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Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs
The Trump budget plan calls for ending some programs ship captains and other boaters rely on. A Senate plan would keep the ...
Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet
Similar deep-sea volcanoes found on Earth support microbial life that lives inside solid rock without sunlight and oxygen.
Efforts to reduce toxic algae in Lake Erie appear to be making progress. Now they face budget cuts
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, ...
The New Yorker18h
In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?
The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a ...
Key senator makes bipartisan plea to Trump to invest in weather and early warning networks
The letter comes in the wake of devastating flash floods in Texas on the night of July 4 that killed more than 130 people. It also is being sent at ...
The Daily Reporter7h
EPA to cut 3,700 jobs, shut down science research office
The EPA is eliminating its research office and cutting 3,700 jobs in a major reorganization that shifts focus to applied ...