Video: Female Sperm Whales Work Together During A Birth To Protect Calf
"Rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth has offered scientists a window into the behavior of these large, elusive mammals."
Source: AP, 03/30/2026
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Washington’s Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom, In Fleeting Burst Of Pink
"It’s finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the necessary heft of the nation’s decision-making."
Source: AP, 03/30/2026"Pentagon Seeks Species ‘God Squad’ Exemption for Gulf Oil"
"The Pentagon is behind the first-ever request to convene the “God Squad” to exempt all oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act due to national security reasons, the Justice Department said in a Wednesday court filing."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/27/2026"Explainer: What Does The Iran War Mean For Clean Energy Transition?"
"As the deadly war in Iran triggers what the International Energy Agency has described as the worst oil crisis in history, climate advocates are calling for a faster shift away from fossil fuels, but the conflict may also hamper that transition."
Source: Guardian, 03/27/2026"US Has Caused $10Tn Worth Of Climate Damage Since 1990, Research Finds"
"The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found."
Source: Guardian, 03/27/2026"Amid Oyster Bounty, Chesapeake Bay Watermen Suffer Dismal Harvest"
"It’s the best of times in recent memory for Chesapeake Bay oysters. It’s just the opposite, though, for the Maryland and Virginia watermen who make a living harvesting them."
Source: Bay Journal, 03/27/2026"Trump’s New Science Panel Is Stuffed With High-Tech Billionaires"
"U.S. President Donald Trump today unveiled a set of scientific advisers heavily skewed toward artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, topics his administration has emphasized. The roster, unlike previous iterations of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), features some of the world’s wealthiest people and several of Trump’s biggest political supporters from high-tech industry—but only one academic scientist."
Source: Science, 03/27/2026"Is Your State Becoming Uninsurable? We Have The Latest Data."
"Home insurance is buckling under climate risk and construction trends. Find out how your state fares."
Source: Grist etc., 03/27/2026As Waters Around Alaska Warm, Algal Toxins Are Turning Up In Food Web
"Over the past two summers, a pair of remote and treeless volcanic islands in the eastern Bering Sea broadcast signals of climate change danger in the marine ecosystem that feeds Alaska residents and supports much of the state’s economy."
Source: Alaska Beacon, 03/27/2026"Long Overlooked as Crucial to Life, Fungi Start to Get Their Due"
"Fungi create soil, sequester vast amounts of carbon, and contribute $55 trillion to the global economy, but knowledge about them is scarce. Now, mycologists are pushing to get the international scientific community to recognize fungi on the same level as plants and animals."
Source: YaleE360, 03/27/2026"Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use"
"In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers."
Source: WIRED, 03/27/2026Medicinal Plants In National Parks of Appalachia Are Facing Several Threats
"Medicinal and aromatic plants in the Appalachian Mountains, which have stood for hundreds of millions of years and contributed to biodiversity across the region, are facing threats from poaching, climate change, and more. The multiple national parks dotting the region are often havens for these plants, though even the protections afforded by the parks cannot prevent all threats."
Source: National Parks Traveler, 03/27/2026"Trump’s Park Service Nominee and The Niagara Threat"
"Last month, the Trump administration announced Scott Socha as its new nominee to lead the National Park Service ..., much diminished since it was gutted by DOGE ... . As with many of the political appointees at Trump’s Interior Department, Socha comes directly from a corporation with abundant business interests before the agency he is slated to lead. He has worked [at a] hospitality and food services giant that controls lucrative concessions at national parks around the country."
Source: Public Domain, 03/26/2026Iowa Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon: Report
"Iowa is among a few states where cancer diagnoses are on the rise. A new analysis from the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement and the Iowa Environmental Council says that environmental exposures are partially to blame."
Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2026"Questions Mount As Interior’s Wildfire Agency Takes Shape"
"The Trump administration’s new wildfire agency is taking shape at the Interior Department, coalescing around a mission to prioritize swiftly putting out fires on public lands, even as some experts question that strategy."
Source: E&E News, 03/26/2026
