What do forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood?
Here’s what to know about how scientists determine how extreme a flood is and how common these extreme events are becoming.
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How the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative works
The Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, or Earth MRI, is a federal program developed by the U.S. Geological Survey that aims to identify and map the country’s underground deposits of critical minerals ...
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Illinois task force uncovers nearly 400 Underground Railroad sites
A group of historians, academics and legislators spent the last year finding sites connected to the Underground Railroad in Illinois and focusing on telling the stories of both those that helped and ...
Illinois Courts to Offer Free, Remote Public Records Access Beginning May 1
Beginning May 1, court documents for the Supreme Court of Illinois and the state's five appellate courts will be free and ...