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The former private wedding venue will be conserved by the park for public use.
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After being hunted for decades, humpback whales returned to the Pacific Ocean in big numbers. Now, new technology is revealing that underwater heat waves are taking a toll on that recovery.
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With alluring warm weather and blooming plants, March marks the start of North Carolina’s spring wildfire season.
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The horseshoe crab species is more than 400 million years old. Their population has declined rapidly over the past few decades because of overharvesting and habitat loss.
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Living under the shadow of contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals” — has robbed a North Carolina family of normalcy.
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February is one of Charlotte’s coldest months, but researchers at UNC Charlotte have been investing a lot of time lately thinking about how hot it gets in the summer. Can Charlotte’s tree canopy present an opportunity to show leadership in a problem faced by cities throughout the United States?
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The lawsuit filed in federal court argues the proposed Southside timber project violates federal law. The area slated for logging is near the Whitewater River in the Nantahala National Forest.
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Sets are often discarded after productions, with thousands of tons of materials going into dumpsters each year. Now art directors and their allies are pushing for a more sustainable approach.
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Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, has been awarded more than $1 million in a case more than a decade in the making.
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New research links certain pesticides we spray on our lawns to declining health for aquatic life in nearby creeks and streams. Several streams near Charlotte were included in the study.