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Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (928+ words) The Green and Colorado river flows might seem like a bounty of moisture in a parched desert of sandstone arches and prickly cacti, but in fact it's just the opposite. After the driest winter on record, officials this spring want…...
New study finds 'alarming' high flood risk for 17 million Americans on Atlantic and Gulf coasts
10+ hour, 50+ min ago (763+ words) Conroe firefighter Cody Leroy carries a resident evacuated in a boat by the CFD Rapid Intervention Team from her flooded home in the aftermath of a severe storm May 2, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) Two vehicle…...
Heavy rain and snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northeastern Michigan homes
12+ hour, 46+ min ago (434+ words) Large chunks of ice rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt left many homes flooded and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems. Spring rains and winter snowmelt have…...
Space X says it can buy AI coding tool Cursor for $60 B later this year
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (267+ words) Space X said that, alternatively, it could pay $10 billion to "work together" with Cursor. Space X announced the deal Tuesday on the social platform X, which along with the AI chatbot Grok is part of a constellation of properties that…...
A robot is beating human pros at table tennis. Its maker calls it a milestone for machines
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (917+ words) A table tennis robot built by Sony is seen in Tokyo, Dec. 2025. (Sony AI via AP) A table tennis robot built by Sony maneuvers to hit the ball back to its human opponent, Akito Saeki, during a match in Tokyo,…...
Wildfires across Georgia and Florida have destroyed nearly 50 homes and are forcing evacuations
13+ hour, 56+ min ago (311+ words) Some of the biggest fires were popping up between and around Jacksonville, Florida, and along Georgia's coast. A long drought, low humidity and strong winds are fueling the blazes, and Florida is facing one of its worst fire seasons in…...
Massachusetts is dumping sewage into waterways. Grassroots organizations are fighting back
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (1412+ words) David Stoff and Ann Mc Donald, activists, look out at the water in the Alewife Brook Reservation by a sewage outfall on Friday, March 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (Lucie Mc Cormick/MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing via AP) Later that…...
Climate doom and gloom? Try laughing instead. Activists embrace joy in the fight to save Earth
17+ hour, 34+ min ago (799+ words) When several different team-building groups shared space at a retreat center in New York's Hudson Valley, one bunch of people stood out because of their constant laughter " so much that someone from another group eventually asked, "Who are you guys?...
Crece movimiento que propone dejar atr's las pantallas y disfrutar de la vida real
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (945+ words) Una escena similar se desarroll" a unos kil"metros de all, en una f'brica de cajas de cart"n de principios del siglo XX convertida en un espacio de oficinas de alta gama. Casi 20 personas de unos 30 a'os miraron sus…...
Earth Day started as a US 'teach-in' 56 years ago. Now it's a global event
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (356+ words) Millions of people around the world will pause Wednesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet that is now…...