Three's a crowd? Imani, son of piping plovers Monty and Rose, joined by a female and another male at Montrose Beach
Imani, the son of Chicago's famous piping plovers Monty and Rose, has at long last been joined by what appears to be a female.
Imani, the son of Chicago's famous piping plovers Monty and Rose, has at long last been joined by what appears to be a female.
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2023
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Frustrated that U.S. oil refineries are still allowed to dump massive amounts of toxic chemicals and heavy metals into lakes and rivers, environmental groups are urging a federal court to order more stringent regulation of ...
Environment
Apr 11, 2023
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Oil refineries are dumping massive amounts of toxic chemicals and heavy metals into the Great Lakes and the nation's rivers with little, if any, oversight from government regulators, according to a new analysis that found ...
Environment
Jan 31, 2023
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A look at history often provides some context for the present and might even inform the future, so it's not surprising two Penn State faculty members' review of Cold War-era print and television advertisements about flying ...
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2022
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Building multiple publicly subsidized low-income housing developments in a neighborhood doesn't lower the value of other homes in the area—and in fact can even increase their worth, according to a new peer-reviewed study ...
Economics & Business
Oct 26, 2022
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Near the driving range in Chicago's Lakeview area, a faint but sweet smell floats in the air. One can follow it to a collection of beds where flowers sprout, surrounding a community garden in which vegetables and herbs grow.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2022
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The Great Lakes region is enjoying another year of lower water levels and wider beaches.
Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2022
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Monty and Rose, who achieved local fame in 2019 as the first federally endangered piping plovers to raise a family in Chicago in almost 60 years, are gone from the North Side beach where they spent three summers.
Plants & Animals
Aug 8, 2022
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More than a dozen images of butterflies adorn the front of Claudia Galeno-Sanchez's home in the Pilsen neighborhood. There are monarch butterflies spreading their wings and many other colorful ones sprinkled in between. The ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2022
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Flashes of what may become a transformative new technology are coursing through a network of optic fibers under Chicago.
Quantum Physics
Jun 22, 2022
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