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Arizona's taps won't run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (1794+ words) The Central Arizona Project canal winds through Phoenix on March 26, 2026. The 336-mile canal system pumps water from the Colorado River to the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Water supplies for the canal's users will be cut under a new plan for…...
A new underground map of the U.S. could help the electric grid avoid catastrophe
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (440+ words) NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Paul Bedrosian of the U.S. Geological Survey about a new map and model of the deep continental structure underneath the United States. PAUL BEDROSIAN: Yeah. Thank you very much, Ailsa. A pleasure to be here. CHANG:…...
New study confirms landslide in Alaska triggered 1,500-foot megatsunami last August
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (85+ words) A new study finds that a megatsunami in Alaska pushed water more than 1,500 feet up the sides of a fjord near Juneau. Researchers say more monitoring is needed to prevent future catastrophes. New study confirms landslide in Alaska triggered 1,500-foot…...
A giant tsunami in Alaska last year was a near-miss in a tourist location, study says
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (89+ words) A new study finds that a megatsunami in Alaska pushed water more than 1,500 feet up the sides of a fjord near Juneau. Researchers say more monitoring is needed to prevent future catastrophes. A giant tsunami in Alaska last year was…...
How the city with the most to lose in the Colorado River crisis is trying to adapt
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (584+ words) The Colorado River is running dry, and the federal government has proposed big cuts to the amount of water that flows to cities and farms in Arizona. KJZZ's Alex Hager visits the town where those cuts will hit first and…...
In layers of melting glacier ice, scientists find a story of pre-industrial pollution
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (360+ words) A glacier in Europe holds clues about the activities of pre-industrial people, but it's melting fast. If you want to learn more about human history, you can turn to written records or archaeological artifacts or huge chunks of ice. That's…...
The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests
6+ mon, 4+ week ago (59+ words) NPR The method for estimating a dinosaurs' age at death may be off, research suggests A growing body of research on dinosaurs' closest living relatives suggests the method that's been used to estimate how old a dinosaur was when it…...
How did these species survive mass extinction events?: Short Wave
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (243+ words) Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth’s largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet’s worst mass extinction event. The eruptions spewed large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, temperatures rose globally and oxygen in the…...
Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (703+ words) Fragments of iron pyrite, a rock that can be used with flint to make sparks, were found by a 400,000-year-old hearth in eastern Britain. Jordan Mansfield/Courtesy Pathways to Ancient Britain Project hide caption It's easy to take for granted…...
From 400-year-old globes to cosmic shrouds: A Maine library brings maps to life
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (834+ words) Students from the class Geography 370: Maps, Territory, and Power explore the gallery exhibition Founding Memories: America at 250 on view through June 2016. Greta Rybus/for NPR hide caption Yaggy's Geographical Study was published in Chicago in 1887 and used teaching aids for…...