Rebecca Hersher

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Rebecca Hersher

From NPRJeremy Greenberg was in charge of coordinating federal help after hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes and other emergencies. He has resigned from leading FEMA’s National Response Coordination Center. (Image credit: Etienne Laurent)

1 week ago | kpbs.org | Rebecca Hersher

The leader of the country's top disaster coordination office has resigned, the latest high-level official to resign from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as President Trump moves to eliminate the agency. Jeremy Greenberg led the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA since 2020. He resigned last week, he confirmed to NPR. The top FEMA position is currently held by an interim leader, David Richardson, who has no prior emergency management experience.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Rebecca Hersher

Johann Strauss II's popular orchestral piece "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" has been inextricably linked to space since it was used in the 1968 classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The waltz played as a fictional spaceship docks with a space station, with expansive views of the Earth and the distant stars. This week, the piece will take a more literal place among the stars when the European Space Agency broadcasts it into space.

1 month ago | envirolink.org | Rebecca Hersher

From NPRForecasters expect 13 to 19 storms to form in the Atlantic between June 1 and the end of November. At least 6 of those are forecast to be full-blown hurricanes. (Image credit: Jeff Roberson)

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Rebecca Hersher

An above-average number of storms are expected during this year's Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warn. Tens of millions of people live in areas at risk for dangerous hurricane-related wind damage, storm surge and flooding from heavy rain. Forecasters expect 13 to 19 storms to form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. That is slightly higher than the average of 14 storms that usually occur over the course of a hurricane season.