Alexa York is a journalist and investigative reporter at The Blade in Toledo, Ohio. A native of Luckey, Ohio, she was a ...

A duck blind in eastern North Carolina. Image by Alyssa Klim. United States. How does this affect hunters and artists alike? This series was produced in partnership with the Science Journalism course ...

Alyssa Klim is a visiting student at Duke University from Allegheny College, where she is majoring in environmental science and minoring in English. She is also pursuing a master's degree in public ...

Even for a president who insults journalists routinely over normal coverage of his administration, the latest tirade by Argentine President Javier Milei was shocking in its menace. It comes at a ...

South of the Sài Gòn and Mississippi rivers, both winding past French colonial architecture, lie rich wetlands and communities under pressure from saltwater intrusion, coastal erosion, and sinking ...

Workers and residents were told a Cold War weapons plant was safe. It wasn't. Joanna Latas, a scientist with Eurofins Environment Testing in Earth City, Mo., conducts radium analysis with water ...

An area in Ilashe where some mangroves were destroyed. Image by Damilola Oduolowu. Nigeria, 2024. I witnessed firsthand the vanishing mangroves, the struggles of fishermen, and the urgent need for ...

As companies and governments rush to mine the sea, geopolitical tensions rise and the ocean's future... A glass octopus, a nearly transparent species whose only visible features are its optic nerve, ...

In August 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—the only use of nuclear weapons in war. The blast and radiation killed an estimated 200,000 people. Nearly 80 years ...

Journalist Caleb Hellerman speaks to students at Boston University. Image by Suryatapa Chakraborty. United States, 2025. On March 6, 2025, students at Boston University’s College of Communication ...

An investigation by The Blade into a Cold War site reveals decades of deception by the federal government and its contractors at the expense of public health and the environment. The investigation ...