Jan. 11 marks the birthday of conservationist Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), who called for thinking about land as a living community…
Shifting from fossil fuels to electricity is climate-friendly, but serious cooks don't think much of electric stoves.…
The curator at UC Merced describes the evacuation and shows a selection of photographs from the 110-year history of the…
Forced labor is a widespread problem in fisheries on the high seas. Between 2012 and 2018, an estimated 100,000 people may…
There are 15 different kinds of electrical outlets around the world. One standard would be more convenient, but no one wants…
Llama toys, therapy lamas, petting zoo llamas: llamas are hot in the US, surpassing unicorns in popularity, but their relationship…
Thousands of chemical compounds in wildfire smoke are interacting with each other and sunlight as the smoke travels. For…
Training neural networks burns through a lot of energy. As the AI field grows, it's working to keep its carbon foot…
A new study shows how toxic chemicals like benzene are leaching into water systems after nearby fires. The pipes don't…
Fish farms feed millions of people around the world, but they also consume a lot of fish that are dried or ground up to…
Climate change is a true existential threat for small island nations, but the US has done little to help the Marshall Islands,…
Bold visions for slowing global warming have emerged from all over the world. What's not clear is how countries will…
Animals that regularly dine on toxic food may hold clues for designing new drugs to treat persistent pain in humans.
Peat beds around the world hold huge quantities of carbon and keep it from warming the planet. But rising temperatures and…
The Atlantic Ocean is still growing physically, but humans are over-harvesting its rich fisheries. The most famous one –…
A fast-moving equine flu cratered the US economy in the fall of 1872, showing all too clearly that horses were essential…
In the Amazon, beetles and flowering trees have developed a tight bond. Hundreds of beetle species thrive off of and pollinate…
Some beaches in the world tend to consistently produce huge waves. Places like Nazaré Canyon in Portugal and Mavericks…
Millions of miles of fences crisscross the Earth's surface. They divide ecosystems and affect wild species in ways that…
There were so many tropical storms in 2020, forecasters exhausted the list of names and started using Greek letters. And…