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A First Nation in British Columbia has announced the discovery of at least 66 additional potential graves at the site of a former residential school where 93 were found last year.

Logging history that eluded researchers for decades finally getting attention.

March has been a quiet month, weather-wise, until Monday, March 21. A line of severe weather stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico is marching east and expected to set up camp in Northeast Louisiana later today. The National Weather Service forecasts threats of heavy rain and flooding, hail, high winds, and tornadoes. It’s a scenario that University of Louisiana Monroe Atmospheric Science Assistant Professor Todd Murphy, Ph.D., knows well. And he and atmospheric science studen...

NEW technology is being used to measure the carbon capture of scrub and pasture on rewilding land in the north of Scotland.

NEW technology is being used to measure the carbon capture of scrub and pasture on rewilding land in the north of Scotland.

How an offshore wind boom in the US could boost ocean research NOAA plans to partner with offshore wind developers Share this story Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The US wants to use offshore wind farms to collect valuable data on climate change and ocean health. Renewable energy giant Ørsted recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), agreeing to help the agency gather data in US waters leased to the com...

The outgoing Trump administration has granted a full pardon to Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Google’s self-driving vehicle division, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets last year.