What was behind the seismic boom that wrapped Earth for 9 days?

Click Here to Read: What was behind the seismic boom that wrapped Earth for 9 days? Climate change’s latest mystery came from Greenland’s melting ice sheet by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey on the Grist website on September 25, 2024.

A glacier in eastern Greenland flowing through a long and narrow valley—a fjord—carved by the movement of ice. The photograph was taken with a camera aboard NASA’s P-3B aircraft on April 25, 2012. Image: Jefferson Beck and Maria-José Viñas.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. 

Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis

Click Here to Read: Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis:  The Texas-based oil and gas giant says California is to blame for plastic recycling failures. Four environmental groups filed their own lawsuit against Exxon on the same day as the state’s action. By James Bruggers on the Climate News website on the Inside Climate News website on  September 23, 2024.

Arroyo Seco river, East Los Angeles, Los Angeles California.  Image: Levi Clancy.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons 

Extremely rare—and sacred—white buffalo calf born in Yellowstone

Click Here to Read: Extremely rare—and sacred—white buffalo calf born in Yellowstone: “There are prophecies about white buffalo calves being born at a time of great change,” says one expert. How rare are white bison—and what does this birth mean? By Jason Bittel on the National Geographic website on June 13, 2024.

White Bison Image: eileenmak  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

‘Everything’s on fire’: Inside the nation’s failure to safeguard toxic pipelines

Click Here to Read: ‘Everything’s on fire’: Inside the nation’s failure to safeguard toxic pipelines: Biden’s and Trump’s energy plans each depend on building new pipelines, but landowners don’t believe the current inspection system can protect them from spills and deadly emissions. They have a point by Mike Soraghan on the Politico Website on May 5, 2024|
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Image: Ryan McFarland from Petersburg, AK

Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches

Click Here to Read: Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like creatures blanketing US beaches: Masses of ephemeral organisms known as ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up in a ‘blue tide’ on the west coast most years but warmer winter seas could be increasingly their numbers by Katharine Gammon on the Guardian Website on April 5, 2024.

Velella velella image: National Marine Sanctuaries.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.