Russia’s unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country’s space agency Roscosmos reported. (Image credit: AP) Read More at NPR
Read More »A wildfire in eastern Washington has killed one and destroyed 185 structures
A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. Read More at NPR
Read More »Yellowknife residents wonder if wildfires are the new normal as western Canada burns
Nearly all 20,000 residents of Yellowknife, the capital city of the Northwest Territories, have evacuated, while thousands more in neighboring British Columbia have fled, too. (Image credit: Darren Hull/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »The growing movement against noise pollution
As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier. Read More at NPR
Read More »What happens after the fire
NPR’s Pien Huang speaks to Jennifer Gray Thompson, founder and CEO of After the Fire USA, about what to expect from long-term recovery after a wildfire. Read More at NPR
Read More »Maui residents begin to discuss how to rebuild
In Maui, while crews continue the search for victims of the Lahaina fire, the governor and residents are beginning to talk about how the historic community should be rebuilt. Read More at NPR
Read More »Lolita, oldest orca held in captivity, died before chance to return to the ocean
After years of pressure to set the Miami Seaquarium orca free, Lolita was scheduled to spend her final days in her natural habitat sometime next year. On Friday, she died of a “renal condition.” (Image credit: Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty) Read More at NPR
Read More »Russian missile kills 7 and injures 90 in northern Ukrainian city amid local holiday
Many residents had just finished a morning of festivities and were leaving church in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a Russian missile struck the city’s center, heavily damaging a theater building. (Image credit: Anatoli Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images) Read More at NPR
Read More »PHOTOS: Global heat hacks, from jazzy umbrellas in DRC to ice beans in Singapore
We asked photographers around the world to make pictures of how the locals cope with this year’s record heat. They created some really cool images. (Image credit: Atang L.S Arnold for NPR) Read More at NPR
Read More »Officials in Lahaina are trying to get mental health support to displaced residents
Besides the challenges of displacement and recovery, officials are scrambling to support the enormous mental health needs of Lahaina residents traumatized by the deadliest wildfire in modern history. Read More at NPR
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