Environment And Nature

What Experts Are Saying About In Brazil Unprecedented Flooding May Foes

Vitor Martinez is a musician and community organiser who is 25 years old.

John Madden 2024-05-11

A Boca Bash partygoer’s parents say sorry after their son was caught throwing trash cans into the ocean

Two teenage boys are facing crimes for throwing trash cans full of trash into the Atlantic Ocean at Florida’s annual Boca Bash. After their son turned himself in to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), the boy’s family apologized.

John Madden 2024-05-08

Severe weather pummels Texas, bringing "life-threatening" inundation conditions to the Houston area

Houston is experiencing “life-threatening” floods due to extreme weather in Texas

Authorities warn that “life-threatening” flooding conditions have descended upon the Houston area as severe weather batters portions of Texas.

John Madden 2024-05-03

When did people start putting on clothes?

When a person is naked, they are weak. Because we don’t have fur like our mammalian ancestors and cousins did, the sun’s harsh rays and the wind’s biting cold don’t protect our skin as well. To make up for our long-lost fur, we had to come up with “portable thermal protection,” or just clothes, as archaeologist Ian Gilligan calls it.

John Madden 2024-01-03

Earth only has one sea that doesn’t touch land.

There is one body of water on Earth that doesn’t touch any shoreline. Forget the beach. The area in the North Atlantic Ocean is called the Sargasso Sea, and its borders are very different from those of other areas.

John Madden 2023-12-19

How many inches of snow did Colorado get?

It snowed almost 6 inches in some places in the Denver city area as of Saturday morning. In the high country of Colorado, it snowed almost a foot in some places.

John Madden 2023-12-10

Why is health important at COP-28?

Has health been talked about at a past UN Conference of Parties? What are the expected results of COP28 in terms of health? How can we make public health more resistant to climate change? Who will pay for this change? What problems do experts think will arise?

John Madden 2023-12-03

Flamingos Return: Hurricane Idalia’s Winds Reintroduce Iconic Birds to Florida After a Century

After being blown off course by the strong winds of Hurricane Idalia, flamingos were seen dipping their pink wings into the water in Florida for the first time in 100 years.

John Madden 2023-09-08