Adriana Pérez
News Reporter at Chicago Tribune
@ChicagoTribune covering climate change, the Great Lakes, wildlife + more 🌱 https://t.co/UNYEYl3Lb9 💌 [email protected] 🇪🇨 she/her/ella
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Adriana Pérez
As communities are urging their representatives to support an environmental ordinance introduced in April to the City Council, a neighborhood group released maps showing large swaths of land across the city are currently zoned for commercial warehouses and industrial manufacturing that don’t require public notice or city approval to be developed.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Adriana Pérez
Tiny, airborne smoke particles blowing in from Canadian wildfires resisted dispersal from a steady, light rain across the Chicago area Wednesday, concentrating even more Thursday to reach levels unhealthy for the general public. The smoke pushed northeast Illinois into its third day in a row of bad air quality Friday and the state into its first two air pollution action days of the year.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Adriana Pérez
Small and stocky birds perch, hunched over, on the treetops and branches of Lake Okeechobee on the edge of Florida’s swampy Everglades for the better part of winter. The alligators swarming the murky waters below don’t faze the black-crowned night herons — in fact, the birds count on them for protection. And when some fly away for the summer, they seek out other animals that can do the same.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Adriana Pérez
A chatty animated amphibian starring in videos for Bad Bunny’s recent album has launched the Puerto Rican crested toad — an endangered species native to the island — into newfound fame, following years of quiet, collaborative conservation efforts involving Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo. “They’re kind of famous now,” said Mike Masellis, Brookfield Zoo’s lead animal care specialist for aquatics.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Adriana Pérez
A severe solar storm on Sunday has ignited hopes for a dazzling display of northern lights farther south than usual in the United States and maybe even across Illinois skies. As the clock ticked away and the sun set in the evening, the storm subsided and chances for a show became slimmer — but did not entirely vanish. “The progression has been continuing to (weaken), but it’s still elevated.
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