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Atlantic Ocean in N.J.
Down the Shore
Biology
New Jersey
Public Health

‘Sea lice’ reported at N.J. beaches is actually jellyfish larvae, biologist says

Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.

6 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island operator, surrounding communities to scale back emergency planning for shuttered site

The company that owns Three Mile Island’s Unit 1 reactor will scale back its emergency planning starting in January.

6 years ago

Penn State doctoral student Stephanie Herbstritt shows the hairy ligule in switchgrass that's growing on a Penn State research plot in Centre County. (Anne Danahy/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Public Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Some faculty’s environmental science research on hold, while others find work around, in face of COVID-19

When COVID-19 hit Pa. in March, universities shut down and suspended some lab work and field research. For environmental scientists, it's been a big change.

6 years ago

Farmers work during a harvest in Jutland, Denmark. People keep worrying about food shortages. Some economists say the fears actually create their own problems. (Nick Brundle Photography/Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
National

Food is growing more plentiful, so why do people keep warning of shortages?

Some researchers say the main reason that millions of people are malnourished globally is that people lack the money to buy food, or because of war and political oppression.

6 years ago

Tropical Storm Isaias
New Jersey
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
NBC10

Tornado Warnings as Isaias roars through Delaware Valley

The effects of Tropical Storm Isaias are hitting the Philadelphia region, bringing tornado and flooding threats.

6 years ago

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District pumps sand onto Brant Beach
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Sustainability

Army Corps awards $23.8M contract for Atlantic County beach replenishment

It’s the latest in a years-long string of beach replenishment projects in New Jersey that have spanned all four coastal counties.

6 years ago

Waves crash along the Juno Beach Pier as Tropical Storm Isaias passes through the area Sunday in Juno Beach, Fla. The storm is now headed toward the Carolinas.
NPR
National
Outdoors

Tropical Storm Isaias grazes Florida en route to the Carolinas

South Florida is emerging from the storm with relatively little damage, though local officials had braced for more serious damage including widespread power outages.

6 years ago

Tropical Storm Isaias
Delaware
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
NBC10

Tropical Storm Warnings as Isaias moves toward our region

Drenching rain could bring flooding from the coasts as Tropical Storm Isaias moves into the Lehigh Valley region.

6 years ago

The newest seedlings on Arthur de Leo’s farm. Hidden beyond the older trees is Buck Run, the creek where de Leo planted his first stream buffers. (Courtesy of Arthur de Leo)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

‘Buffer Your Stream’ program asks Pa. landowners to plant trees, boost water quality

Worried about water quality in your stream? Plant a tree next to it, the DCNR says. Stream buffers reduce soil erosion and filter chemical runoff.

6 years ago

Listen 1:04
Tropical Storm Isaias
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Tropical Storm Watch up for Philly region as Isaias heads north

Forecasters with the National Weather Service said the biggest concern for the Philadelphia region is heavy rain that could lead to flooding on Tuesday.

6 years ago

SpaceX Astronauts Return
National
Space

SpaceX capsule and NASA crew make 1st splashdown in 45 years

It was the first splashdown by U.S. astronauts in 45 years, with the first commercially built and operated spacecraft to carry people to and from orbit.

6 years ago

Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, holds a model of the coronavirus as he testifies at a US Senate hearing to review Operation Warp Speed: the researching, manufacturing, and distributing of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine, in Washington, DC, on July 2, 2020. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

U.S. reaches $2.1 billion deal with Sanofi, GlaxoSmithKline for COVID-19 vaccine push

This is the sixth vaccine candidate to join Operation Warp Speed's portfolio, and the largest vaccine deal to date.

6 years ago

Tidal flooding like this in Dewey Beach, Del. will become more common with sea-level rise, scientists warn. (Randall Chase/AP Photo)
Environment
Outdoors
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Rising seas puts hundreds of Superfund sites at risk, study says

More than 200 current and potential Superfund sites in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are at risk of flooding in the next 20 years due to sea-level rise.

6 years ago

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
National
Space

‘On our way to Mars’: NASA rover will look for signs of life

NASA’s Perseverance rode a mighty Atlas V rocket into a clear morning sky in the world’s third and final Mars launch of the summer.

6 years ago

Cape May City (smallbones from Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Creeping salt water forces Cape May City to consider more desalination

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

6 years ago

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