The world’s most northerly forests could be a “time bomb” of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study. Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that, since 2000, summer wildfires have expanded in boreal forests, which wrap around the northernmost […]
Why the US kept Daylight Saving Time
It’s almost time for clocks to “spring forward” one hour. On the second Sunday of March, at 2 a.m., clocks in most of the United States and many other countries move forward one hour and stay there for nearly eight months in what is called Daylight Saving Time. On the first Sunday of November, at […]
Officials find no signs of a spill after a Norfolk Southern freight train derails in west central Ohio
Crews found no signs of a spill after a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in west central Ohio Saturday afternoon, prompting a temporary shelter-in-place order for nearby residents – just one month after the company’s toxic train wreck on the other side of the state in East Palestine. Twenty cars of the 212-car train derailed […]