Illinois Residents Grapple With Urban Flooding
Excessive water that accumulates in developed areas, is a growing concern for residents and infrastructure.
Excessive water that accumulates in developed areas, is a growing concern for residents and infrastructure.
A project in Bellevue to update essential wastewater systems is designed to improve habitats for fish and wildlife and increase access to natural areas for people of all abilities.
A 2024 MacArthur Fellow, Dr. Martha Muñoz is known and celebrated for her groundbreaking research within evolutionary biology.
Maria Luisa Rossel works to unite all Americans and ensure the thriving of wildlife and people in a rapidly changing world.
Study uses satellite data to document environmental inequities in North Carolina.
“It is very important that we take action as soon as possible,” said Dr. Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón, a senior scientist at the National Wildlife Federation.
“The Southwest Side and the Southeast Side are becoming the black lungs of the city’s infrastructure”
Implementing the plan will require collaboration, including utility companies and railroads that own patches of land along the river, public pressure, and time.
Rich biodiversity and scenic beauty is vulnerable to industrial development, climate change, and unregulated recreation.
Some populations are at greater than 99% chance of extinction by 2080.
At a school that primarily served Latino students, the team designed raised planters that mimicked Aztec geometry.
Decades of irresponsible and unjust use of toxic chemicals threaten the health of already disadvantaged communities.