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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.
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Marine mammal experts on North Carolina’s coast want to combat misinformation about the cause of strandings. It comes after two sperm whales were stranded and died along the state’s coast in December.