When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles.

But melting ice sheets don’t affect sea level and temperatures in the same way everywhere.

In a November 2025 study, our team of ...Read more

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found.

Some, like the passenger pigeon, were extinct. Others had retreated to more remote, wild areas of North America. In many cases, humans had destroyed their habitat by ...Read more

By its very essence, the American West requires a jeweler’s touch.

I know. Over three decades, I was a town wildlife officer, leading Mammoth Lakes’ effort to find balance with its coyotes, bears, mountain lions and more.

I crawled into bear dens, I managed their population surge, I led programs to educate the public and police.

Through ...Read more

“Doom: The Dark Ages” succeeded in bringing another dimension to the aggressive run-and-gun gameplay that id Software developed for the reboot. As the Doom Slayer who defended Argent D’nur, players controlled a being that brutalized demons with force and rage, using a shield and an arsenal of weapons.

The developers described him as an ...Read more

Government attempts to address the global memory chip shortage by influencing prices or production capacity would worsen a historic squeeze on supply driven by the artificial intelligence boom, a semiconductor industry group warned the Trump administration.

In a letter to senior administration officials, the SEMI industry association urged the...Read more

President Donald Trump said he sees the need for some standards on artificial intelligence technology, but wants to avoid burdensome restrictions that may hamper American companies competing with China.

”Well, you need some guardrails, but you want to do as little as possible,” Trump said in a White House interview with CNBC on Thursday.

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BALTIMORE — The Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population saw an increase this year, despite still facing a concerning decline over the past decade, according to a news release Thursday from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

May’s winter dredge survey, conducted by Maryland and Virginia fisheries, predicted a jump in crabs to 349 million, ...Read more

Brandon Welty eased his airboat named “Python Patrol” onto the rocky edge of a man-made island carved from the spoil of a canal near Everglades Holiday Park. His team was on a mission.

A 10-foot female Burmese python was guarding her clutch of eggs on the other side of the island. Nesting mothers can be more defensive, and reaching her ...Read more

BOSTON — Just in time for the Fourth of July.

Phones were lighting up across the region on Thursday with the first shark alert of the season, as vacationers flock to the beach.

A great white shark was spotted close to a beach in Chatham, where sharks throughout the summer and fall hunt for seals.

“!! SHARK ALERT !!” shark researcher ...Read more

Chemical giant Monsanto has argued for years that if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves a pesticide label without requiring a cancer warning, states cannot hold its manufacturer liable in court for failing to warn consumers about cancer risks. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed, in a ruling issued on June 25, 2026, though some ...Read more

GRANBY, Colo. — High in the Rocky Mountains, spring-fed streams and ponds have vanished, leaving patches of cracked mud in what were once spongy meadows.

This year has been so extremely warm and arid that the mountains have remained largely snowless. The water-generating source of the Colorado River, its headwaters, is drying up.

“I grew ...Read more

Apple Inc. is in negotiations to purchase chips from two Chinese semiconductor makers on a Pentagon blacklist to help reduce the impact of a global memory shortage that’s forced the company to raise prices across its product line.

The iPhone maker is seeking to buy memory components from ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc. and Yangtze Memory ...Read more

If you have ever hiked in the high peaks of Colorado, the Wasatch Range in Utah or the Tetons in Wyoming, you’ve almost certainly seen a rock glacier, perhaps without even knowing it.

Rock glaciers are slow-moving masses of rock debris and ice that flow downhill the same way that glaciers do, but they are covered by a thick layer of...Read more

A federal lawsuit alleging that gas companies in California are colluding to keep prices high through their use of AI-powered software will test the state's antitrust law at a time of growing concerns about the effects of technology on the high cost of living.

Filed on behalf of three drivers last week, the proposed class-action lawsuit accuses...Read more

BOSTON — As the town of Newbury and residents of Plum Island are locked in a dispute over flying American flags during this week’s Independence Day celebrations and protecting endangered shorebirds, a nonprofit is planning to sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to add more protections.

The Center for Biological Diversity sent a letter to U....Read more

Data center projects continue to generate controversy around the country. In part, that’s because a variety of different groups have competing interests – some in favor of them, some opposed and others with no direct view on data centers themselves, but with concerns that relate to aspects of data center operations and effects.

As...Read more

A former software manager at Wisk Aero, Boeing’s autonomous air taxi subsidiary, has accused Wisk of rushing software testing and retaliating against her for raising safety concerns.

Briahna O’Neill said she was fired from Wisk in March 2025 after filing two internal safety reports alleging company executives pushed engineers to reduce ...Read more

Millions of Americans are facing heat advisories ahead of the July Fourth holiday as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central and eastern United States.

For many people, this is the time of year for cookouts, beach trips and other outdoor activities. Soccer fans are packing into stadiums for World Cup matches. But ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal officials have set a date to round up and relocate 450 wild horses they say are damaging Mono Lake’s famed limestone tufas and posing a threat to drivers. The move is hailed by environmentalists but heartbreaking for tribes and horse lovers who have fought to stop it.

On July 8, the Inyo National Forest will begin ...Read more

When you have a battery that can do small tasks such as charging your smartphone, filling your pool floats and jump-starting your car, you have a winner. That's why you can’t beat the GOOLOO 6000A portable battery.

It’s easy to call this the ultimate portable battery to keep in every vehicle. Beyond providing emergency assistance, its ...Read more