From BBC 4 hours ago ShareSave Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter ShareSave EPA Banning or charging for plastic bags is helping stop them ending up on US shorelines, a study of the country’s litter suggests. Data from thousands of…

From BBC 12 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria Gill BBC News Science Team ShareSave Getty Images / Maxar Technologies. The IAEA has described the attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities as “deeply concerning”. On Monday, its Director…

From BBC 16 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca MorelleAlison Francis Senior science journalist ShareSave Archaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa. The shattered plaster was discovered in…

The approval of a coal mine expansion in Western Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands has residents worried. Also, more than 100 mine researchers and engineers at a federal office in Allegheny County are slated for termination. We talk with Pittsburgh journalists who…

From BBC 22 hours ago ShareSave Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News ShareSave EPA The Earth could be doomed to breach the symbolic 1.5C warming limit in as little as three years at current levels of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s…

From BBC 19 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent ShareSave Getty Images The UK could see a boom in endangered sharks, rays and native oysters as species move habitats to respond to rising ocean temperatures, according to…

From NPR Author Dan Rubinstein paddled from Ottawa to New York City and back to understand how being near water benefits people. His book is called “Water Borne.” Read the full article from NPR

From NPR Jeremy Greenberg was in charge of coordinating federal help after hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other emergencies. He has resigned from leading FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center. (Image credit: Etienne Laurent) Read the full article from NPR