Environment

An analysis of air quality and childhood asthma in Los Angeles found that kids' health improved when smog declined.

When LA's Air Got Better, Kids' Asthma Cases Dropped

5:02pm May 21, 2019

by Richard Harris

New cases of asthma dropped dramatically in Los Angeles communities where air quality improved the most over 20 years. The results illustrate health benefits from pollution control.

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Environmental Mapping Tool Will 'Empower Communities' With More Data

1:37pm May 21, 2019

by Keri Brown

North Carolina environmental regulators are launching an online resource to give more information about pollution and health in the state.

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Wildlife Tourism And Other Dangers Facing Our Most Coveted Species

1:32pm May 21, 2019

What's behind those cute selfies with wild animals?

Studying active volcanoes can be dangerous. Which is why a group of 40 scientists and engineers from all over the world came together to simulate volcanic blasts. What they're learning will help them at a real eruption.

To Safely Study Volcanoes, Scientists Bring The Blast To Them

1:31pm May 21, 2019

Studying active volcanoes can be dangerous, which is why a group of scientists from around the world came together to simulate volcanic blasts. What they're learning will help them at a real eruption.

The team measures and documents bones of the body as part of intake OPID 699, which was one of 16 human remains exhumed at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Brooks County in January. Operation Identification's goal is to identify and repatriate unidentified human

After Grim Deaths In The Borderlands, An Effort To Find Out Who Migrants Were

5:00am May 21, 2019

by John Burnett

More than 200 migrants die attempting to cross the Southwest border each year. Slowly, scientists at a Texas laboratory are seeking the story of their bones.

Environment

Climate Change And Its Effect On The Australian Elections

4:26pm May 20, 2019

Australians headed to the polls this weekend. Some people ate sausages after.

The wake of a supply vessel heading toward a working platform crosses over an oil sheen drifting from the site of the former Taylor Energy oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico in 2015. The Coast Guard says it has contained the oil spill.

Oil Spill Seeping Into Gulf Of Mexico Contained After 14 Years, Coast Guard Says

11:23pm May 16, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The Taylor Energy oil spill began after Hurricane Ivan triggered an underwater mudslide and caused the company's oil platform to topple and sink.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was among the most controversial of President Trump's original Cabinet-level picks.

EPA Watchdog Finds Ex-Chief Scott Pruitt Spent $124,000 On 'Excessive' Airfare

3:27pm May 16, 2019

by Nathan Rott

The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog has found $124,000 in improper travel expenses by former administrator Scott Pruitt. It suggests the agency find a way to recover those costs.

Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand.

Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic

1:48pm May 16, 2019

by Christopher Joyce

The Cocos Keeling Islands make up barely 6 square miles in the Indian Ocean. It's a good place to measure debris because almost no one lives there. Scientists were flabbergasted by what they found.

An employee of the District of Columbia Housing Authority walks on the grounds of a public housing complex called Richardson Dwellings in Northeast Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federal fund now used to repair public hou

Trump Administration Wants To Cut Funding For Public Housing Repairs

11:42am May 16, 2019

by Pam Fessler

Public housing officials estimate that it would cost $50 billion to fix up buildings that have fallen into disrepair nationwide. The Trump administration is calling for more private investment.