On the windswept coasts of Oregon and California, there lives an unassuming little plant that can withstand salty blasts that kill its inland counterparts.
These Coastal Wildflowers Thrive in Salt-Laden Air That Kills Other Plants
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Q&A: The Arctic Melt Season Is a Week Longer Now Than It Was in the 1980s, Shows New UW Research on Sea Ice Trends
Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica.
Tangled Plastic, Fishing Gear Found in Pilot Whales
A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded over 13 years in the main Hawaiian Islands ingested several pounds of plastic ropes, netting, fishing gear and plastic bags that were discarded in the ocean.
Suburban Sprawl Puts Western Homes at Risk from Wildfires
Somersett, a short drive from downtown Reno, Nevada, is a peaceful place where homes with sweeping, high-desert views line cul-de-sacs and roads meander through shrubland, trailheads, and golf courses.
Data Centers are Helping Fuel a U.S. Battery Boom
Across the U.S., tech companies have courted backlash for using polluting gas generators to power massive new data centers.
A Surge of Marine Heat Waves Threatens to Scramble Ocean Life
The common octopus is a warm water species that usually lives in the temperate waters of the Mediterranean.
