
Science
Study: Conventional drilling waste responsible for radioactivity spike in rivers
Treatment plants that handle conventional oil and gas waste water are causing a buildup of radioactive materials at the bottom of three Western Pennsylvania waterways.
8 years ago
Braving the wild for the perfect shot
Wildlife photographer Nick Nichols remembers a close call with a tigress.
8 years ago
Listen 4:10Returning wild animals to wild-ish places
We reintroduce animals to their native habitat as part of an impulse to re-create “wilderness” — a place untouched by man. The result is more like the feeling of wilderness.
8 years ago
Listen 10:37In Banff, design helps critters safely cross the highway
A hidden world of pathways leads wild animals safely across busy roads, keeping ecosystems connected even as human use fragments and disturbs them.
8 years ago
Listen 6:36Did logging help reclaim Missouri wilderness?
Since the 1950s, a timber company has used conservation-driven logging to balance productive use and wild forests.
8 years ago
Listen 6:21Century after pandemic, science takes its best shot at flu
There's no way to predict what strain of the shape-shifting flu virus could trigger another pandemic or, given modern medical tools, how bad it might be.
8 years ago
Of the remaining cohort of Earthlings privileged to set foot on the moon, let’s extend 88th birthday greetings this week to Buzz Al ...
Air Date: January 15, 2018
Listen 05:37A surge, then a fade for Pennsylvania’s wind industry
More than two dozen wind farms popped up across the state leading up to 2012, but only one in the years since.
8 years ago
Judge fines environmental attorneys $52,000 for ‘frivolous’ injection well suit
The case is centered on a 2014 ban and a subsequent municipal charter adopted by Grant Township that banned fracking wastewater injection projects.
8 years ago