It was a bizarre and tragic scene last week when four strangers, huddling under a tree just outside the White House to take shelter from the rain, were struck by lightning. That...
08/25/2022
With so much of the world suffering from drought, you might think your ability to help is minimal. But when you consider the average person in the UK uses around 142 litres of...
08/24/2022
Higher high tides bubbling up from storm drains and spilling into streets require improved flood defenses against rising sea levels, federal officials warned Tuesday. “Water...
08/23/2022
With unprecedented hot weather and the potential for widespread drought bringing the climate crisis into sharp focus, this summer has also been marked by an attendant interest...
08/21/2022
In November 2015, prolonged and heavy rainfall dumped 341mm (13.4 in) of rain in Honister, Cumbria, within 24 hours. Just as in 2009 and again in 2013, when massive rainstorms...
08/21/2022
Rooftop Gardens http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activities/cub_rooftop/cub_rooftop_lesson01_activity1.xml Teach Engineering, Teach...
08/21/2022
The single-use plastic bag charge has helped reduce the number of single-use plastic bags in supermarkets by 97 per cent since 2015, according to new analysis released today by...
08/21/2022
As a heatwave drags across the United States, local and state governments are scrambling to find solutions to the threats brought by record high temperatures. Washington DC and...
08/20/2022
Ethylene Oxide Risk from Commercial Sterilizers Tiếng Việt Sign up to Learn More Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is a colorless and flammable gas. It is typically odorless at levels found...
08/20/2022
Insects may have been evolving to avoid light. So maybe we need to look harder for them. It was much too warm for a Massachusetts mid-October evening, and the bugs were there...
08/20/2022
Carol-Anne O’Callaghan is speaking to me from her campervan. “I call it my mobile office,” she says. “It’s great. I have wifi and a desk. I even have a loo!” It is covered in...
08/13/2022
For decades, coho salmon returning from the Pacific Ocean to the creeks and streams of Puget Sound in Washington state to spawn were dying in large numbers. No one knew why....
08/13/2022