Environment Reading Resources

Sep 11, 2018

These 3 Hurricane Misconceptions Can Be Dangerous. Scientists Want to Clear Them Up.

They warn. They plead. They scold and cajole. Forecasters and public officials will try just about anything to get residents to flee coastlines ahead of a hurricane.
Mar 23, 2019

Under the Influence of a ‘Super Bloom’

“At the beginning of the year, if you told me this is what we were going to be dealing with, I would have called you crazy,” said Steve Manos, the mayor of Lake Elsinore, a small town in Southern California. He was taking a brief reprieve from dealing with the biggest crisis of his short term in office yet: an explosion of picture-perfect California poppies in the Temescal Mountains, just northwest of the center of town.
Jan 23, 2019

Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.

Do you know where your water comes from? Do you feel confident that you have easy access to safe, clean water?
May 03, 2019

Chronicles of the Rings: What Trees Tell Us

Trees can live without us, but we really cannot live without trees. They produce oxygen. They provide wood for our furniture and the buildings in which we live. They bear the fruit that we eat. And they are great to sit under and read.
Mar 13, 2019

When Plasma Becomes Another Fruit of the Vine

For 20 years, people have been putting grapes in the microwave to watch them explode. But there is some real science behind this internet phenomenon.
Dec 11, 2018

Yes, the Octopus Is Smart as Heck. But Why?

An octopus in an aquarium in Brest, France. The animals are highly intelligent, but researchers are uncertain how the trait evolved.

Jan 07, 2022

These Whales Are Serenaders of the Seas. It’s Quite a Racket.

Why do whales sing? Scientists still aren’t certain, and maybe the whales aren’t, either.
Jan 03, 2022

This Isn’t the California I Married

The honeymoon’s over for its residents now that wildfires are almost constant. Has living in this natural wonderland lost its magic?