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☆ Finland will soon bury nuclear waste in a geological tomb that’s built to last for 100,000 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Jonathan Nackstrand | Afp | Getty ImagesFinland is on the cusp of burying spent nuclear fuel in the world's first geological tomb, where it will be stored for 100,000 years. The pioneering project has been hailed as both a watershed moment for the long-term sustainability of nuclear energy and "a model for the entire world." Nuclear energy currently provides about 9% of the world's electricity, according to the World Nuclear Association. Finland is poised to bury spent nuclear fuel in the world's first geological tomb. KBS-3 is based on a multi-barrier principle, where several engineered barriers seek to ensure the long-term safety of the spent nuclear fuel.

Persons: Jonathan Nackstrand, Posiva, Gareth Law, University of Helsinki Tuohimaa, Tuohimaa, Kai Mykkänen Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC, videoconference, University of Helsinki, World Nuclear Association, Nordic, KBS, Swedish Nuclear, Waste Management Company, U.S Locations: ONKALO, Eurajoki, Finland, Finnish, Olkiluoto, Helsinki, Europe, Asia, Sweden

☆ Wildfires keep hitting the iconic Pacific Crest Trail, forcing closures and evacuations
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Wildfires and their burn scars have made portions of the trail more hazardous and forced hikers to contend with closures on quick notice. Meanwhile, when fast-moving wildfires strike, many rural communities along the trail are finding themselves responsible for helping vulnerable hikers. “Wildfire season is lasting longer, becoming less predictable, affecting more trail, more trail users and more trail communities,” Rylee said. The signals of climate change now stick out on the PCT, said John O’Brien, a California climate scientist who grew up near the trail and hikes on it frequently. Karen Altergott passed through this burn zone in Lassen Volcanic National Park while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2022.

Persons: ” Rylee, John O’Brien, ” O’Brien, Jamie Hale, Teesseling, “ We’ve, ” Thijs Koekkoek, Taime Teesseling, ” Teesseling, ” —, Karen Altergott, Altergott, Karen Altergott “, ” Altergott, “, —, They’re, ”, Becky Wade, Jeff McCabe, Becky Wade McCabe, Wade, McCabe, Shelly, Jeff McCabe's, Becky Wade “, Will Georis, Georis, ” Georis Organizations: “, PCT, Crest Trail, Klamath National Forest, University of California Locations: Sierra Nevada, California, Columbia, Portland ,, Julian, Burney , California, Stehekin , Washington, Hamburg , California, Klamath, ”, Berkeley, Mexico, Canada

☆ I Work at Yellowstone With Free Housing, Meals, and 3-Day Weekends
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Josie Weaver, a 28-year-old employee at Yellowstone National Park. AdvertisementMammoth Hot Springs Employee Prom 2023. Me and my friend group on a Yellowstone employee ski trip to Grand Targhee. Josie WeaverSome aspects of the lifestyle can make it hard to build rootsRelationships move quickly here because we all live and work together. I've had a lot of friends who met here and got married and now have Yellowstone babies which is cool.

Persons: —, Josie Weaver, I'm, It's, There's, I've, you'll, it's, that's Organizations: Service, Business, Yellowstone's Locations: Gallatin, Middle Teton, Dunanda, Yellowstone

☆ ‘The fire moved faster than the cars:’ Residents in Athens suburbs describe destruction wrought by deadly wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Eleni Giokos | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Athens, Greece CNN —Where just hours ago there were thick rows of trees, now stumps protrude and smoke still rises from scorched soil. “At some point, the fire went faster than the cars,” Vasilis Xypolitas, mayor of Kifisia municipality on the outskirts of Athens, told CNN. Her car, like scores of others lining the roads that climb out of Athens, was burned. More than 700 firefighters, nearly 200 vehicles and 35 water-bombing aircraft were deployed to battle the blaze, Greek public broadcaster ERT reported. Once the winds and the worst of the blaze abated, residents in Chalandri returned to inspect the damage.

