Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks grow wider. Smoke from distant wildfires and dust kicked up by intense spring winds fill the valley, exacerbating the feeling of distress that is beginning ...
Environment
Apr 14, 2022
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Atmospheric dust plays a key role in Earth's climate system. While it can have a positive impact, such as fertilizing the soil, dust can also have a negative impact on our planet's ecosystems, affecting everything from the ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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A subsidiary of one of the largest U.S. providers of renewable energy pleaded guilty to criminal charges and was ordered to pay over $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed at its wind farms ...
Ecology
Apr 6, 2022
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Tony Goldberg knows that most human diseases, like COVID-19, don't start—or end—with our species. These diseases are really a part of our whole ecosystem, and that includes the animals we interact with.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2022
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There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. than at any time since the federal government started to reintroduce the endangered species, wildlife managers said Wednesday.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2022
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It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have pushed scientific knowledge forward ...
Astronomy
Mar 29, 2022
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The amount of methane—a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent at trapping heat than carbon dioxide over 100 years—leaking from a huge U.S. oil and gas producing region is several times greater than the federal government ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2022
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The Dragonfly telescope is undergoing a metamorphosis.
Astronomy
Mar 10, 2022
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A rocket startup's big Florida launch debut ended with all four mini satellites destroyed Thursday.
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2022
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New Mexico Indigenous leaders are concerned about a proposed multimillion-dollar transmission line that would cross what they consider sacred lands.
Environment
Dec 29, 2021
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