As with Black History Month, the notion that women’s history can be treated as a one-month supplement to history per se has ...
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on people's lives." ...
The second month of 2024 was Earth’s warmest February since global record-keeping began in 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for ...
The lead-up to the Academy Awards program, airing this Sunday night, March 10, is a good time to assess 2023’s movies and TV ...
The Texas Panhandle shared in the El Niño moisture, recording one of its wettest winters on record. However, the grasslands ...
Some species are mobile and flexible enough that they can move or adapt on their own — by, say, moving uphill or toward the poles. Others, like sequoias, are not so lucky; woven into their current ...
During an explosive eruption, volcanoes spew ash and gases into the stratosphere. Those gases can linger and affect the climate for several years. Rosaly Lopes of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory says ...
The reality is that rising food prices should be our constant reminder of the havoc that climate change is causing. In 2023, extreme weather, such as heat waves, droughts, and floods, was the main ...
Visitors to Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania might be surprised to find a flock of grazing sheep. But the animals provide more than a pastoral scene. They help maintain the college’s solar array ...
Carbon dioxide can boost photosynthesis, but that benefit can be outweighed by an increased risk of damage from extreme weather.
Solar panels shade an open-air pavilion and supply clean power to the nearby African American Research Library and Cultural Center.
Buildings can create a lot of global warming carbon pollution, from the electricity for lights and appliances to the oil or gas used to power the furnace. But a huge part of a building’s carbon ...