Plastic is everywhere. According to the United Nations, there’s enough plastic waste dumped into waterways such as oceans, rivers, and lakes each day to fill 2,000 garbage trucks. There’s plastic litter at the bottom of the ocean and at the…
On October 6, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed the first vaccine that helps protect against malaria. The WHO advises that the vaccine, Mosquirix, be given to children in parts of Africa. Malaria is carried by mosquitoes and kills more…
Emergency response crews have been hard at work in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Ida tore through the region. Ida barreled into Louisiana’s coast on August 29, as a Category 4 hurricane. It was one of the most powerful storms…
After slamming the South, Ida crossed the northeastern U.S. on September 1 as a tropical storm. Record rainfall caused flooding in the region. At least 18 people were killed. The nearly 8.5 million residents of New York City were told…
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, have been called the worst in United States history. On the 20th anniversary of that terrible day, the nation will honor the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. The attacks were carried…
When Caster Pettway, 67, was a girl, there were always quilts around. They were on the beds and couches in her house. Sometimes, her mother would hang one on the porch to show it off to the neighbors. She always…
Gray wolves have roamed North America for at least half a million years. Their habitat once included most of the continental United States, but during the 1800s and early 1900s, they were hunted to near extinction. By the 1960s, the…
Texas residents are still recovering from a winter storm that hit several states in mid-February, causing much of the state’s power grid to fail. “We were woefully unprepared for this kind of cold,” said Texas state representative Ron Reynolds. Millions…
A series of winter storms began a sweep across the United States on February 11, slowing distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine in many parts of the country. Severe weather hit everywhere from Washington State to the southern U.S. Snow and…
Sound pollution caused by humans is making oceans noisier than ever and harming marine life, according to a new article published in the journal Science. Researchers looked at thousands of studies on ocean sound and its effects on wildlife. They…
