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Hurricane Helene Battered the ‘Salamander Capital of the World’ With Floods and Landslides. Will the Beloved Amphibians Survive the Aftermath?

Alexa Robles-Gil Daily Correspondent When Hurricane Helene hit Valle Crucis in North Carolina, the creek across the Watauga River was already overflowing from 11 inches of rain, according to local resident Jessica Valky-Bryant. The swollen creek then went over its banks, flooding and destroying Valky-Bryant’s private road. Trees and mud puddles were everywhere. “In the […]

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Business & Finance

Trump says RFK Jr. plan to remove fluoride from public water ‘sounds okay to me’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attend a campaign event sponsored by conservative group Turning Point USA, in Duluth, Georgia, U.S., October 23, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Former president Donald Trump said Sunday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water […]

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Technology

Best 5 Soda Makers for Sparkling Water (2024)

The carbonation renaissance is upon us. Whether it’s the obsession with hard seltzers like White Claw and its endless copycats or “better-for-you” sodas like Poppi and Olipoppeople are craving that crisp, bubbly feeling in every corner of their palates. I’m one of them—simply addicted to bubbles. I try to keep it as healthy as possible […]

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Lifestyle & Culture

Is Sparkling Water As Healthy As Regular Water?

Is sparkling water as healthy as regular water? There’s good news about sparkling water on the nutrition front as well. I reached out to Jen Baum, a registered dietitian nutritionist and one of the hosts of the podcast Nutrition for Mortals. Baum says sparkling water can be a great, healthy bev of choice for anyone […]

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Science

Sols 4348-4349: Smoke on the Water

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions The Solar System The Sun […]

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Science

Chicago’s dirty water may be keeping invasive species at bay

When silver carp invade a waterway, they’re hard to miss. The large, filter-feeding fish regularly grow more than three feet long and easily exceed 20 pounds. They loiter near the surface, where the plankton they feed on is most abundant. And, crucially, they’re easily startled. When boats go by, silver carp are known to catapult […]

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Science

The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Pluto

Pluto is probably best known for being a demoted planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped it of its original classification, after narrowing the definition of a planet to be one that clears its orbit with its gravitational heft. Pluto doesn’t meet this membership criterion because its orbit is peppered with other icy bodies […]

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Science

‘Precipitation, the source of all fresh water, can no longer be relied upon’: Global water cycle pushed out of balance ‘for 1st time in human history’

More than half of the world’s food production is at risk of collapsing in the next 25 years due to a growing global water crisis, a new report warns. Climate change, destructive land use and the consistent mismanagement of water resources mean that nearly 3 billion people and over half of global food production are […]

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Technology

Getting fresh water from renewable power

Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water supply, and nearly 70 percent of that is trapped in glaciers and ice caps. So far, that was enough to keep us going, but severe draughts have left places like Jordan, Egypt, sub-Saharan Africa, Spain, and California […]

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