Wildfires caused by drought, warmer-than-normal temperatures and, in a few cases, possibly arson, have raged for several days in several Southern states. The threat led authorities to enact burning bans and stop issuing safe burning permits. November is the peak month of fire season across the country, but some areas, including parts of the Southeast, … Read more
One of the state’s top oil and gas regulators has urged the State Board of Education to reject the use of new science textbooks in schools statewide, saying they could promote a curriculum radical environmentalist. The letter from Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian marks the most significant opposition to textbooks before the board’s final vote next … Read more
Ninety-nine percent of people Multnomah County helped move into permanent supportive housing in the 2021-2022 fiscal year with proceeds from the state-approved Housing Services Tax voters remained stably housed a year later, county officials announced Monday. Of the 532 people housed using those funds, only five returned homeless, officials with the City of Portland-Portland County … Read more
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act. In an article for the liberal environmental think tank PERC, Jonathan Adler examines the poor results of five decades of so-called protection. The results are not for lack of effort, if trying means government action. Adler writes that the Endangered Species … Read more
Blazing fires, biblical floods and catastrophic storms are becoming more common, but they could be just a taste of things to come. Scientists say our planet is heading toward a number of climate tipping points that could lead to irreversible changes to where we all live. From the Antarctic ice cap to the Amazon rainforest, … Read more
CNN — Blazing fires, biblical floods and catastrophic storms are becoming more common, but they could be just a taste of things to come. Scientists say our planet is heading toward a number of climate tipping points that could lead to irreversible changes to where we all live. From the Antarctic ice cap to the … Read more
This article has been reviewed in accordance with Science X’s editorial process and policies. The editors have emphasized the following attributes while ensuring the credibility of the content: verified facts peer-reviewed publication reliable source reread All right! Artistic illustration of the thick torus of dust believed to surround supermassive black holes and their accretion disks. … Read more
BENGALURU, India (AP) Tense negotiations at final meeting on a loss and damage fund An international fund to help poor countries hit hard by global warming concluded Saturday in Abu Dhabi, with participants agreeing that the World Bank would temporarily host the fund for the next four years. The United States and several developing countries … Read more
This article has been reviewed according to Science X’s editorial policies and procedures. The editors, while ensuring the validity of the content, have highlighted the following features: fact checked Reliable news agency correction Good! This image provided by NASA shows a photo taken by the Lucy spacecraft on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, of the asteroid … Read more
(NEXSTAR) Northern U.S. states from New York to Washington and potentially Iowa could see the Northern Lights on Sunday, according to current forecasts. In an alert issued Sunday morning, NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center warned of a moderate geomagnetic storm, triggered by an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME. CMEs are explosions of plasma and … Read more