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Grasses in the Chesapeake Bay expanded nearly 13% in 2025
Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries increased 13% in 2025, covering almost 5,000 more acres in Maryland’s portion of the Bay, the Maryland Department of the Environment reported.
“More ...Read more
Forest Preserves of Cook County spent extra $40 million yearly on expanded conservation, maintenance
CHICAGO — Cook County Forest Preserves has used a $40 million yearly windfall from voters to buy up and conserve more land, pay for maintenance and add programming while bolstering its pension funds, the district ...Read more
Hurricane center says Atlantic system could become tropical depression
ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said a system brewing in the Atlantic could become a tropical depression later this week.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT tropical outlook, a trough of low pressure ...Read more
A wave of dead seabirds washes ashore at Venice Beach
LOS ANGELES — More than 40 dead cormorants, the black birds known for perching on rocks and stretching their wings to dry, washed ashore on Venice Beach this weekend.
“We don’t usually see that many,” Nicole ...Read more
California Sens. Padilla and Schiff lead bipartisan push to block Yosemite deal
Federal lawmakers from California are leading a bipartisan push, backed by nearly a third of Congress, to stop the Trump administration from moving forward with a proposal to transfer public land in Yosemite National Park ...Read more
OpenAI says it's working with Anthropic, Google on AI safety
OpenAI is working on steps to address artificial intelligence safety issues with its top competitors Anthropic PBC and Google DeepMind, escalating industry efforts to respond to a groundswell of concern that the technology...Read more
Democratic group lays out environmental, economic roadmap
WASHINGTON — Members of House Democrats’ Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition and its affiliated nonprofit released a set of policies on Tuesday to serve as a template to address both economic and climate ...Read more
'Incredible progress' for Blue Origin rebuild of Cape Canaveral launch site, CEO says
ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin continues to push through a rebuild of its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after suffering catastrophic damage in a rocket explosion earlier this year.
CEO Dave Limp posted ...Read more
Flooding risk grows as storms bring heavy rain to the Kansas City area
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Flash and river flooding are possible as showers and thunderstorms spread across the Kansas City area Tuesday, bringing heavy downpours at times, according to the National Weather Service.
The ...Read more
As the coast begins to crumble, the clock ticks on moving San Onofre's radioactive waste
As parts of the Southern California coastline crumbled into the sea, slammed by intense waves and flooding in recent days, oceanographer Kim McCoy had one thing on his mind: the nuclear waste set in concrete on the beach ...Read more
'Cognitive stunting' and the potential threat generative AI poses for children's brains
Los Angeles Unified School District recently announced it will bar student use of generative artificial intelligence on school devices for the 2026-27 academic year, joining New York City Public Schools in limiting ...Read more
Want to go apple-picking? Some Illinois orchards might not open after several spring frosts killed crops
In almost three decades of growing apples at her family’s orchard in northern Illinois, SueEllen Arndt and her husband, Ralph, never experienced anything like this year.
Five spring frosts killed most of the blooms on ...Read more
Google DeepMind staffer says AI may 'kill us all' in exit post
An AI researcher who recently resigned from Google DeepMind warned humanity is running out of time to prevent artificial intelligence from causing widespread harm, the latest staffer to voice concerns about the direction ...Read more
Today's Word "benignant"
benignant \bih-NIG-nuhnt\ (adjective) - 1 : Kind; gracious. 2 : Beneficial; favorable.
"Bruce's benignant behavior in financially supporting the homeless shelter's programs were rather at odds with his image as a grouchy ...Read more
This Day in History, September 15
On September 15th, 1835, Charles Darwin, aboard the HMS Beagle, reached the Galapagos Islands.
Matched Pairs
Each word in Group A can be paired with a unique word in Group B. What are the pairings? Why?
Group A:
apropos, doughy, gingham, mica, rebuff, scarab, squall, ukulele
Group B:
aloft, amateur, bituminous, enables, melody, phantasm, steroid, summary
Talk of AI pause slams Nvidia, AMD and Intel as fears of doomsday scenarios spread
Artificial intelligence stocks tumbled on Monday after American leaders of the AI revolution called for a coordinated slowdown in building more powerful AI systems.
Over the weekend, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of ...Read more
What are some of the California environmental bills the Legislature sent to Gavin Newsom?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators passed a bill last month that pushed back against changes to a state law Gov. Gavin Newsom had previously jammed through the Legislature, as part of an array of environmental ...Read more
Hurricane center ups odds on newly tracked Atlantic system
After a lull in activity, the National Hurricane Center on Monday continued to track a system now with an increased chance to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT ...Read more
EPA scraps power plant emissions limits in sweeping rollback
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it will no longer regulate dangerous planet-warming pollution from power plants that burn coal or natural gas.
The nation’s top environmental authority is rolling ...Read more
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