Persons: Greece CNN —, bedsheets –, Vasilis Xypolitas, ”, Sophia, Alexandros Avramidis, Xypolitas Organizations: Greece CNN, CNN, “, ERT, Ministry, Protection Locations: Athens, Greece, Chalandri, Attica, “, Kifisia, Penteli, Varnavas, Grammatiko

☆ How this US couple scored rare Italy self-employment visas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Silvia Marchetti | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

For those who want to move but need to work the options are extremely limited – working visas to Italy are like gold dust. “We wanted a fresh start, a place where we could enjoy more pleasure in life and quality time,” says Walker. Abandoning the American dreamBowers and Walker wanted to make a change before they got older. Back to the countryTopped by the Orsini castle, Soriano nel Cimino is in the Tuscia area of Italy, north of Rome. The couple have also started a new business, organizing itineraries for visitors craving to discover bucolic Italy.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Vita, Zeneba Bowers, Matt Walker, Soriano nel Cimino, Bowers, “, ”, Walker, –, Orsini, Davide Seddio, it’s Organizations: CNN, intel, Nashville Symphony, Getty Locations: Italy, Tennessee, Rome, Ireland, mull, Italian, Detroit, Tuscia, Viterbo, Walker, Nashville

☆ Major wildfire rages out of control around Athens; hundreds of firefighters deployed
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Hundreds of firefighters backed by more than 30 water-dropping planes were battling a major forest fire raging out of control Monday on the northern fringes of the Greek capital. A car burns in Varnava village during a wildfire, north of Athens, Greece, on August 11, 2024. Three Athens hospitals were put on heightened alert to treat any potential injuries. It began Sunday afternoon about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Athens and was fanned by strong winds that quickly drove it out of control. Women embrace after being rescued during a wildfire in Varnavas, north of Athens, Greece, on August 11, 2024.

Persons: Vassilis Kikilias, Michael Varaklas, ” Kikilias, Angelos Tzortzinis, ”, Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, “ Organizations: Civil, AP Authorities, Local, Authorities, Getty Locations: Greece, Athens, Varnava, Marathon, Varnavas, AFP, Mati

Parts of Canada’s Boreal Forest Are Burning Faster Than They Can Regrow The delicate balance of one the planet’s largest natural systems for storing carbon depends on the humble black spruce tree. The boreal forests are the largest forests in the world, and in Western Canada they evolved to burn once every century or so. What was troubling, Dr. Baltzer noted, is that fire isn’t supposed to make life harder for the black spruce tree. Any imbalance in this tug of war between life and death can threaten the boreal forests’ ability to store heat-trapping carbon. Given how huge the boreal forests are, her research could help shed light on which parts of the ecosystem were most important to protect.

Persons: Jennifer Baltzer, Baltzer, Wilfrid, Veronica Penney, ”, Marc, André, I’d, doesn’t, Jeff Mcintosh, Austin McIntosh, Kyle Fennig, Maya Provenzano, geopyxis carbonaria, “, Fred Sangris, Sangris, “ We’ve, Sangris’s, Philippe Ciais Organizations: Wilfrid Laurier University, Territories, Territories Yellowknife Research, columbia Alberta Area, Area, British Columbia Alberta Area, Natural Resources, Ocean, Ocean Yellowknife Research, Hudson Bay Edmonton, Calgary Saskatoon Winnipeg Montreal Ottawa Toronto Black, Vancouver Saskatoon Winnipeg Montreal Toronto Black, Calgary Saskatoon Winnipeg Montreal Ottawa Black, Information, Canadian Forest Service, Canadian Press, Associated Press, Wilfred Laurier University, Dene First Nations, Northwest, First Nations, Enterprise, United, Environmental Sciences Locations: Canada, Northwest Territories, Western Canada, Territories Yellowknife, columbia, British, North America, Netherlands, Natural Resources Canada, Behchoko, Ocean Yellowknife, Hudson Bay, Toronto, Enterprise, Northwestern Territories, Paris, Kakisa, Asia, Europe, Ndilo, Yellowknife, Dettah, United Nations

☆ The Summer Camps of Ukraine’s Forests: Hikes, First Aid and Military Readiness
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Diego Ibarra Sanchez | Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In a forest in western Ukraine, a few dozen young men and women stood at attention in two lines in the fading evening light. Some had fake guns slung over their shoulders. Among them was Olesya Vdovych, who had spent the day with other members of the scouting organization Plast, hauling logs, running drills and learning about first aid as part of a two-week camp last August. “I’m eager to be prepared,” Ms. Vdovych said at the time, her long blond hair tied in two braids under a forest green cap. With a number of her friends and family fighting in the war against Russia, she said she felt it was important to be ready for any situation.

