Climate & environment

Long a sad tale of neglect, the Jabez Branch may represent the future — told through an $8 million project that incorporates ideas about climate change, water quality and habitat into a mile and a half of restored waterway.

The mapped database can include all sorts of details about every single tree — its approximate age, its condition, whether it has lightning protection installed and when it was last maintained.

Beginning Sunday, a NASA research team will fly a small aircraft over Baltimore for about two weeks to gather data on emissions and air quality.

Joseph H. Brown Jr. Funeral Home is already gearing up for what he likens to a “death care spa” to his West Baltimore location.

The exhibit, including the walkable floating dock, spans to 10,000 feet. Admission will be free, and it will operate the same hours as the aquarium, which is open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. from Sunday through Thursday and until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.

The stench can be overpowering. A rotten egg cloud so sour it causes headaches and watery eyes. Residents weep as they describe the feelings of nausea and helplessness, sick with the frustration of suffering this miasma.

High temperatures could reach 96 degrees in Baltimore next week.

Stella the Hawk, who escaped after a tree fell on her enclosure at Oregon Ridge, was safely recaptured in Perry Hall on Sunday. She lost a lot of weight, but is regaining her strength at Phoenix Wildlife Rescue.

Properly implementing Gov. Wes Moore's executive order to establish air standards for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and water heaters will mean healthier Maryland communities, the president of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative says.

Residents keep finding and rescuing young herons in this small urban park.

The seventh annual Floatilla attracted 350 participants from nine states. They made a five-mile round trip from Canton to the Inner Harbor to tout healthy and clean water recreation. Proceeds from the event will also go to support people impacted by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

CSX Transportation and Curtis Bay residents who sued the company following a December 2021 explosion at its South Baltimore facility have reached a $1.75 million settlement in a class action lawsuit.

Volunteers at Oregon Ridge are outraged that the county mistakenly mowed down a wildflower meadow at spring nesting time.

“Offshore wind means we don’t have to choose between hoping for and working for a green economy and a growing one,” Gov. Wes Moore said.

There were tornadoes in Baltimore, Montgomery, Howard and Carroll counties.

The National Weather Service issued a staggering 22 tornado warnings Wednesday for the Baltimore-Washington region, one of the highest counts on record for the area’s forecast office.

Greenhouse gas emissions are coming down in Maryland. But record levels of coal leaving Baltimore are driving emissions overseas.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch Wednesday beginning at noon when widespread rain and thunderstorms will move across the area.

Baltimore County and state officials are using a helicopter fly swatter to spray bacteria over a 1,200-acre section of the Back River. The goal is to kill millions of midge larvae so they do not grow up to annoy residents and destroy businesses in the marinas and waterfront homes in and around Essex.

An executive order from the governor requires new standards for using low-emission electric options for new and replacement heating equipment in homes, such as furnaces and water heaters.