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Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages – is the steep cost to protect them worth it?

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Imogen Foulkes | 0 Comments

From BBC 1 hour ago ShareSave Imogen Foulkes Geneva correspondent ShareSave BBC In a small village in Switzerland’s beautiful Loetschental valley, Matthias Bellwald walks down the main street and is greeted every few steps by locals who smile or offer…

Why a changing climate may mean less chocolate in the future

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Emily Kwong | 0 Comments

From NPR Last year, we reported how extreme weather events may be dwindling the future of chocolate. Just last week, we saw an inkling of that: The Hershey Company announced it would significantly raise the cost of its candy in…

In reversal, Defense Department will continue providing crucial satellite weather data

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Rebecca Hersher | 0 Comments

From NPR About a month after announcing that it would stop sharing data that hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on, the Navy now says it will continue distributing it. (Image credit: AP) Read the full article from NPR

What makes a tsunami — and what to do if one comes

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Michal Ruprecht | 0 Comments

From NPR Several factors help determine whether a given earthquake will generate a dangerous tsunami, but the process is not yet fully understood. (Image credit: Connie France) Read the full article from NPR

‘Communities’ of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Victoria Gill | 0 Comments

From BBC 13 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Beds of clams, mats of bacteria that look like ice and fields of tube worms – these are just some examples of the strange, extreme life that…

2,500-year-old Siberian ‘ice mummy’ had intricate tattoos, imaging reveals

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Georgina Rannard | 0 Comments

From BBC 14 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Science correspondent ShareSave G Caspari and M Vavulin High-resolution imaging of tattoos found on a 2,500 year old Siberian “ice mummy” have revealed decorations that a modern tattooist would find challenging to…

Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting | 0 Comments

From BBC 21 hours ago ShareSave Esme Stallard and Mark Poynting BBC News Climate and Science ShareSave It has been one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded – but so far has not brought the catastrophic tsunami that many feared.…

Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get ‘divorced’

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Geoff Brumfiel | 0 Comments

From NPR A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons. (Image credit: P. Pleul) Read the full article from NPR

Trump’s environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here’s how.

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Grist staff | 0 Comments

Over the last six months, Americans have been inundated with a near-constant stream of announcements from the federal government — programs shuttered, funding cut, jobs eliminated, and regulations gutted. President Donald Trump and his administration are executing a systematic dismantling…

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

Posted on July 30, 2025 by The Associated Press | 0 Comments

From NPR One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific. (Image credit: AP) Read the full article from NPR