Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region's $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff.
Environment
Jul 19, 2023
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Plant species become exotic after being accidentally or deliberately transported by humans to a new region outside their native range, where they establish self-perpetuating populations that quickly reproduce and spread. ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2023
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The Murray Darling Basin Plan is an historic deal between state and federal governments to save Australia's most important river system. The A$13 billion plan, inked over a decade ago, was supposed to rein in the water extracted ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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We know less about the rainforest canopy, where most of the world's species live than we do about the surface of Mars or the bottom of the ocean. However, that is about to change thanks to GEDI—a NASA space laser that has ...
Ecology
Jul 18, 2023
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The Klamath River runs over 250 miles (400 kilometers) from southern Oregon to the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. It flows through the steep, rugged Klamath Mountains, past slopes of redwood, fir, tanoak and madrone, ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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Access to safe, clean water is a basic human right. But water scarcity or barriers to access can cause conflict within and between countries.
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2023
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Research shows Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging. Scientists have used satellite tags to track eight dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon, to discover where they went in relation ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2023
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The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project on the Nile River started operating in February 2022. It reinforced tensions between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt. The three countries rely most heavily on the Nile's water. Sudan ...
Environment
Jun 26, 2023
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Dana Dolan was driving through her small Nevada hometown when she thought she had come upon a gory crash. The ground surrounding Elko's stretch of Interstate 80 looked as if it had been covered in blood. As the red color ...
Ecology
Jun 20, 2023
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As the federal government starts negotiations on long-term plans for the overtapped Colorado River, leaders of tribes are pushing for more involvement in the talks, saying they want to be at the table in high-level discussions ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2023
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