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The Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department in Florida has introduced a new tool designed to combat electric vehicle fires, which are notoriously difficult to extinguish because lithium-ion batteries can reignite. The department presented the equipment as part of its efforts to keep pace with the growing number of EVs on local roads. Local coverage highlights the fire service's ongoing challenge of adapting tactics and gear to new vehicle technology.

USGS researchers have reconstructed a 253-year record from corals off Maui, Hawaii, showing how the reef has been affected by land-use changes on the island over nearly three centuries. The record traces shifts in runoff and sediment reaching coastal waters, linking historical agriculture and development on land to long-term stress on the reef ecosystem.