Environmental & Climate History

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (393+ words) Want more Life's Little Mysteries? The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia. The prehistory of Indigenous Americans goes back tens of thousands of years before the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus in…...

41+ min ago   (878+ words) [This an evergreen article that we periodically republish as our readership grows, with added materials from the Georgia Historic Newspapers database and website housed at the University of Georgia as we discover them] Each year the Marietta History Center participates…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (765+ words) Dale Spridgeon, Local Democracy Reporter Archaeologists will dig targeted trial trenches along a route planned for underground cables serving a solar farm after a possible Roman camp was identified on historic maps. Anglesey councillors have approved a 2.5km cable route for…...

1+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1303+ words) include the Columbia, Colorado, Snake, and Missouri, where dams power cities, water farms, and reshape river ecosystems. During the 19th and 20th centuries, America's rivers were harnessed to help power a growing nation. Engineers, often from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (119+ words) Central Oregon Daily Rescue helicopters and ground troops are reaching villages hit by a flash flood on Sunday, leaving five people missing. - La Pine High School employee brings handgun to campus; later resigns - Ducks crash out of AP poll as…...

2+ hour ago   (347+ words) The Northeast has the highest percentage of forest cover in the United States. Most of the forestland is privately owned, accounting for over 40 million acres between family and industrial ownership. As of 2026, Maine takes the state lead with 89% forest cover....

3+ hour, 20+ min ago   (11+ words) hurricane simon WION Mexico on alert as Hurricane Simon nears offshore...

2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (340+ words) Home » Cover » Shanti Bazaar devastated by Budhi Gandaki flood (In pictures) Shanti Bazaar (Gorkha), October 12 Buddhiprasad Dhakal, 60, of Ward No. 7 of Gangajamuna Rural Municipality in Dhading was milking his buffalo on Sunday morning when he suddenly heard a loud rumbling…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (270+ words) Water began flowing again after a landslide blocked the river between Lokpa and Chumling, with a large flood reported and damage yet to be confirmed. The Budhi Gandaki River has started flowing again after a landslide blocked its course in…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago   (954+ words) Home » Cover » Flood washes away Arughat bridge, disrupting connectivity between Gorkha and Dhading Arughat (Gorkha), October 12 Black sludge left behind by the flood covers parts of Arughat Bazaar along the Budhi Gandaki River. Mud is piled up along the riverbank,…...