A ‘De-extinction’ Company Wants to Bring Back the Dodo

Natural Disasters

Why the Earthquake in Turkey Was So Damaging and Deadly

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey is a rare occurrence and underscores the importance of setting and enforcing building codes

Andrea Thompson

Natural Disasters

Can We Predict Earthquakes At All?

If we can predict hurricanes, floods, and tornados to differing degrees of reliability, why don’t we know when the next big earthquake will come?

Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt

Natural Disasters

Disasters displaced More Than 3 Million Americans in 2022

More than three million adults were forced to evacuate their homes in the U.S. in the past year because of hurricanes, floods and other disasters, according to the Census Bureau

Thomas Frank and E&E News

Inequality

The Black Lives Matter Movement

What began as a call to action in response to police violence and anti-Black racism in the U.S. is now a global initiative to confront racial inequities in society, including environmental injustice, bias in academia and the public health threat of racism...

Anthropology

Native Americans Conducted Large-Scale Copper Mining 6,000 Years Ago

Prehistoric pollution reveals extensive copper mining near Lake Superior

Sarah Derouin