Jan 21 Why extreme cold weather events still happen in a warming world By Mathew Barlow, The Conversation While the world can expect fewer severe cold events as average temperatures rise, people still need to be prepared for wintry blasts. An atmospheric and climate scientist explains why. Continue reading
Jan 20 Watch 6:28 Montanans fish for answers to mysterious decline in trout population By Joe Lesar, Montana PBS The number of brown and rainbow trout in some of Montana’s best-known and most scenic fishing rivers is at historic lows. With experts at a loss to explain it, state agencies, fishermen, businesses and concerned citizens are all trying to… Continue watching
Jan 19 'We're frankly astonished.' Why 2023's record-breaking heat surprised scientists By Bella Isaacs-Thomas Last year also featured the most annual billion-dollar disasters on record in the United States. Continue reading
Jan 19 Japan becomes the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecrafts without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. Continue reading
Jan 18 World Economic Forum spotlights the opportunities and risks of AI By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Advances in generative AI stunned the world last year, and the elite crowd is angling to take advantage of its promise and minimize its risks. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 6:24 Why you may be eating and drinking more microplastics than you thought By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Andrew Corkery, Andrew Chambers From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized. George Leonard, a co-author of one of the studies… Continue watching
Jan 13 Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution. Here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably By Judith Weis, The Conversation Textiles shed microfibers while they are manufactured, worn and disposed of, but especially when they are washed. A single wash load can release several million microfibers. Continue reading
Jan 12 EPA proposes 'methane fee' for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies By Matthew Daly, Associated Press EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposed fee would work in tandem with a final rule on methane emissions EPA announced last month. Continue reading
Jan 10 Snow in the West and flooding in the Northeast. And more winter storms on the way By Kathy McCormack, Scott McFetridge, Associated Press Forecasters say more bad weather is in store after storms that battered nearly every corner of the United States. Continue reading
Jan 10 Holiday gatherings and a new variant have driven up COVID cases globally, WHO says By Associated Press Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December, while hospital admissions during the month jumped 42 percent in nearly 50 countries — mostly in Europe and the Americas — that shared such trend information. Continue reading