Ca. Hydro Plant Expected to Shut Down as Heat Wave Drains Key Reservoir
In an aerial view, houseboats float at a water level nearly 200 feet below normal at the Lime Saddle Marina for Lake Oroville near Paradise, California, on Tuesday, June 8,
Scientists Teach Drones to Hear Your Screams
Photo: Gerry Broome (AP) Screaming into the void may be a thing of the past. A team of researchers said this week that they’ve developed a system that would allow
California’s Drought Is So Bad, Farmers Are Ripping Up Almond Trees
Almond trees sit on the ground before being shredded.Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) The drought has crept across not just California but the entire West. The area in drought reached
Plastic Waste from Burning Ship Buries Sri Lanka’s Coastline
Photo: Ishara S. Kodikara (Getty Images) Tonnes of plastic waste from a burning container ship is washing ashore in Sri Lanka in what’s likely the nation’s worst beach pollution crisis
Nyiragongo, One of the World’s Most Active Volcanoes, Erupts
Lava from the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo is seen in Buhene, on the outskirts of Goma, Congo in the early hours of Sunday, May 23, 2021.Photo: Justin Kabumba (AP) On
NASA Scolds China After Out-of-Control Rocket Lands in Ocean
A Long March 5B rocket in 2020.Photo: STR/AFP (Getty Images) After days of fretting over when and where an out-of-control Chinese rocket would land as it fell back to Earth,
Popular Smoke Alarms Recalled Over Failure to Alert During Fire
The Kidde TruSense 2070-VASCR (left) and TruSense 2040-DSR (right) smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, two of the seven recalled modelsImage: Walmart/Electric Bargain Store The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission