The central Appalachian region is experiencing the country's most rapid growth in shale gas development, or "fracking," but we've known almost nothing about how this is affecting the region's songbird populations—until ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2018
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Christmas tree breeder Jim Rockis knows what it looks like when one dies long before it can reach a buyer.
Ecology
Dec 19, 2023
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The complexities and implications of the chemical spill into West Virginia's Elk River keep growing, according to a study led by Virginia Tech Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Andrea Dietrich.
Environment
Mar 26, 2014
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama.
Ecology
Aug 26, 2022
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New York and five other Northeastern states are suing federal regulators to force them to help ensure that upwind states control their pollution.
Environment
Oct 6, 2016
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Some deer are more susceptible to chronic wasting disease that is spreading through herds of white-tailed deer across much of the United States, according to Penn State researchers, who have identified a panel of genetic ...
Ecology
Jun 6, 2019
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The National Park Service has banned drones from flying over the Appalachian Trail.
Ecology
Aug 21, 2014
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It's coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country.
Environment
Sep 3, 2018
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NASA's GPM core satellite analyzed rainfall generated from post-tropical cyclone Bertha as it continues to move toward the Great Lakes.
Environment
May 28, 2020
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Drylands in the western United States are currently in the grips of a 23-year "megadrought," and one West Virginia University researcher is working to gain a better understanding of this extreme climate event.
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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