Katherine Hafner
ReporterKatherine is WHRO’s climate and environment reporter. She came to WHRO from the Virginian-Pilot in 2022. Katherine is a California native who now lives in Norfolk and welcomes book recommendations, fun science facts and of course interesting environmental news.
Reach Katherine at katherine.hafner@whro.org.
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The $57-million facility supports research on vehicles moving through Earth and space. -
A key issue centers around how often Virginia Beach would close the proposed tide gates. -
Virginia has seen a surge in tick-borne illness, such as alpha-gal syndrome. -
State officials are seeking public feedback about people’s priorities for energy in the years to come. -
The government’s new definition of “harm” does not include habitat destruction. -
VIMS and NOAA outfitted crabbing boats with sonar units that scan the seafloor. -
The proposal threatens decades of work to restore oysters in the bay. -
If conditions worsen, state officials said they could implement mandatory conservation measures. -
A six-year exchange over a lot in Park Place illustrates the city’s balancing act for building housing and preserving green space. -
The threatened species is quickly losing habitat as beaches erode around the Chesapeake Bay.
