Video:Joining Chicago tonight to discuss piping ploversis Armand Cann, fish and wildlife biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. (Produced by Acacia Hernndez) Imani, a Chicago-based plover, spent the summer alone on Montrose Beach. Now, the city’s population of the endangered bird has increased thanks to three new residents. Three plover chicks were released … Read more
As the planet warms from global warming for much of the past century, the spaces below the Loop have too. That’s a cause for concern about the impact on buildings, according to new research from Northwestern University, although it also presents an opportunity to reuse that heat. Building basements, subways, parking lots, and other underground … Read more
Breathing in Chicago isn’t as easy as it once was. And it won’t get better. Just two days in a recent month-long period have seen the air in and around the city rated good. For several days the air was so bad the worst in the world that people were warned to stay indoors for … Read more
