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Well-Plugging Project Underway at Kinzua Bridge State Park
58+ min ago (282+ words) Mt Jewett, PA " A project designed to improve public safety and protect natural resources is underway at Kinzua Bridge State Park as the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) works to plug orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells on…...
Research Finds AI Reliance Can Weaken Problem-Solving Skills
8+ hour, 17+ min ago (390+ words) A new set of studies suggests people who rely heavily on artificial intelligence tools may have a harder time solving problems on their own when the technology is suddenly taken away. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Oxford,…...
Bicentennial Tower Lights Turned Off for Bird Migration
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (78+ words) Erie News Now With breezes of warmer weather incoming, high levels of bird migration are expected this weekend. The Bicentennial Tower will once again have its lights turned off to help aid the birds in their journey along the Erie…...
Buoy Network Deployed on Lake Erie for Summer Season
2+ week, 6+ day ago (180+ words) The Regional Science Consortium has officially launched its seasonal buoy network on Lake Erie, marking the start of another summer of environmental monitoring and data collection. Crews spent the morning preparing and loading four buoys before transporting them out onto…...
Troubled waters: Jakarta battles deadly, invasive suckerfish
3+ week, 4+ day ago (541+ words) The sapu-sapu was introduced to Indonesia from South America, brought in to keep aquariums algae free but chucked into rivers as they outgrew their tanks sapu-sapu are able to live in oxygen-poor and polluted waters, digging holes into river banks…...
The Last Word: Erie News Now Weather Radar Tracks Rain, Snow & Birds!
4+ week, 3+ hour ago (428+ words) I did a story last spring about migrating birds stopping at Presque Isle on their way further north. I cannot stop thinking about that story after watching Dakota Hunter doing a recent weather report in Erie News Now. I couldn't…...
Environmental groups unite to address growing plastic threat
4+ week, 1+ day ago (191+ words) Today was International Pellet Count Day, and local volunteers were out in force to take action against plastic pollution. Participants from Gannon University's Project Ne PTWNE teamed up with Penn Environment for a cleanup at Presque Isle State Park and…...
First at 4: Tom Ridge Environmental Center
1+ mon, 1+ hour ago (23+ words) Erie News Now Frost Advisory from SAT 2: 00 AM EDT until SAT 9: 00 AM EDT...
Wild parrots learn what's safe to eat by watching friends
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (374+ words) Wild parrots quickly learn to eat new foods by copying their feathered friends, reveals new research. They grasp whether different types of food are safe to eat by observing other members of their social group, according to the findings published…...
Research reveals why some bees change color with the weather
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (475+ words) A sweat bee in the wild. (Jeremiah Bender via SWNS) Some bees change color with the weather, reveals new research. Humidity can temporarily alter the shimmering hues of certain "chameleon" species, say scientists. A research team, led by Dr. Madeleine…...