Tag: environment
Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil...
Antonio Machado Allison, Wesleyan University
Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a...
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...
Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...
Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...
Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder
A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near...
Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your...
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...
Joel Lisonbee, University of Colorado Boulder and William Baule, Texas A&M University
Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But...
What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski...
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder
When viewers tune in to the...
Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009...
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gas emissions, including...
800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis...
Vanessa Corcoran, Georgetown University
On the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
