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Flash floods strand 1,000 people in Death Valley National Park
It was the second major flooding event at the park this week. Some roads were closed Monday after they were inundated with mud and debris from flash floods that also hit western Nevada and northern Arizona hard.
Rescued manatee flies to freedom in style
An ailing manatee that was found and rehabilitated in Texas late last year was flown to Florida on a cargo plane and released into a bay near a wildlife refuge along the Gulf Coast this week.
Dutch farmers dump manure, garbage on roads to protest fertilizer emission rules
Dutch farmers resumed protests at government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, by dumping manure and garbage on highways and setting fires alongside roads.
Environmental study takes close look at building Extremely Large Telescopes
The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world's largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaii and Spain's Canary Islands.
After many surgeries, a sea turtle named Tortie is racing for freedom
A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumours was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter.
War means pain for Europe now, later for Russia
Across Europe, signs of distress are multiplying as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on. Food banks in Italy are feeding more people. German officials are turning down the air conditioning as they prepare plans to ration natural gas and restart coal plants.
France fights wildfires as heat wave fries Europe
France scrambled more water−bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed on Monday, July 18, 2022, by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe.
Climate emergency declared by Pacific island national leaders
Pacific island national leaders declared a climate emergency on Friday, July 15, 2022, and agreed to try to bring Kiribati back to the region’s main diplomatic grouping.
Nuclear wouldn't do much to help Germany with looming gas shortages
Germany’s vice chancellor on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, defended the government’s commitment to ending the use of nuclear power at the end of this year, arguing that keeping its few remaining reactors running would be complex and do little to address the problems caused by a possible natural gas shortfall.
California firefighters gain ground against Yosemite wildfire
The fire is a threat to more than 500 mature sequoias in the park's Mariposa Grove and the nearby community of Wawona, which has been evacuated.