Persons: Olesya Vdovych, “ I’m, Ms, Vdovych Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ This remote, mystical forest has been protected for centuries. Now it’s under threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

He and most of the community believe it is their duty to protect it – and in turn, they believe the forest will protect them. In photos: The plants and animals of Naimina Enkiyio Prev NextShared landIn a shady clearing, a group of Maasai elders sit in a circle on the grass. Peter Achammer/Helicopter Charter EA Ltd.For centuries, local communities have protected the forest, but today they are facing new threats. As the culture modernizes, Maasai elders fear this will be forgotten. “We shall protect the forest so that we retain this fresh air for our communities and also everyone in the world,” he says.

Persons: CNN — Naimina, Ntirua, Obibi, ”, Nell Lewis, CNN Ntirua Koikai, Enkiyio, Mara, Rob O’Meara, Sarah, Kirk's dik, dik, Peter Achammer, Ole Koikai, Ntirua Koikai, Mbuvi Musingo, “, O’Meara, “ We’re, Josephat Olokula, sparky, you’re, “ I’m, Ntasikoi Oloimoeja, Oloimoeja Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Hansen Global, Forest Guardians, Guardians, Government, Helicopter Charter EA, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, ” Locations: “, Kenya, Nairobi, Mara, Narok

☆ Avocado goldrush links U.S. companies with Mexico’s deforestation disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

The U.S. lawsuits filed in DC Superior Court Monday shine a spotlight on the supply chains of some U.S. companies operating in the Mexican avocado industry. Reuters could not independently verify the accounts from the local residents or Climate Rights International’s findings. “They have even gone to destroy avocado orchards,” said Claudia Alejandra Sanchez, an activist for Michoacán’s Purepecha Indigenous people. Reuters reviewed copies of letters shared by Climate Rights International. Most of those companies have publicly pledged to adhere to sustainable supply chains in compliance with local laws.

Persons: Del, Richman, Mexico Ken Salazar, avocados, ”, Claudia Alejandra Sanchez, Michoacán’s, Guardian Forestal, ’ avocados, ” Daniel Wilkinson, Climate Rights International’s, Alejandro Mendez, Savas Melchor Gómez, deforest, Alfredo Ramírez, ” Ramirez Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Organic Consumers Association, Inc, Produce Inc, West Pak, DC, Rights, Climate Rights International, Richman Law, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Climate Rights, Residents, Foods, Costco, Guardian, Pak, Trade, “ Locations: Madero, Mexico’s, United States, Minnesota, U.S, West, Irvington, N.Y, Mexico, Washington, Michoacán, Jalisco

☆ These scientists want to safeguard Earth’s species by cryogenically preserving them on the moon
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A group of scientists has devised a plan to safeguard Earth’s species in a cryogenic biorepository on the moon. In order to reach the required temperatures on earth, a supply of liquid nitrogen, electricity and human staff are required. To reduce this risk, Hagedorn and the team thought about how cryopreservation could be achieved passively, which is impossible on Earth, and alighted on the moon. “We aren’t saying what if the Earth fails – if the Earth is biologically destroyed this biorepository won’t matter,” Hagedorn said in the statement. Sally Keith, a senior lecturer in Marine Biology at Lancaster University, who was not involved in the research, had similar concerns.

Persons: Norway Lise Aserud, NTB Scanpix, ”, Mary Hagedorn, Hagedorn, ” Hagedorn, Rob Brooker, James Hutton, ” Brooker, Sally Keith Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian, BioScience, Reuters, Conservation Biology Institute, James, James Hutton Institute, Lancaster University Locations: Svalbard, Norway, Scotland

☆ Perfumes, Candles, Toothpaste — Vanilla Is in Everything. And It’s Under Threat. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Aimee Nezhukumatathil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Once you notice vanilla, you’ll smell it everywhere. From custard to candles, we live in a world suffused with vanilla. Extracted from the bean pod of a delicate orchid, vanilla must be grown under exceptionally precise conditions along a very narrow band of the earth, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. In 2017, a Category 4-equivalent cyclone decimated an estimated 30 percent of the vanilla vines in Madagascar, which produces 80 percent of the vanilla used around the globe. As a result, the price of vanilla bean pods surged to nearly $300 a pound.

