Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early…
The promised ‘white gold rush’ would extract lithium alongside geothermal power production. The mineral is used in EV…
As concern about plastic pollution mounts, the federal government is revising its standards for calling products recyclable.…
Pollution solutions start with public pressure, often in the face of industry pushback and slow-moving political responses.
Breaching is one of the most spectacular behaviors among marine animals. A recent review shows that many shark and ray species…
As a record-hot summer comes to a close, an atmospheric scientist explains how global warming drove long periods of extreme…
On an island off Africa where one of the local languages has no established words for climate change, a researcher discovers…
Dairy farms are struggling to survive as production costs exceed sales. The result, consolidation, with more cows on bigger…
Which is riskier for your health: a few days of very bad PM₂.₅ exposure or many more days of slightly bad exposure?…
Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure…
There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who…
A proposed chemical recycling plant in western Michigan may provide a handful of jobs but little environmental benefit.
Fast population growth has left more people in flood-prone areas of Gulf Coast communities, including Houston and New Orleans.…
Decades-long environmental studies can reveal trends caused by climate change better than projects that last only a year…
The Southern Ocean’s krill-rich waters attract multiple species of filter-feeding whales – and, increasingly, fishing…
Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy.…
Limiting damage from climate change means cutting fossil fuel use. Many towns that rely heavily on oil and gas production…
As renewables account for a growing share of electricity supply, fossil fuel plants are increasingly used to balance fluctuations…
The hydropower dam is part of a huge effort to boost India’s homegrown energy. But it will radically disrupt the lives…
Infectious diseases can spill over from animals to humans as well as spill back. Each cross-species transmission gives pathogens…