Tag: Environmental science
Technology has growing role in corralling US West wildfires
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become...
Bin there, done that: Cockatoos learn to lift trash lids
WASHINGTON — A few years ago, a Sydney scientist noticed a sulfur-crested cockatoo opening his trash bin. Not every resident would be thrilled, but...
Experts: Europe floods shows need to curb emissions, adapt
BRUSSELS — Just as the European Union was announcing plans to spend billions of euros to contain climate change, massive clouds gathered over Germany...
Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states
LOS ANGELES — Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in...
Scientists: Pup births hopeful sign for Isle Royale wolves
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Wolf pups have been spotted again on Isle Royale, a hopeful sign in the effort to rebuild the predator species'...
Slovenia water law referendum seen as test for government
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenians were voting Sunday in a referendum on changes to the country's water management law, in a test for the government...
Study: Northwest heat wave impossible without climate change
The deadly heat wave that roasted the Pacific Northwest and western Canada was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change that added a few extra...
Summer swelter trend: West gets hotter days, East hot nights
As outlandish as the killer heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest was, it fits into a decades-long pattern of uneven summer warming across...
Arctic’s ‘Last Ice Area’ shows earlier-than-expected melt
Part of the Arctic is nicknamed the “Last Ice Area,” because floating sea ice there is usually so thick that it’s likely to withstand...
Western drought brings another woe: voracious grasshoppers
BILLINGS, Mont. — A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up:...