Organizations: University of Oxford, Karolinska Institute, Cancer Locations: Sweden, Madagascar, Mexico, Tahiti

☆ I’m a 30-year-old American living in Norway: 5 reasons ‘I’m so much happier’ here
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Gabriella Mikiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

There's a joke in Norway that people move here for two reasons: a job or love. I'm much happier in Norway. Better work-life balanceIn Norway, there's a big departure from the work-centric mentality that I'm used to in the U.S. Free time, family time and personal well-being are prioritized. For me, I think I'm still a bit governed by my American roots when it comes to work-life balance. Happiness in Norway is often less about feeling constant joy and more about taking care of myself and others.

Persons: I'm, I've, Gabriella Mikiewicz, it'll, it's Organizations: Intercultural Relations, U.S ., fireside Locations: Norway, Europe, U.S, Oslo, Lofoten, Gabriella Mikiewicz Norway, Chicago, there's, it's, Loen, panicking, Rjukan

☆ With a fire burning just miles away, residents of a Washington town dig in
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Evan Bush | Evan Bush Is A Science Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

“There’s a lot of mistrust going on there.”As fire behavior grows intense because of climate change and overgrown forests, doubts can fester in rural communities as fire managers operate more conservatively than in the past. “Now, we’re seeing fires act more radically, make their own weather and be more unpredictable.”This dynamic is playing out in rural communities elsewhere. Stasiewicz said that based on her own focus groups, surveys and interviews, sentiments like Courtney’s are becoming more common in rural communities. Evacuation often carries a stiff financial cost, she said, and some rural residents worry their properties won’t be prioritized. “We can sometimes see rural communities lose compared to more developed areas.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Amanda Stasiewicz, “, ” Stasiewicz, they’d, Brad Bramlett, ’ ” Courtney, Courtney, Johnston, Magnussen, Stehekin, Stasiewicz Organizations: University of Oregon, “, San Francisco Chronicle, National Interagency Fire Center, National Weather Service, ”, Tourists Locations: West, Northern California, Pacific, Oregon , Washington and Idaho, Lake Chelan, North, Stehekin, U.S

☆ In photos: Sea otter populations rebound
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Katie Guenthner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Sea otters aren’t just cute to look at, they also play a critical role in preserving the environment. By hunting invertebrates like clams and sea urchins, sea otters help preserve kelp forests, which in turn sequester carbon, protect coastlines and provide food and shelter for other marine life. Their hunting prowess makes sea otters a keystone species, meaning that other aspects of the ecosystem rely on their existence. Without the sea otter, many species that shelter in the kelp forests they help protect would die. Thanks to conservation initiatives, numbers have started to bounce back, with around 130,000 sea otters worldwide.

Organizations: CNN, Initiative

☆ Despite Park Fire’s Rapid Spread, Some Residents Are Determined to Stay Put
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Thomas Fuller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As California’s biggest fire of the year raced toward his neighborhood and the police ordered residents to evacuate, Justin Freese decided he was going nowhere. Instead, he calmly unfurled his 300 feet of fire hose, readying his generators and surveyed the fire’s progress. “I live up here — I’ve gotta be prepared,” Mr. Freese, 40, said Friday, as he paced his property set amid the conifer forests a 20-minute drive outside the city of Chico. A tower of wildfire smoke — streaked orange, red and black — soared into the sky as the Park fire tore through the valley below. By Saturday morning, it had consumed more than 300,000 acres of land, making it the largest active fire in the country, and it was still zero percent contained.

Persons: Justin Freese, Freese, “, Mr Locations: Forest, Chico

☆ Mangrove Photography Award 2024: Images show the world’s disappearing coastal forests
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A photograph of a young girl in a checked green dress against the backdrop of a churned-up sea filled with debris is the winner of the 2024 Mangrove Photography Awards. Ammar Alsayed Ahmed/Mangrove Photography AwardsIn its tenth year, the photography awards are intended to drive awareness of the beauty and fragility of mangrove forests like the Sundarbans and highlight the urgent need for their protection. This category’s winning image, taken by Dipayan Bose in India, shows a man standing in his flooded home; other commended images depict urban development encroaching on mangrove forests, and pollution ranging from fishing nets to toxic chemicals. Nicholas Alexander Hess/Mangrove Photography AwardsOther categories celebrate the beauty of mangroves, with stunning aerial images of mangrove forests lining turquoise channels, and shots of amazing wildlife that lives within these ecosystems. “We hope the photography awards can help connect people to mangrove forests and their conservation, by exciting them about the diversity of life found within them,” said Thom.

