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As deep freeze sets in, Tennessee snow is here to stay

By Catherine Sweeney

January 15, 2024

The totals are in: Middle Tennessee got more than 7.5 inches of snow over the holiday weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Extreme weather, snow, winter weather

More snow and dangerous cold: what’s in the forecast for Middle Tennessee and how to prepare

By Nina Cardona, Cynthia AbramsandPaige Pfleger

January 15, 2024

Snow — as much as 4 inches in some pockets — blanketed Middle Tennessee overnight, and residents woke to a wind chill around zero degrees on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: winter weather

Deadly tornadoes cause damage across Middle Tennessee

By Rachel Iacovone, Catherine Sweeney, Paige Pfleger, Rose Gilbert, Alexis MarshallandNina Cardona

December 9, 2023

Hendersonville, Tennessee storm damage

Deadly tornadoes tore through Middle Tennessee on Saturday, causing damage and power outages for thousands. As of Sunday afternoon, six people were confirmed dead. There were three deaths in Clarksville and three in the Madison area of Nashville. There were also dozens of injuries across the region.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: clarksville, December 2023 tornadoes, Dickson County, Hendersonville, Nashville, Robertson County, severe weather, tornado

Nashville is getting a new rooftop solar program. Here’s what we know so far.

By Caroline Eggers

October 18, 2023

Rooftop solar will soon be more affordable for some people in Nashville.  The Nashville Electric Service is creating a new program to pay households with solar panels that produce excess electricity. The program was designed through a new contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Electric Service, silicon ranch, solar, Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee has the fastest-growing clean energy workforce in the nation — and no, it’s not all because of EVs

By Caroline Eggers

October 2, 2023

Tennessee has the fastest-growing clean energy workforce in the nation — and it is not just because of all of the new electric vehicle manufacturing plants.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: clean energy

Wilson County discussed informing parents about students’ gender identity. A school counseling expert says that would have dangerous consequences.

By Alexis Marshall

July 14, 2023

The suggestion by a school board member caused major concerns among some parents and district officials regarding the wellbeing of transgender students, as well as how the policy would be implemented.

Filed Under: Education, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt, lgbt, lgbtq, transgender, Wilson County Schools

Is Earth unique? A Vanderbilt astronomer may soon find out.

By Caroline Eggers

January 3, 2023

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The James Webb Space Telescope launched into space about one year ago. Six months after becoming fully operational, it has glimpsed distant galaxies while peeling back our cosmic history closer to the Big Bang than ever before. 

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: astronomy, james webb space telescope, Vanderbilt University

The last total lunar eclipse until 2025 will be visible in Tennessee early Tuesday

By Caroline Eggers

November 6, 2022

Before the polls open on Election Day, the curvy outline of Earth will creep across the surface of the moon during a total lunar eclipse. 

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: astronomy, eclipse, lunar eclipse

‘This is once in a lifetime’: A Lebanon grade-schooler remembers the total solar eclipse, 5 years later

By Emily Siner

August 20, 2022

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What happens when your earliest memory of a world event is actually something joyful?

Filed Under: Education, Science, WPLN News

Nashville lawsuit joins others seeking compensation for babies harmed by opioids

By Blake Farmer

August 15, 2022

A lawsuit filed in Davidson County Chancery Court seeks compensation on behalf of six babies born to mothers addicted to opioids. It’s the latest in a string of similar suits across the state, including one that has resulted in a settlement.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: neonatal abstinence syndrome, opioids, Tricia Herzfeld

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