Montana seeks to end protections for Glacier-area grizzlies
Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said Monday......»»
Glacier melting destroys important climate data archive
As part of the Ice Memory initiative, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) researchers, with colleagues from the University of Fribourg and Ca' Foscari University of Venice as well as the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council.....»»
Colombia seeks help with forest fires as smoke blankets capital
Colombia on Thursday appealed for international help as it battled dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of the country and covering the capital in a blanket of smoke......»»
Tiny ant species disrupts lion"s hunting behavior
In a study published in the journal Science, a team of scientists report that a tiny and seemingly innocuous invasive ant species is changing tree cover in an East African wildlife area, making it harder for lions, the world's most iconic predator, t.....»»
Adult strangers won’t be able to send DMs to teens on Instagram or Facebook
Meta is beefing up protections against grooming of teens on Instagram and Facebook by further limiting who is able to send them direct messages. The latest measure builds on a previous Instagram protection, based on who teenagers follow in the app.....»»
Wildlife smoke may curb movement, sociability of woodpeckers
Human-driven climate change has helped transform many forests into kindling: A 2016 study found that greenhouse-aided warming and drought had more than doubled the area of fire-susceptible forest in the western U.S. since the mid-1980s. And of the Ca.....»»
Sparrows uniquely adapted to Bay Area marshes are losing their uniqueness
The temperate climate of the San Francisco Bay Area has always attracted immigrants—animals and humans—that have had unpredictable impacts on those already living in the area......»»
AI meets citizen science to unlock the nature of storytelling
A new project led by McGill University researchers seeks to understand one of humanity's oldest practices and most powerful tools—storytelling. From ancient oral traditions to modern-day literature and digital narratives, storytelling is an essenti.....»»
A New Nonprofit Is Seeking to Solve the AI Copyright Problem
As battles rage over AI copyright, a new nonprofit seeks to elevate "fairly trained" AI models. Ed Newton-Rex publicly resigned from his executive job at a prominent AI company last year, following a disagreement with his bosses ove.....»»
iPhone automatically summons rescuers after terrible Canada crash
Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite feature on iPhone has proven its value once again, automatically summoning rescuers to a snowy and remote area of British Columbia.Emergency SOS via SatelliteTwo men were rescued from deep snow near Nanoose Bay, so.....»»
Waymo seeks to expand driverless service to Los Angeles
A license would allow Waymo, which operates extensively in San Francisco, to fully operate its fleet in Los Angeles, where it is now testing rides......»»
DNA from Stone Age chewing gum sheds light on diet, disease in Scandinavia"s ancient hunter-gatherers
Some 9,700 years ago on an autumn day, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia. They were hunter-gatherers that had been fishing, hunting and collecting resources in the area......»»
Chicago"s winter blast gives Tesla Superchargers a black eye
Freezing temperatures, offline charging stalls and high demand forced some Chicago-area Tesla owners to have their vehicles towed after running out of juice......»»
Ford cutting jobs at F-150 Lightning plant, adding 3rd shift for Bronco, Ranger
Ford is eliminating two of the three production crews at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, forcing 1,400 people to either retire or move to another plant in the Detroit area......»»
Tesla"s troubles with Chicago winter blast create a publicity black eye
Freezing temperatures, offline charging stalls and high demand forced some Chicago-area Tesla owners to have their vehicles towed after running out of juice......»»
Flood risks rise as federal wetlands protections disappear: SC needs help, senators told
South Carolina's landscape is pockmarked with wetlands that have historically gotten in the way of developers seeking to build shopping malls, hotels and housing communities......»»
Enhancing crop resilience: A novel approach to quantifying and predicting frost damage in winter wheat
Abiotic stresses such as heat and frost severely limit plant growth, particularly affecting winter crops like wheat through senescence and leaf area reduction. Modern phenotyping methods, particularly high-throughput field phenotyping (HTFP), have ma.....»»
Manned submersible finds a fault scarp of the 2011 Tohoku-oki megaquake in the Japan Trench
On September 4, 2022, Hayato Ueda, a geologist at Niigata University, boarded a submarine vehicle with pilot, Chris May, and took a dive into the Japan Trench within the epicenter area of the 2011 Tohoku-oki megaquake, which caused the devastating ts.....»»
Biodiversity study seeks to answer why more animal and plant species are found in the tropics
An international research group led by Tel Aviv University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev tried to answer the centuries-long question: why there are more animal and plant species in the tropics?.....»»
Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town"s poorer areas: How community gardens can fix that
In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa's apartheid government banished people of color to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town......»»
Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: "A bunch of dead robots out here"
Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: "A bunch of dead robots out here".....»»