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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

This Underwater Sculpture Garden Protects Italian Fishing Grounds

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Ruth Sherlock | 0 Comments

From NPR Mermaids, giants and huge eyes look up from the waters near Talamone, Italy. It’s one fisherman’s way of protecting fishing grounds from the damage of trawling nets. Artists’ sculptures are sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean sea…

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Pallab Ghosh | 0 Comments

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Pallab GhoshGwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer ShareSave Amanda Clark/Cabinet Office Astronomer Prof Michele Dougherty did not study science in secondary school – but was instead inspired to learn more about space after using her father’s…

Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent – and more severe

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Simon King | 0 Comments

From BBC 3 hours ago ShareSave Simon King ShareSave BBC Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager. The first leg of his flight from London…

New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Ione Wells | 0 Comments

From BBC A new law in Brazil could cause “significant environmental harm and human rights violations”, and represents a “rollback for decades” of protections in Brazil, including for the Amazon, a UN expert has told BBC News. Plans to speed…

Trump’s EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Jeff Brady | 0 Comments

From NPR The Trump administration proposes eliminating a 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger people. That would undermine the EPA’s climate change regulations for power plants and cars. (Image credit: Tierney L. Cross) Read the full article from NPR

The EPA proposes gutting its greenhouse gas rules. Here’s what it means for cars and pollution

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Camila Domonoske | 0 Comments

From NPR The Trump administration has effectively eliminated two rules designed to promote cleaner cars. Now, as the EPA suggests not considering carbon dioxide to be pollution, the last rule is poised to fall. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan) Read the…

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Matt Simon | 0 Comments

The Arctic island of Svalbard is so reliably frigid that humanity bet its future on the place. Since 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault — set deep in frozen soil known as permafrost — has accepted nearly 1.4 million samples…