News on Weather/Nature/Science

April 19th - April 25th, 2025

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Saturday/Sunday - April 19th - 20th

• Pupy the elephant arrives at Brazil sanctuary after 30 years in Argentine zoo

• Malaysia’s pandas returning to China as a new conservation chapter starts

• Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas

• Two dead in Oklahoma as severe weather hits US South and Midwest

• 15 years after Deepwater Horizon oil spill, lawsuits stall and restoration is incomplete

• In Nigeria’s floating slum, ‘The Herds’ tour spotlights climate change where it’s felt the most

 

Monday - April 21st

• How the Trump administration is dismantling climate protections

• Proposed Trump Cuts to NOAA Threaten Hurricane Hunters and Toxic Algal Bloom Monitoring

• The New Tornado Alley Has Been Hyperactive this Year

• Keeping Kids Interested in Science Is a Matter of Language

• Three Ways Pope Francis Influenced Global Climate Action

• Asian elephant calf is born at Zurich Zoo – his name will start with letter Z

• Aerial views of a controversial copper mine

• In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why

• A horse therapy program in Namibia brings joy to children with learning disabilities

• Climate non-profits anticipate fight with Trump over tax status

• US Antimony restarts Mexico smelter plant after over a year

 

Tuesday - April 22nd

• Japanese encephalitis is spread by mosquitoes. Here’s how to protect yourself

• Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day

• What to Read to Wrap Your Head Around the Climate Crisis

• Fight, Flee or Freeze? This Tiny Caterpillar Does a Secret Fourth Thing

• This Earth Day, NOAA kicks off critical seagrass restoration project in Florida

• See breathtaking imagery of our world since the last Earth Day

• How GulfCorps combines habitat restoration with job training

• EPA begins layoffs of environmental justice staff

• Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves

• US disburses part of loan to Michigan nuclear power plant for restart

• New England grid demand hits record low as rooftop solar kicks in

• What Happens to the Plastic in Your Recycling Bin?

• What We Know about Artificial Food Dyes and Health as RFK, Jr., Declares a U.S. Ban

• Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause and denounced those he blamed for climate change

 

Wednesday - April 23rd

• US Supreme Court poised to revive challenge to California emissions standards

• New Jersey wildfire could become state's largest in nearly 20 years

• Misunderstood and Maligned Snakes Are Worthy Of Our Sympathy

• Firing Science Advisors Will Leave the U.S. Senseless

• Musk Funded the Carbon-Removal XPrize but Is Now Slashing Climate Research

• A Chinese cave expert found something extraordinary. He fears it will be wrecked

• NOAA LMRCSC II hosts 11th Biennial NOAA EPP Education and Science Forum

• The world has lost a pope dedicated to the poor and the planet

• No snow in Green Bay but thunderstorms delayed NFL draft activities

• 84% of the world’s coral reefs hit by worst bleaching event on record

• Why New Jersey Is Actually a Place with Major Wildfire Risk

 

Thursday - April 24th

• Eat, prey, eat: fossil find in China reveals unusual dinosaur-mammal food chain

• State Climate Programs Under Trump — Little Drama, Steady Progress

• Kentucky farmers hit by one-two punch of trade war, historic floods

• Wading in to wild wetlands with Sultana Education Foundation and Maryland students

• China must resist greenwashing its dirty coal habit with green bonds

• Eat, prey, eat: fossil find in China reveals unusual dinosaur-mammal food chain

• April showers bring ‘dirty rain’ to New England after storm absorbs desert dust 2,000 miles away

• Green energy supporters pushed for faster permitting. Trump is doing it, but not for solar or wind

• Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

• Left alone by humans, wildlife returns to the Eaton Fire burn area

• A carnivorous ‘bone collector’ caterpillar dresses in the remains of its prey

• Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says

• Greece to deploy record number of firefighters this year amid global warming, minister says 

• Marie Curie’s Mentorship Led to Networks of Support for Female Scientists

• Even the U.S. Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water

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Friday - April 25th

• 8yo girl makes 'astounding' discovery of tiny, rare seashell at museum

• Environmental groups fear Trump’s order to speed deep-sea mining will harm ecosystems

• The U.S. takes a step toward allowing mining on the ocean floor, a fragile ecosystem

• Science Isn’t about Domination. It’s about Democracy

• Trump’s NOAA Has Downplayed an Alarming Finding: CO₂ Surged Last Year

• ‘The next gold rush’: President Trump unlocks access to critical deep seabed minerals

• NOAA signs agreement to ensure reliable water supply for California agriculture