Category: Environment

Ottawa Announces $14.7 Million to Fight Aquatic Invasive Species in Mountain Parks

December 4, 2021
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BANFF, Alta.—The federal government is committing funds to fight aquatic invasive species in five mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced Saturday. Guilbeault made the announcement in Banff, Alta., with $14.7 million being made available over the next five years to prevent and manage invasive species in Banff, Jasper,…

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United Airlines Stages Large Passenger Flight Using Sustainable Aviation Fuel

December 2, 2021
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United Airlines flew more than 100 passengers on a new Boeing 737 MAX 8 from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.  The 612-mile trip used “sustainable aviation fuel” (SAF) on an unprecedented scale for a flight with many people on it. Airlines are currently eligible for a $1…

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Island Turns Into Open-Air Lab for Tech-Savvy Volcanologists

December 2, 2021
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LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands—They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to “lava bombs” the size of watermelons that one of nature’s most powerful forces hurl as incandescent projectiles. Scientists from around…

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Flood Geology Series (Episode 7): The Missoula Flood Part2

December 1, 2021
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In the 1920’s J. Harland Bretz, a secular geologist proposed a massive flood across eastern Washington. He was rejected by his colleagues because the flood seemed too “biblical”. He was shunned, for forty years, until satellite images proved him right. Scientist Michael Oard explores the Missoula Flood, demonstrating how the geologic features are a small…

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Awesome Science (Episodes 7): Explore the John Day Fossil Beds

November 29, 2021
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In this episode, Noah travels to Eastern Oregon and explore the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. It’s here that thousands of feet of Columbia River Basalt are exposed by a major erosional event, most likely the global flood. John Day Fossil Beds are also have the largest collection of mammal fossils in the world….

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Can Lithium Cure What Ails the Salton Sea?

November 28, 2021
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By Louis Sahagun From Los Angeles Times SALTON SEA, Calif.—Studying the complexity of mud on the ocean floor is a life’s work for Timothy Lyons, so when the tall and lean biogeochemist asks you to join an expedition in search of chemical mysteries buried deep beneath the waves, be prepared to get wet and dirty….

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DOI Pushes for Higher Fees for Offshore, Onshore Oil and Gas Companies

November 26, 2021
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A new Department of the Interior (DOI) report on oil and gas leasing in federal lands and waters advises the DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to raise royalties, rental rates, and other fees on oil and gas companies but has not moved to halt new leasing entirely. During his 2020 presidential run, President Joe…

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Tens of Millions of Red Crabs Form Scarlet Sea as They Migrate Across Christmas Island to Spawn in Ocean

November 25, 2021
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Nature lovers each year flock to Christmas Island, Australia, around late November to witness a scarlet sea of tens of millions of red crabs migrating down from the forest to mate and spawn on the shoreline. Male red crabs set out on the journey first, triggered by the first rainfall of the wet season; they…

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Drone Video Shows Extent of La Palma Lava Delta

November 25, 2021
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Aerial footage filmed on Tuesday by geology experts studying the volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma showed the extent of a new lava delta that was created in recent days. The lava flow, which is the third to reach the Atlantic Ocean, first dropped off a cliff and into the sea on Monday….

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Joe Robinet Makes the Wilderness Approachable

November 24, 2021
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With 1.5 million subscribers, Joe Robinet’s YouTube channel has become a go-to for people who want to learn about wilderness camping, backpacking, and solo bushcraft. Yet unlike many other outdoorsmen, he doesn’t call himself a survivalist. “I’m not trying to face nature one-on-one and battle it and get by eating bugs,” he told The Epoch…

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