In the U.S., landowners who want to drain a wetland are required to replace it with a newly created wetland (or buy a new wetland,…

Check out the latest “blue marble” image of the Earth from space. This one was taken on January 4, 2012, by NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite,…

William Blake starts his Auguries of Innocence with the line, “To see a world in a grain of sand.” Well, perhaps you can see the…

Gustavus’ new small wind turbine was dedicated yesterday. See this website for all the details.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that a police undercover GPS tracker put on a suspect’s car to monitor its movement was unconstitutional. Find out…

On the northeast coast of South America, the countries of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana are often forgotten or confused with each other or other…

Check out this beautiful cartoon Haiti: Tents Beyond Tents by Haitian comic artists Chevelin Pierre and Pares Jerome. It describes the situation in Haiti two…

“It was far and away the warmest first 10 days of January ever measured in Minnesota history, averaging over 20 degrees F above normal statewide…