Toxic material from tire treads washing into rivers and streams is a major cause of salmon mortality in the Pacific Northwest.

More than 291,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Two hundred hospitals are at full capacity, and a third of the nation’s ICUs are almost out of space.

Higher than expected tides swamp Venice when the city’s new flood barriers are not deployed.

New York State’s $226 billion pension fund will divest from fossil fuels.

Denmark will shut down its oil industry by 2050.

The Tennessee Valley Authority blows up the 1,000-foot smokestack at Alabama’s decommissioned Widows Creek Fossil Plant (dramatic video here). 

China and Nepal agree that Mt. Everest is higher than either country had previously believed. The new elevation is 29,031.7 feet.  

Trading in water futures opens in California at $496 per acre-foot. 

Researchers discover a new species of beaked whale off Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Michigan agrees to a $641 million legal settlement with the residents of Flint, who sued the state for contaminating their water supply with lead.

In Asia, honeybees deter murder-hornet raids on their hives by smearing their entrances with the feces of water buffalo and other animals. 

The mass of human-made things surpasses that of all life on Earth.