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Big red sage, Salvia penstemonoides. Credit: City of Austin

Big Red Sage Faces Extinction: Only 654 Plants Left in Texas

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting the Big Red Sage, a towering Texas wildflower, under the Endangered Species Act. This rare plant, which can reach heights of five feet

Govind Tekale

January 22, 2025

These Martian dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere were captured from above by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Sept. 8, 2022. Scientists use such images to track the amount of frost that settles on the landforms and then disappears as the weather warms in spring. Martian dunes migrate just like dunes on Earth, with wind blowing away sand on one side of the dune and building up on another. Recent research has shown that winter frost stops the movement of sand grains, locking the dunes in place until the spring thaw. The University of Arizona, in Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Photo Source - NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astronomy·Space

Mars’ Frozen Dunes: NASA Finds Ice-Covered Sand Shaped Like Kidney Beans

NASA’s spacecraft has found something unusual on Mars- sand dunes frozen in place, shaped like kidney beans. They aren’t moving like dunes on Earth because they’re covered in a layer of ice.

Karmactive Staff

January 21, 2025

Conservation·Marine Life

NOAA Withdraws Vessel Speed Limits, Endangering Right Whales

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn its proposed regulation to expand vessel speed restrictions along the Atlantic coast, a decision that highlights the ongoing tension between marine conservation efforts

Rahul Somvanshi

January 21, 2025

Plastic

What Your Plastic Bottles Are Doing to the Planet

Every time you pick up washing-up liquid or shampoo at the supermarket, you’re part of a larger environmental story. Recent data shows a shocking truth: of all the plastic bottles used for

Rahul Somvanshi

January 20, 2025

Smoggy cityscape with industrial pollution.

Energy·News·USA

New York Targets Big Polluters With $3 Billion Annual Fund for Climate Crisis, Public Health, and Extreme Weather

The Governor of the State of New York, Kathy Hochul, approved a law on December 26th, 2024 that requires companies that significantly contributed to greenhouse gas emissions to invest in projects to

Sunita Somvanshi

January 19, 2025

Fast-growing, fish-eating herring caught off the coast northeast of Uppsala. Photo: Ulf Bergström

Europe·Marine Life

New Study Reveals Unique Piscivorous Herring in Baltic Sea Ecosystem

A new type of herring discovered in the Baltic Sea is making waves among scientists. Unlike normal herring that eat tiny floating organisms, these larger herring eat other fish – especially ones

Rahul Somvanshi

January 19, 2025

Representative Image. Tennessee Cave Salamander Photo Source: Alfred Crabtree/Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Conservation·Wildlife

Rare Tennessee Cave Salamander Gets Second Chance at Federal Protection

A rare pink-gilled salamander found only in East Tennessee caves may receive federal protection, following a new agreement between environmental groups and wildlife officials. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reevaluate

Govind Tekale

January 19, 2025

Marine Life

Florida Manatees Starve as ‘Endangered’ Status Denied Despite Over 2,000 Deaths from Seagrass Loss

A major decision about Florida’s manatees sparked debate in marine conservation circles. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided not to change Florida manatees‘ status from “threatened” to “endangered,” despite more than

Karmactive Staff

January 18, 2025

Tree of Life, Olympic National Park, before damage from recent storms / Rebecca Latson

Nature·USA

Erosion Causes Olympic National Park’s ‘Tree of Life’ to Drop 5 Feet, Threatening Its Survival

A 40-foot Sitka spruce known as the Tree of Life at Olympic National Park has dropped five feet lower this winter. Storm damage has left this remarkable tree hanging over an eroding

Govind Tekale

January 18, 2025

Energy

U.S. Tightens CO₂ Pipeline Safety After 2020 Mississippi Leak

The U.S. government is strengthening safety rules for carbon dioxide (CO₂) pipelines – the networks that transport captured carbon underground to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These new rules come after a serious

Sunita Somvanshi

January 18, 2025