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[ad_1] The Biden administration is expected to deny a mining company a permit to build a 211-mile industrial highway through Alaska’s fragile wilderness, handing a victory to environmentalists in an election year in which the president wants to underline his credentials as climate leader and conservationist. The Interior Department intends to announce this week that … Read more
[ad_1] Time is running out until you can see Pons-Brooks, the devil-horned comet that appears once every 71 years. Last seen by people on Earth in the 1950s, the comet is prone to unexpected bursts or flares of brightness. “It’s an exceptional comet,” said Eliot Herman, a retired University of Arizona biotechnologist and astrophotographer who … Read more
[ad_1] The cost of a proposed NASA mission to collect rocks on Mars and return them to Earth is spiraling and falling even further in the future. So on Monday, space agency officials asked for ideas to simplify the mission and reduce its price. “The bottom line is that $11 billion is too expensive,” NASA … Read more
[ad_1] James Dean, a landscape painter who directed a NASA program that invited artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Norman Rockwell and Jamie Wyeth to document aspects of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, died on March 22 in Washington. He was 92 years old. His son Steven confirmed the death at an assisted living facility. … Read more
[ad_1] Former Vice President Al Gore was in New York City over the weekend for a leadership training convened by the Climate Reality Project, his nonprofit organization. On Saturday, before thousands of attendees, Gore highlighted the growing climate dangers, but also talked about progress. He criticized fossil fuel companies for increasing production of plastics and … Read more
[ad_1] Fishing guides in the Florida Keys began reporting unusual sightings to Ross Boucek last fall. Small fish, especially at night, would begin to spin in tight circles in the water, seemingly in danger. As the months passed, Dr. Boucek, a biologist with the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, a nonprofit conservation group, received more reports. … Read more
[ad_1] Dr. David Egilman, a physician and expert witness who, over 35 years, testified in some 600 lawsuits involving corporate wrongdoing, resulting in billions of dollars in awards for victims and their survivors, has died on April 2 at his home in Foxborough, Massachusetts. He was 71 years old. The cause was cardiac arrest, his … Read more
[ad_1] The world’s coral reefs are in the midst of a global bleaching event caused by extraordinary ocean temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and international partners announced Monday. It is the fourth global event of its kind on record and is expected to affect more reefs than any other. Bleaching occurs when corals … Read more
[ad_1] It was spring in Queensland, Australia, a season when many wild animals are in trouble, and the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital was a blur of fur and feathers. A dazed black swan emerged from the X-ray room, bobbing its head on its long neck. A flying fox was wearing a small anesthetic mask. An injured … Read more
[ad_1] Dr. Cameron Clifford, a dentist in Edmond, Oklahoma, said his 9-year-old son Cal has been in love with octopuses since he was 3 years old. “Every birthday, every Christmas, every holiday, he always said, ‘All I want is an octopus,’” Dr. Clifford said. For a time, the family fed Cal’s interest by buying him … Read more