Forest Service plan aims to lower flood threat to homes in Pisgah’s Appalachian District
PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST (WLOS) — The U.S. Forest Service has announced that a team of engineers, hydrologists, foresters…
Geoengineering could reshape the Amazon’s future
Deliberately altering the atmosphere to cool the planet is one of the most controversial climate ideas out there. …
Invasive worm spreading across Colorado’s Front Range
An invasive worm species is causing problems in the state, and the Colorado Department of Agriculture is asking…
Endangered mountain pygmy possum numbers climb at Secret Creek Sanctuary breeding program
For the past six years, Trevor Evans has seen the number of endangered mountain pygmy possums at his…
Surfer finds new life for decommissioned wind turbine blades
At the Waubra Wind Farm near Ballarat, 40-metre turbine blades that once helped power the state are being…
Massive tornado tears through homes in Oklahoma, injuring at least 10 | Oklahoma
At least 10 people were injured after a tornado hit northern Oklahoma, as a strong weather system produced…
For more than a century, the ocean has prevented a severe global drought, but almost no one has described it that way
What if drought hit several of the world’s biggest food-growing regions at the same time? That worst-case timing…
Drought conditions deepen across western North Carolina. Here’s the latest updates
MARION, N.C. (WLOS) — Drought conditions in western North Carolina have intensified significantly, with most of the region…
Mass. city offering free coffee for a pothole report
Potholes can cause even the most careful drivers to spill their coffee, the thwack always seeming to hit…
By day they generate energy, but by night they turn into the hunting ground of one of the most feared and mysterious mammals
By day, they look quiet. Endless rows of solar panels, absorbing sunlight and feeding clean energy into the…