Environment

In the Indian capital of New Delhi — the city with the most polluted air in the world — exercising outdoors is as good for your lungs as chain smoking.

In Polluted New Delhi, Triathlete Weighs Costs Of Exercising Outside

9:39am May 10, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

In the Indian capital of New Delhi — the city with the most polluted air in the world — exercising outdoors is as good for your lungs as chain smoking. A triathlete explains why he keeps at it.

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The Ecological Benefits Of Tropical Cyclones

10:40pm May 09, 2016

by Bethany Chafin

A new study shows that when it comes to hurricanes, there may be an upside.

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Cars, motorcycles, and rickshaws all share the crowded streets of New Delhi.

India Struggles To Develop Without Furthering Carbon Footprint

6:36pm May 09, 2016

by Ari Shapiro

How does a country bring its people into the 21st century without pumping huge amounts of carbon into the atmosphere? This challenge is more acute in India than anywhere else.

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T. Boone Pickens, founder and chairman of BP Capital Management, participates in a discussion during a "birthday bash" last year in Oklahoma City.

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Is American Oil 'Dead'? T. Boone Pickens Says Yes ... But Only For Now

6:19pm May 08, 2016

by NPR Staff

Prospects in the industry are dim, and even the billionaire investor, who made his fortune in oil, has turned to alternative energies. Still, the self-described "realist" says they aren't the answer.

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Massive Canada Wildfires Continue To Spread

8:08am May 08, 2016

Fires continue to rage in Alberta, Canada, threatening neighboring provinces. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with CBC reporter Evan Dyer about the continuing crisis.

A pedestrian stops to look at an automated real-time bike counter on Market Street in San Francisco.

Your Workout Data Might Be Helping Cities Build Safer Streets

8:31am May 07, 2016

by Zhai Yun Tan

As more people bike, cities are working on ways to keep them safe alongside cars. Now, transportation planners are turning to data from apps that cyclists and runners use to track themselves.

A deep-sea anglerfish within the pillow basalts in the Mariana Trench area. You can see its round lure between its two eyes. This fish is an ambush predator that waits for prey to be attracted by the lure before rapidly capturing them in one gulp with its

Secrets Of The Mariana Trench, Caught On Camera

7:09pm May 06, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Scientists are exploring creatures and habitats in the deepest parts of the ocean, and you can follow along by watching a live video stream.

Geophysicists announced this week that they have successfully collected key samples from the site of the asteroid strike that likely wiped out the dinosaurs.

Geologists Find Clues In Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid

7:05pm May 06, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

Scientists drilling beneath the Gulf of Mexico have hit the layer deposited when an asteroid the size of Staten Island, N.Y., hit Earth. Samples might contain details from that fateful day.

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