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As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?

2 years 1 month ago
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360

Midwest Wingfest ends early due to fights, gunshots being reported

2 years 1 month ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - The Midwest Wingfest in Fairview Heights was shut down early Saturday night after various disturbances were reported nearby the festival. The Midwest Wingfest was a volunteer event designed to raise money for combat-wounded soldiers, families of fallen heroes, and first responders. Festival management decided to shut the festival down early [...]
Nick Gladney

Do some kids learn better online? A new Kansas City virtual academy thinks so

2 years 1 month ago
Bridget Bolder sent her daughter, Mia, to kindergarten at a neighborhood public school. After all, it seemed the “normal, regular thing to do.” But Bolder started to worry that some of her daughter’s classmates were exposing her to inappropriate topics. Early in the school year, Mia had to tell a teacher about a boy groping […]
Maria Benevento

Gorgeous Labor Day weather, clouds roll in for Tuesday

2 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - A beautiful Labor Day is ahead with plenty of sunshine and temperatures running 5 to 10 degrees below the average. Clouds will begin to stream in from the west as we head into the overnight hours. These clouds will keep temperatures a few degrees warmer, but still a comfortably cool. Wake-up temperatures [...]
Angela Hutti