Apr 08 WATCH: The 2024 total solar eclipse By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies. Continue reading
Apr 07 Climate change is shifting plant growth zones. Here's what to know for your garden this year By Matt Kasson, The Conversation As climate change warms the Earth, plant hardiness zones are shifting northward. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows where various plants will grow across the country. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 5:48 Food waste is a global problem. Here are major drivers and what can be done about it By Ali Rogin, Winston Wilde More than 2 billion people, about a third of the world’s population, face food insecurity. At the same time, a recent UN report estimated that more than 1 billion metric tons of food went to waste in 2022, enough to… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 5:30 Why air quality is getting worse in many places and how it puts human health at risk By William Brangham, Andrew Corkery While the U.S. has made great progress improving air quality in recent decades, air pollution is still a driver of many serious health conditions both domestically and globally. According to a new report, only seven countries met the World Health… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 1:16 Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia By John Yang, Kaisha Young On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center teamed up with volunteers from Northeast aquariums and conservation groups to move… Continue watching
Apr 05 Amid legal challenges, SEC pauses its climate disclosure rule By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said it would pause the implementation of its new climate disclosure rule while it defended the regulation in court. Continue reading
Apr 05 The total solar eclipse is the best time to study this part of the sun. Here's why By Bella Isaacs-Thomas On April 8, the moon’s shadow will fall across North America in a path of totality that starts in Mexico and ends in eastern Canada, giving solar researchers a unique opportunity to observe the sun's outer atmosphere. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 7:21 What you need to know ahead of next week's total solar eclipse By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin, Will Toubman We’re less than three days away from the total solar eclipse that will be seen in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Monday’s eclipse will cut across 13 states with more than 30 million people living in the path of totality… Continue watching
Apr 05 How to watch the 2024 total solar eclipse By Joshua Barajas, Bella Isaacs-Thomas, Dan Cooney, Adam Kemp This year’s total solar eclipse is expected to be a bigger, longer spectacle than the one that passed over the United States in 2017. Continue reading
Apr 05 6 inmates reach settlement with New York state allowing them to watch total solar eclipse By Associated Press Lawyers for the six men incarcerated at the Woodbourne Correctional Facility in upstate New York said Thursday that they’ve reached a settlement with the state that will allow the men to view the solar eclipse “in accordance with their sincerely… Continue reading