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"Don't go into the water" is a warning Illinoisans may want to heed. A 2024 study released this week found all state-border ...
More than a month's worth of rain fell on Chicago in 90 minutes on Tuesday evening, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). "There were numerous reports of flooded viaducts, several reports ...
Kids and grown-ups hopped on the hay wagon for a ride through the wetlands, prairies, and woodlands of the Nygren Preserve.
That’s Glencoe Beach – the North Shore’s crown jewel that somehow remains under the radar despite offering some of the most spectacular Lake Michigan views in Illinois.
A new Louisiana law that rolls back protections from development in isolated wetlands is inspired by a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision that critics say could worsen flooding and destroy vital ...
Though states differ in how they now regulate wetland areas, law changes in three states and counting all have the same goal: more development.
Heat indexes are expected to remain above 100 for the next few days throughout Illinois. Find out when it will cool off.
More than half the country, including Illinois, is currently in a heat dome. Here's what that means and how to stay safe during excessive heat.
More than half the country, including Illinois, is currently in a heat dome. Here's what that means and how to stay safe during excessive heat.
The first Canadian wetland inventory (CWI) map, which was based on Landsat data, was produced in 2019 using the Google Earth Engine (GEE) big data processing platform. The proposed GEE-based method to ...
Yet, while we have a sense of the general presence of wetlands, it has been a struggle to have a global map that identifies exactly which type of wetland is where and what the boundaries of those ...