Persons: Supratim Bhattacharjee, ” Leo Thom, Ammar Alsayed Ahmed, ”, Thom, Dipayan Bose, Nicholas Alexander Hess, Australia’s Nicholas Alexander Hess, Hess, “ Organizations: CNN, Initiative, IUCN Locations: Bengal, India, Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates, Australia

☆ California Wildfire Races Through a Forest Community, in a Haunting Reminder
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Thomas Fuller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ryan Kendall’s crew of firefighters arrived too late to save the house on Dear Abby Road. All that was left on Friday, amid the thick forests that surrounded it, was a jumble of smoking household appliances licked by hissing flames. The plastic from the home’s giant water storage tanks was fully ignited and dripping fire onto the forest floor. Dear Abby Road is in a neighborhood, Forest Ranch, that is hauntingly similar to the community that was decimated six years ago in the town of Paradise. As the crow flies, Forest Ranch is just 10 miles and a few gullies away, built into the evergreen forest on steep hillsides.

Persons: Ryan Kendall’s, Abby, ”, Kendall Locations: Los Angeles, California, Forest, Paradise

☆ An engineer who lived in NASA's Mars simulation for 378 days went through extreme isolation — but still said he'd go to the red planet for real if he could
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Not just anyone can live on MarsThe CHAPEA crew celebrates the birthday for Ross Brockwell, left, inside the habitat. Luckily for the CHAPEA crew, everyone got along well and became close even before they set foot in the habitat, Brockwell said, which helped reduce the sense of isolation. Homesickness is realThe 1,700-square-foot CHAPEA habitat contains individual living quarters for four volunteer crew members. But you might fall in love with itA CHAPEA crew member participates in a simulated "Marswalk" inside a 1,200-square-foot sandbox to mimic the Martian landscape. Despite the challenges he faced during the simulation, Brockwell would love to visit Mars for real someday.

Persons: —, Ross Brockwell, he'd, Brockwell, Patience, it's, Bill Stafford, wasn't, Gene Kranz's, Scott Kelly, James M Organizations: Service, NASA, Business Locations: Houston

☆ Scientists found a groundbreaking new reason to plant more trees
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trees are sucking up just as much, if not more, methane than soil does — the only other known natural sink on Earth. "We've been undervaluing trees for their climate benefits," Vincent Gauci, a professor at the University of Birmingham and the lead author of the study, told Business Insider. Both natural and human-made methane emissions from wetlands, cows, landfills, and burning fossil fuels are on the rise. In a 2017 study, they found that trees in Amazon floodplains emitted more methane than they absorbed. Satellites detect lower methane emissions than what scientists have found on the ground, implying that such "bottom-up" studies either overestimated methane emissions or missed a sink.

Persons: We've, Vincent Gauci, Gauci Organizations: Service, University of Birmingham, Business, University of Oxford Locations: Brazil, Peru, Panama, Sweden

☆ A Californian details the pros of living in England and how the culture compares to the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The pros and cons of living in EnglandAs someone who loves being outdoors, Andrea finds the English countryside beautiful. "It's something that I feel like you don't really get in America because it's so classically England. "I think you don't really get to see that much in two weeks," she said. "You don't get to experience that much, and you don't really know what it's like to live there. Advertisement"I feel like that's something that's not really talked about very often when you're moving to a different country," she said.

Persons: Andrea, Zoe Sugg, Alfie Deyes, It's, London, she's, it's, that's Organizations: Service, Business, University of Leicester, US, Valentine's Locations: California, England, Southern California, LA, London, Instagram, America, mhoff@businessinsider.com

☆ We Mapped Heat in 3 U.S. Cities. Some Sidewalks Were Over 130 Degrees.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Raymond Zhong | Mira Rojanasakul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Just consider this image, captured recently by satellite, of surface temperatures across Phoenix. On the city’s desert fringes, in territory governed by Native American nations, the land was even hotter, 150 degrees or more. Surface temperatures are just one of many factors that cities are thinking about as they try to protect residents from extreme heat, said Ladd Keith, an associate professor in the School of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the University of Arizona. Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚F Sacramento, Calif. July 11, 2024 LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURES 120˚F 130˚F 140˚F 150˚FCitrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Aden-Arcade Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT Florin 2 miles Citrus Heights AIRPORT North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT Citrus Heights North Highlands AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Florin AIRPORT Citrus Heights AIRPORT Rancho Cordova Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles AIRPORT AIRPORT Sacramento AIRPORT AIRPORT 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sacramento 2 miles Sources: U.S.G.S. In Portland, Ore., tree-filled areas like Forest Park, on the city’s west side, provided oases of cool last week.

