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California Counties Most Susceptible to Wildfires

As California’s Madre fire continues to grow, becoming the largest in that state in a year already synonymous with wildfire, Wildfire Today guest writer Jackson Ruby looks at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) data on wildfire risk in California. From sandy beaches to snow-capped mou…

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Our National Heritage at Stake: Monuments & Sanctuaries Under Fire in 2025

Article photo: Cristina Mittermeier By Marine Conservation Institute | April 18, 2025 One of the largest strongly protected ocean reserves is the latest target of the U.S. administration. While the rest of the world rallies around protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 to recover wildlife populations a…

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Seabird restoration priorities for the U.S. Pacific Islands

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.

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A Summer of Opportunity

Coral reefs, like research communities, face disturbances, but their response to major change determines their perseverance. When most people think of coral reefs today, they picture coral bleaching and collapse, but there’s more to the story. New research from the lab of Stuart Sandin, a marine bio…

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NYC beachgoers unfazed by latest spate of shark sightings: âWe surf with the sharksâ

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Wildland firefighting is dangerous, but no single activity is more dangerous than another, report finds

The job of wildland firefighters is “inherently dangerous,” but an analysis of nearly 500 wildland firefighter injuries over four years in the United States found no single activity on the job is more dangerous than another. The analysis, recently published in the International Journal of Wildland F…

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New worry: The numbers of gray whales migrating along the California coast continue to plummet

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Ep. 529 - Native Plants, Habitat, & Infectious Diseases

Whether you realize it or not, our lives depend on the native plant communities that comprise and support regional biodiversity. As we lose habitat, we lose species, and we lose the checks and balances that keep the living world functional. Scientists are increasingly uncovering the links between hu…

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Urgent Fourth of July warning issued for dozens of popular beaches across America

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Idaho wildfire sniper ambush suspect identified

The man suspected of shooting and killing two firefighters in Idaho has been identified by local authorities. Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris, at a press conference Monday afternoon, said investigators identified the deceased suspect as Wess Roley. Law enforcement found Roley’s body at the scene …

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New worry: Trump shuts down fish restoration pact that took decades to build

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This Texas county asked for disaster resilience help. The flood came first.

Amid historic Texas floods, the Trump administration is retreating from disaster preparedness.

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Florida surfer recounts shark attack off New Smyrna Beach: 'It clamped down like a bear trap'

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Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here’s how to use them before they disappear.

There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.

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Researchers demonstrate room-temperature lasing in photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser

In a first for the field, researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported a photopumped lasing from a buried dielectric photonic-crystal surface-emitting laser emitting at room temperature and an eye-safe wavelength. Their findings, p…

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âShark Whispererâ Villainizes Native Hawaiians Like Me

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Trump Budget Puts Great Lakes at Risk

CHICAGO, IL (May 2, 2025) – Efforts to keep the Great Lakes healthy and ensure the drinking water for 40 million people is safe to consume would be deeply harmed […]
The post Trump Budget Puts Great Lakes at Risk appeared first on Alliance for the Great Lakes.

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Wall Street bulls up even as tariffs roar back

Two of Wall Street's biggest banks have very differing views of how the economy will develop this year, but they agree on one thing: Don't sweat tariffs, just buy stocks. Why it matters: Both Goldman Sachs and Bank of America emphasize the continued resilience of corporations, regardless of tariff p…

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Shark bites man on Nantucket beach during catch-and-release; 'If you go shark fishing, have a plan,

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Louisiana is the latest state to greenwash gas

A new state law that redefines natural gas as a ‘“green” energy source was adapted from language written by a right-wing think tank.