Mar 03 Watch 3:09 How this naturalist helps people fall more in love with the world John Bates is a naturalist who sees his professional purpose as enabling people to develop environmental literacy. Since 2003, Bates has been particularly interested in old-growth forests, made up of trees that are hundreds of years old at minimum. Bates… Continue watching
Mar 03 How ash and debris are choking Australia's rivers By Adam Welz, Yale Environment 360 The devastating bushfires that raged through southeastern Australia for months burned millions of acres. In the wake of the fires, a new threat has emerged – massive amounts of ash and debris being washed into rivers and waterways, killing fish… Continue reading
Mar 02 Half of the world's sandy beaches are at risk from climate change By Frank Jordans, Associated Press Nations such as the Gambia, Pakistan and the Comoros islands could lose more than half their beaches. Big countries like Australia, the United States and China will lose the most in absolute terms. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 2:15 Yosemite 'firefall' slows to a trickle amid drought By Christopher Booker, Michael D. Regan, Mori Rothman A natural spectacle called "firefall" happens each February in California's Yosemite National Park when light from the setting sun strikes the park's Horsetail Falls, making it look like it's ablaze with fire. But this year the waterfall slowed to a… Continue watching
Feb 28 How a California startup aims to prove it could launch orbital rockets on a daily basis By Rebecca Newman, Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Astra’s launch is part of a tech innovation challenge from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. Continue reading
Feb 28 Pioneering theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson dies at 96 By Justin Stabley In popular culture, Dyson is most famous for his thought experiments on space travel and future civilizations. Continue reading
Feb 28 Red pandas may be two different species, raising conservation questions By Adam Moolna, The Conversation Should scientists keep both red panda species genetically separate and "pure," even if that risks extinction?… Continue reading
Feb 27 Biggest explosion seen in universe came from colossal black hole By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky Ways. Continue reading
Feb 27 How a WWI war helmet outperformed modern gear in a new study By Vika Aronson, Gretchen Frazee Your great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day military helmet, a recently published study from Duke University researchers suggests. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 8:29 15 percent of Americans have migraine disease. Why aren't there better treatment options? By Stephanie Sy, Lorna Baldwin Migraine disease affects 47 million Americans -- 75 percent of whom are women. Although headache is one symptom, attacks can include visual disturbances, nausea, extreme light and sound sensitivity, brain fog and debilitating pain. Stigma and gender stereotypes may complicate… Continue watching