Persons: Kevin Foster, Ladd Keith, Keith, ” Dr, ”, Victoria Vasquez, Vasquez, Vivek Shandas, Shandas, “ Organizations: U.S . Cities, Phoenix, Arizona Burn, of Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona, Sacramento, Arcade, Cordova Sacramento, AIRPORT Florin, Sacramento AIRPORT, Florin, AIRPORT, United States Forest Service, Park, Park Gresham, Portland State University Locations: U.S, Phoenix, MCDOWELL YAVAPAI, MARICOPA, Glendale, FORT MCDOWELL YAVAPAI, Maricopa County, Sacramento, Calif, Citrus, Aden, Citrus Heights, California, Portland, Ore, Vancouver, Wash, Park Portland, Gresham, Powell, Park Lake Oswego, Park Gresham Portland, Beaverton Lake Oswego, Gresham Beaverton, Oswego Vancouver, Gresham Beaverton Lake Oswego, Forest Park Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, Washington

☆ Uncontacted tribe sighted in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published on Tuesday by Survival International, showing dozens of the people on the banks of a river close to where logging companies have concessions. The Mashco Piro have been seen coming out of the rainforest more frequently in recent weeks. More than 50 Mashco Piro people appeared in recent days near a village of the Yine people called Monte Salvado. Several logging companies hold timber concessions inside the territory inhabited by the Mashco Piro. The Mashco Piro have also been sighted across the border in Brazil, said Rosa Padilha, at the Brazilian Catholic bishops’ Indigenous Missionary Council in the state of Acre.

Persons: Piro, ”, Caroline Pearce, Mashco Piro, Canales Tahuamanu, Canales, Puerto Maldonado, Rosa Padilha, ” Padilha Organizations: Reuters, Survival, Stewardship, Indigenous Missionary Council Locations: Dios, Peru, Brazil, Puerto Nuevo, Madre de Dios, Lima, Madre de, Puerto, Acre, “

☆ Opinion | Is It Too Late to Save the Southern Grasslands?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I just assumed that Nashville was part of the great temperate deciduous forests that once covered much of the eastern half of the United States. When I went looking for the once-endangered Tennessee coneflower in 2019, I found them in a rocky glade surrounded by grasslands blooming with wildflowers. And if there are grasslands here now, surely there must have been grasslands here in the past. Today nearly all those Southern prairies — along with nearly all the other types of Southern grassland ecosystems, and nearly all the plants and animals they supported — are gone. In a study published in 2021, a team of scientists including Dr. Estes identified 118 major types of grassland ecosystems in the South.

Persons: Ken Burns, Dwayne Estes, Dr, Estes Organizations: PBS, Tennessee coneflower, Austin Peay State University, Southeastern Grasslands Institute Locations: American Buffalo, ”, Middle Tennessee, Nashville, United States, Tennessee, North America, American, Clarksville, Tenn, glades

☆ Is There a Future in the Doomsday Economy?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Alexander Nazaryan | Emily Najera | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When it comes to surviving the apocalypse, you could do a lot worse than the West Virginia branch of Fortitude Ranch, a constellation of five survivalist compounds across the United States and one of a growing number of businesses aiming to seize on Americans’ deepening anxieties about the future. Set on a rise above the lush valley cradling the Lost River in eastern West Virginia, about two hours from Washington, D.C., the 50-acre property backs up against the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. A handsome guesthouse, built of dark timber slats, anchors the property. Two large, boxy dormitories, also timber but more rustic, as well as a bare-bones bunker, are designed to house more than 100 members. On a tabletop sits a 50-caliber rifle, which could be used to take out the engine block of an approaching vehicle.

Persons: George Washington Organizations: Washington , D.C, Jefferson National Forests, Guard Locations: West Virginia, Fortitude, United States, Washington ,

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