The USDA's gardening zones have shifted. (Interactive app and map) (2024)(apps.npr.org)

58 points by nuke-web3 6 months ago | 5 comments

The Earth is getting greener(vox.com)

157 points by besmirch 2 years ago | 147 comments

The Source of Europe's Mild Climate(americanscientist.org)

51 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 41 comments

It's 2024 and drought is optional(asteriskmag.com)

40 points by vwoolf 2 years ago | 34 comments

America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow(nytimes.com)

47 points by tmoertel 3 years ago | 58 comments

New York will plant trees using new tech to maximize foliage impact(theguardian.com)

137 points by PaulHoule 2 years ago | 61 comments

New York City should carefully measure a new tree(blog.willmeye.rs)

69 points by willmeyers 23 days ago | 13 comments

Blog post arguing New York City should measure new candidate trees, since its tallest carefully measured tree, the Queens Giant, was last measured in 2004.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

What to Know About JavaScript in 2026(blog.master.dev)

17 points by eustoria 1 month ago | 2 comments

A blog post outlining what developers should know about the JavaScript language and ecosystem in 2026.

California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years(latimes.com)

420 points by thnaks 9 months ago | 215 comments

Los Angeles Times article reporting that California is free of all drought and abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years, and explaining the turnaround.

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed(theregister.com)

341 points by rntn 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Register news article on Los Angeles County wildfires forcing about 70,000 evacuations and the closure of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

US High school students' scores fall in reading and math(apnews.com)

496 points by bikenaga 1 year ago | 964 comments

AP News article reporting that US 12th-grade students' NAEP math and reading scores declined, continuing a yearslong downward trend.