The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material…
The damage from military attacks on cities can fill the air with pollutants that harm the lungs and stress the heart.
Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the…
Rather than generating climate-warming emissions and wasting nutrients and energy, food waste can become a resource if processed…
There’s a growing interest in mining the ocean seabed for minerals essential to technology. But whose minerals are they?…
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird…
Despite Iranian threats to destroy any ships that pass through a key maritime route, some ships are still doing so.
Critical minerals are found in several forms in the ocean, from potato-size nodules to brine pools. They are also in some…
Scientists mapped the evolution of 140 glacial lakes in Alaska and found a way to tell how much larger and destructive they…
Oil prices affect the US economy differently than in past decades. Nowadays, the US is less reliant on oil imports and uses…
The answer has to do with the air we breathe and that bright white snowpack, as an atmospheric scientist in Colorado explains.
In Pennsylvania, new data centers could require enough electricity to power 11 million homes.
From wearable samplers to passive environmental monitoring, new research is changing how scientists observe chemical exposure…
The Orinoco Basin is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. It’s also rich in oil, gold and critical minerals…
Key sources of drinking water have been targets in past conflicts. And Iranian strikes have already hit close to some.
Solar cycles, sea ice and rising electricity use all play a role. So does an unhealthy surprise that has been quietly hiding…
Tiny particles bounce light around in a unique way, a property that researchers are using to detect pollutants in water…
Hydrogen demand around the world is projected to grow significantly by 2050. Some of that supply could come from nature…
New research shows how these storytelling choices can distort science – and how to move beyond them.
For decades, wilderness lands have been left largely unaltered by human activity. But those places are still changing, and…