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  1. Scientists Tracking the Microplastic Pollution Just Realized They Were Measuring Their Own Lab Gloves

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:46:25 -0000

    Researchers discovered their own lab gloves are artificially inflating environmental microplastic counts.

  2. Panicked Trump, 79, Fires Off Unhinged Threat in Late-Night Meltdown

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:42:57 -0000

    The president is becoming increasingly frantic as he sinks deeper into a crisis of his own making. Donald Trump has threatened to drastically escalate …

  3. Skiers Wear Bikinis amid Record Heat as Resorts Scramble to Gather Any Remaining Snow to Fill Slopes

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:38:38 -0000

    Skiers in the Western U.S. looked more like they were going surfing as they recently hit the slopes in swimwear amid record temperatures. More than half of the 120 ski resorts in the western United States have already closed, will close early, or never opened this year due to an unseasonably warm …

  4. Earth’s Energy Imbalance Is Far Worse Than Climate Models Predicted, And Scientists Are Scrambling For Answers

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:16:29 -0000

    Something is off with our planet’s energy budget, and it’s more alarming than most people realize. The Earth is absorbing significantly more heat …

  5. Three million trees were planted by the UK Government last year…800,000 have already died

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    One in five trees planted using taxpayer funding died due to drought last year, leaving the UK even further away from meeting its legally-binding …

  6. Wild 500-year-old pot could make us rethink how we heat and cool our homes

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:33:00 -0000

    A Swiss designer has come up with an incredible home heating and cooling system inspired by a centuries-old concept. In recent years, many people have …

  7. Trump administration to move U.S. Forest Service HQ and shutter research facilities in 31 states

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:20:55 -0000

    The Trump administration says it will relocate the U.S. Forest Service headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah, and will shut …

  8. What Happens When a Nuclear Site Is Hit?

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:08:08 -0000

    As US and Israeli strikes continue on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the real danger isn’t the explosion, but what happens if critical safety systems …

  9. Maine Set to be the First State to Ban Data Centers

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:41:41 -0000

    On EPA’s microplastics push, Puerto Rican solar, and Jonathan the tortoise Current conditions: Heavy thunderstorms are pummeling the central United …

  10. How Large-Scale Human Migration Reshaped Europe More Than a Thousand Years Ago

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Learn more about how a great human migration began towards the end of the Roman Empire, and how it would shape Europe's future. As Europe reached the …

  11. Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:24:08 -0000

    As winter comes to the Canadian Arctic, muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) abandon the valleys and head to higher ground, where winds sweep away the snow. …

  12. 'Drill baby drill': Trump opens wilderness to big energy

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:00:54 -0000

    America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and …

  13. Rare waterspout stuns residents off Algiers coast

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:06:11 -0000

    A rare and dramatic waterspout has been spotted off the coast of Algiers, capturing the attention of residents and weather experts alike. The swirling …

  14. Solar was poised to help Puerto Ricans survive blackouts — until Trump axed nearly $1B in funding

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past. María Pérez lost power …

  15. Stunning images reveal a massive coral reef for the first time in more than a century

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    Hidden on the ocean floor off the coast of Argentina is a coral colony that is absolutely bursting with life. Researchers have known of its existence …

  16. How an engineer brought degraded wetlands back to life in drought-hit Bangladesh

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:44:20 -0000

    The moment A.K.M. Fazlul Haque learnt that the government had declared two wetlands —Bharardaho Beel and Patuakamri Beel — located in Bangladesh’s …

  17. Why Some Americans Think Thunder Is Angels Bowling

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:32:26 -0000

    The rumble of thunder has fascinated humans for millennia, inspiring countless explanations ranging from the scientific to the sublime. While …

  18. China contains ‘Sea of Death’ desert with forestation

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:29:42 -0000

    China is creating life in its “Sea of Death.” After nearly five decades of effort, the fringes of the great Taklamakan Desert are becoming a forest, …

  19. Sweden seizes ship accused of oil spill in the Baltic Sea

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:07:24 -0000

    April 3 (UPI) -- The Swedish Coast Guard boarded a ship Friday that was sanctioned by the European Union, alleging the ship committed an …

  20. She shone the light on a forgotten SC island. Today, it’s a hotspot for research

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:43:11 -0000

    The eroding, storm-battered island 17 miles east of Beaufort had for years been virtually abandoned by researchers and state officials as funding …

  21. These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires …

  22. The Common Ground of the Climate and ‘ICE Out’ Movements

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:11:29 -0000

    Sunrise Movement and environmental groups see fighting "a fascist government" as a first step to halting the climate crisis.The post The Common …

  23. Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After A Swarm of Jellyfish Entered The Filter Drums And Got Liquefied

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:18:41 -0000

    It sounds like something out of a bad science fiction movie. A massive nuclear power facility, one of the most technologically advanced structures …

  24. Trump's $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Make US Weaker

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:50:56 -0000

    It has been reported that the Pentagon on Friday will release a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 of almost $1.5 trillion, with approximately …

  25. Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study tracked the impact in 700 kids

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:51 -0000

    Southern California’s Salton Sea was once a resort playground, with sunny beaches, celebrities and people waterskiing on the vast inland lake in the …

  26. Tragedy Is Reborn as Hope

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:24:50 -0000

    As the world confronts the twin crises of democratic backsliding and climate change, a new sense of possibility has emerged from tragedy. US …

  27. A short history of skiing in France

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:48:13 -0000

    France’s large skiing industry was built up in the 1960s thanks to heavy state funding. It’s now in difficulty as the impact of climate change on snowfall threatens smaller ski resorts on low- or mid- altitudes. Hughes François, a researcher on tourism and climate at France’s INRAE institute in …

  28. Ford government’s haste in Ring of Fire road development is risky business

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Adam Kirkwood is a peatland conservation scientist at Wildlife Conservation Society Canada. In March, the Ontario government announced a plan to complete roads to the Ring of Fire five years ahead of schedule, meant to expedite access to the region’s critical minerals deposits. After decades of …

  29. A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage

    Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:58:36 -0000

    For more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga of the California Botanic Garden has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. Each time, she's come home empty handed. But this year, with the desert in the midst of a big bloom, …

  30. Is the US a tinderbox? Experts fear wicked wildfire season.

    Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:50:39 -0000

    Extreme heat and dry conditions have left dead or dried grass and other ready-to-burn plant material across tens of millions of acres. Well above-normal wildfire activity and expanding drought conditions across the nation are fueling concerns about increasing fire danger in the weeks to come. The …