Environment

The Flint River in downtown Flint, Mich. The state's attorney general, Bill Schuette, announced felony and misdemeanor charges Friday against six state employees in connection with the lead-contamination of the city's drinking water

They 'Failed': 6 More Michigan Employees Charged In Flint Water Crisis

6:30pm July 29, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

In announcing the charges, Michigan's attorney general said those accused attempted to "bury or cover up, downplay or hide information" about elevated lead levels in Flint's water supply.

Science

Atomic Bombs Help Hawksbill Turtle Preservation

1:00pm July 29, 2016

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

How can you tell the age of a turtle? This is an important question, especially when it concerns the critically endangered Hawaiian hawksbill turtle. The answer is the bomb!

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The Salvage Supperclub hosts dinners in clean, tastefully decked out dumpsters. The menus highlight ingredients frequently tossed out by home cooks – think wilted basil or bruised plums — that could be put to tastier uses.

Salvage Supperclub: A High-End Dinner In A Dumpster To Fight Food Waste

7:00am July 29, 2016

by Sarah Henry

The ingredients — think wilted basil, bruised plums, garbanzo bean water — sound less than appetizing. Whipped together, they're a tasty meal that show how home cooks can use often-tossed foods.

A typical Native American oyster deposit, or midden, dating to about 1,000 years ago. Archaeologists are finding clues to sustainable oysters harvesting in these remains.

Oyster Archaeology: Ancient Trash Holds Clues To Sustainable Harvesting

7:00am July 28, 2016

by Natalie Jacewicz

Modern-day oyster populations in the Chesapeake are dwindling, but a multi-millennia archaeological survey shows that wasn't always the case. Native Americans harvested the shellfish sustainably.

You Think It's Hot Where You Are?

5:16am July 28, 2016

In Mitribah, Kuwait, last week the temperature soared to 129.2 degrees. Weather historian Christopher Burt of the website Weather Underground discusses how heat records are documented.

About 80 percent of the people who come to the Mendenhall Glacier in the summer are tourists.

Visitors To A Shrinking Alaskan Glacier Get A Lesson On Climate Change

12:26am July 28, 2016

by Elizabeth Jenkins

On a busy day, thousands of tourists visit the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. The U.S. Forest Service wants those people to take in the dramatic views but also consider why the glacier is receding.

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Michael Peterson, an archaeologist at Redwood National Park in California, photographs the coastline annually to monitor erosion of archaeological sites.

As Storms Erode California's Cliffs, Buried Village Could Get Washed Away

5:54pm July 26, 2016

by Jes Burns

Until now, the archaeological philosophy at Redwood National Park has been "keep it in the ground." But for one Native American site, climate change may force the park to reconsider that approach.

In 2016, Mesa Verde National Park officials closed Spruce Tree House because of crumbling rock. Previous restoration efforts and more extreme temperature swings, which may be connected to climate change, are two reasons why the staff here thinks rock is c

To Preserve History, A National Park Preps For Climate Change

2:07pm July 26, 2016

by Grace Hood

Climate change is affecting what visitors see in Mesa Verde National Park. Over the past decade, scorching wildfires have destroyed archaeological artifacts — and have also revealed new ones.

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Firefighters battle part of the Sand Fire after flames jumped across a road in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Sunday. As the blaze changed direction multiple times over the weekend firefighters were forced to retreat and thousands of people have been evacuated

Some Evacuation Orders Lifted In Southern California Wildfire

9:40pm July 25, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The body of a man was found in an area burned by a 33,000 acre wildfire north of Los Angeles. The Sand Fire has destroyed more than a dozen homes and is one of 19 major fires burning in California.

Canadian Oil Spill Threatens Drinking Water

6:50pm July 25, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

An oil slick has forced the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to shut down its water treatment plant, after a pipeline dumped tens of thousands of gallons into the North Saskatchewan River.