Nickerson has been missing since the floods started on August 22nd, according to the National Park Service. 

'It's time to run': Grand Canyon hiker films escape as floods surround her
Environment|News|World

Wildfires in southern Brazil kill 2 people and leave dozens of cities on high alert

Local authorities say that wildfires in Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people

Wildfires in southern Brazil kill 2 people and leave dozens of cities on high alert
Australia|Business|Economy|Environment

Australian homeowners struggling to afford insurance as climate risks grow, report says

Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums, potentially putting billions of dollars

Australian homeowners struggling to afford insurance as climate risks grow, report says
Environment|Lifestyle|Travel

You’ve come across a bison in the wild. It’s looking at you. Do you know what to do next?

You’ve come across a bison in the wild. It’s looking at you. Do you know what to do next?

You’ve come across a bison in the wild. It’s looking at you. Do you know what to do next?
Environment|News|World

Hone weakens to tropical storm and sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears

Hone passed south of Hawaii and weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm, dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service called off its red flag warnings that strong winds could lead to wildfires

Hone weakens to tropical storm and sweeps past Hawaii, dumping enough rain to ease wildfire fears
Environment|News|World

Madeira wildfire brought under control after 11 days

Firefighters have brought under control a large forest fire in the Portuguese island of Madeira that had been burning for 11 days, but authorities said on Sunday they would remain

Madeira wildfire brought under control after 11 days
Environment|Science

This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it's back, and humans must help it migrate for winter

The northern bald ibis, or the Waldrapp, once soared over North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and much of Europe

This bird species was extinct in Europe. Now it's back, and humans must help it migrate for winter
Environment

Wildfires rage in sugar cane fields in Brazil's southeast

Wildfires blazed through sugarcane fields in northern Sao Paulo state on Saturday, sending up clouds of smoke that covered nearby towns so thoroughly that officials prohibited

Wildfires rage in sugar cane fields in Brazil's southeast
Environment|News|Travel

Body of missing Grand Canyon hiker found after flash flooding prompted rescues of more than 100 people

Body of missing Grand Canyon hiker found after flash flooding prompted rescues of more than 100 people

Body of missing Grand Canyon hiker found after flash flooding prompted rescues of more than 100 people
Environment

Causeway in California home to 250,000 bats this time of year

Causeway in California home to 250,000 bats this time of year

Causeway in California home to 250,000 bats this time of year
Environment|News

Sister says hiker still missing in Grand Canyon flash flood amid intense search

Search and rescue crews at Grand Canyon National Park are searching for an Arizona woman nearly two days after she was swept into a creek during a flash flood

Sister says hiker still missing in Grand Canyon flash flood amid intense search
Environment|News

Greta Thunberg, activists block parts of Norwegian gas processing plant

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and campaigners from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion blocked a small oil terminal that is part of Norway's gas processing plant

Greta Thunberg, activists block parts of Norwegian gas processing plant
Environment

A rare orchid survives on a few tracts of prairie. Researchers want to learn its secrets

The western prairie fringed orchid is a rare flowering plant that has declined due to loss of its native prairie habitat

A rare orchid survives on a few tracts of prairie. Researchers want to learn its secrets
Economy|Environment|News|Opinion

Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk

An Associated Press review has found that thousands of people may be paying more for flood insurance or remain unaware of the dangers of dam failures because of conflicting federal policies

Conflicting federal policies may cost residents more on flood insurance, and leave them at risk
Environment|News

Takeaways from AP's report on federal policies shielding information about potential dam failures

Thousands of people live downstream from dams yet may not always realize the risks

Takeaways from AP's report on federal policies shielding information about potential dam failures
Environment|News

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead

Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening, adding two people had died in an industrial plant trying

Wildfires affecting 30 cities in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, leave 2 dead
Environment

WEATHER WATCH: RECORD TEXAS HEAT, NEW TROPICAL SYSTEMS FORM (330pET)

Record heat is scorching the south with triple-digit temps in several Texas cities, while in the East Pacific, a number of tropical weather threats are forming, with at least one possibly targeting Hawaii. Laura Aguirre has a 3:30pET pkg with free custom audio tags.

WEATHER WATCH: RECORD TEXAS HEAT, NEW TROPICAL SYSTEMS FORM (330pET)

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