A mass shooting in Willowbrook, Illinois, took place in a parking lot. In Washington state, gunfire erupted at the Beyond Wonderland music festival.
Author: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Millions of people are using an app to discover a hidden world all around them: Birds
Merlin’s Sound ID can identify 10,315 bird species. It’s based on a library of 2 million recorded bird songs from around the world.
Rotting seaweed, dead fish, no sand: Climate change threatens to ruin US beaches
Warmer-than-average temperatures can mean more fish kills and shark sightings, increased rip currents and coast-covering seaweed blobs.
Robot farmers? Machines are crawling through America’s fields. And some have lasers.
Robots using machine learning are being deployed in the nation’s fields. Many experts are optimistic.
Climate change calls for cuts in carbon emissions. These US companies are leading the way.
America’s Climate Leaders list, according to USA TODAY and Statista, recognizes companies’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In San Francisco, the cars are driverless, the humans are baffled and future is uncertain
Self driving cars could lead to safer, less congested streets and even potentially lower carbon emissions. That’s not yet the case.
On Earth Day, scientists tell us what 2050 could be like. Their answers might surprise you.
For Earth Day, instead of imagining the worst, USA TODAY invites you to envision the best. This is what life could look like in 2050.
Hiring boom: A two-year degree lands a green energy job that pays ‘a pretty penny’
There’s a high demand for workers at utility-scale wind and solar farms. Many companies will hire and train people with no experience in the field.
A stunning amount of illegal eel can be found in US sushi. Organized crime likely to blame.
Researchers in the United Kingdom were stunned at what they found when they did DNA analysis of unagi samples.
California’s vast farms are soaked. There’s nowhere to plant tomatoes, and that’s just one problem.
California produces 90% of U.S. processed tomatoes and more than a quarter of the world’s total. What happens when fields are too wet to plant?