Weather & Environment

Drawing of houses and water with hurricanes winds

Environment August 20, 2025

One of Hurricane Katrina’s most important lessons isn’t about storm preparations – it’s about injustice

by Ivis García, Texas A&M University; Deidra Davis, Texas A&M University, and Walter Gillis Peacock, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Twenty years…

Environment August 20, 2025

Chaos gardening – wild beauty, or just a mess? A sustainable landscape specialist explains the trend

by Deryn Davidson, Colorado State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you’ve spent any time in the gardening corners of social media lately, you’ve…

Environment August 18, 2025

Cultivating for color: The hidden trade-offs between garden aesthetics and pollinator preferences

by Claire Therese Hemingway, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] People often prioritize aesthetics when choosing plants for their gardens. They may pick…

A drawing of Earth with a red thermometer representing climate change

Weather & Environment August 15, 2025

Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

by Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder and Timothy Shanahan, The University of Texas at Austin, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A new wave of…

Environment August 14, 2025

Where America’s CO2 emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts

by Kenneth J. Davis, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Earth’s atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, which is good for life on Earth – in…

Graphic of wildfire flames spreading through trees

Environment August 7, 2025

Wildfire season is starting weeks earlier in California – a new study shows how climate change is driving the expansion

by Gavin D. Madakumbura, University of California, Los Angeles and Alex Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Fire season is…

Environment July 31, 2025

US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void – including China

by Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When President Donald Trump announced in early 2025 that…

Two fanciful works of art created from recycled items by Cobb County teens

Environment July 25, 2025

Report and photos from Keep Cobb Beautiful Annual Teen Recycled Craft Competition

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report with photos from the Keep Cobb Beautiful Annual Teen Recycled Craft Competition. The Keep Cobb Beautiful Annual Teen Recycled Craft Competition,…

A color drawing of a house, car, and tree partially submerged in a flood

Weather & Environment July 25, 2025

Why 2025 became the summer of flash flooding in America

by Jeffrey Basara, UMass Lowell, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The National Weather Service has already issued more than 3,600 flash flood warnings across the…

Weather & Environment July 24, 2025

2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban trees or cool roofs?

by Ian Smith, Boston University and Lucy Hutyra, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to…

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Government & Politics, Local government June 11, 2026

Butter or margarine? A food scientist describes their subtle chemical deviations and how they can affect your baked goods

by Rosemary Trout, Drexel University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared…