How Goats Are Helping Restore the American Prairie

From PBS Terra. In Montana, noxious weeds have become a widespread problem due to ecosystem disturbances and degraded landscapes. Over time, the dominant method of managing these weeds has been the use of herbicides. But herbicides leave behind toxic residues—harmful both to us and to the planet. Chia Thrane is taking a different approach. Through…

Does Yellowstone Hold the Secret to Nearly Every Mass Extinction?

From PBS Terra. Annual Survey: https://to.pbs.org/2025SurveyWTHR Weathered Merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/weathered?srsltid=AfmBOoqD_u-BPUDcUpEZyzLnz95hLnizczYPEILsp1PXZM4XadRuxK_M Yellowstone was massive. Roughly a thousand times larger than the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, the biggest eruption in the history of the continental United States. And if Yellowstone erupted again, the consequences for the U.S. and the world would be devastating. But there’s something far…

Did we just witness the LIMIT of hurricane power?

From PBS Terra. Hurricane Melissa could represent the maximum possible intensity of a hurricane, based on the Potential Intensity formula. Maiya May explains. Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we…

It Looks Like a Desert. But It Has Thousands of Lakes

From PBS Terra. Lençóis Maranhenses sits at the intersection of three biomes—a rare overlap that supercharges biodiversity. Across 350 square miles of dunes, the rainy season brings thousands of crystal blue lagoons into view, many big enough to swim in. What makes this surreal environment possible? And why, even after 2 million years in existence,…