Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep underground…
Millions of people around the world live on river deltas and are vulnerable when those rivers shift direction. A new study…
A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges…
Would you trust a weather forecast made by a machine that had learned how weather systems behaved by reviewing thousands…
Sustainable investing’s credibility took a hit when the S&P 500 ESG index dropped the electric vehicle-maker but kept…
Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the…
La Niña is only part of the problem. The long-term driver of increasing drought – even in areas getting more rainfall…
Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.
With La Niña helping clear the way for a busy hurricane season, this wide current of warm water could spell disaster for…
Climate change is affecting hydropower in different ways across the country.
Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists…
A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
More carbon dioxide in the air doesn’t necessarily mean more growth for trees, and the increasing risk of wildfires and…
The Colorado River provides water and electricity to 40 million people in the western U.S., but falling water levels threaten…
Traditional ecological knowledge, or TEK, can encompass science, medicine, ecology, religion, and culture – and help protect…
Bees offer insights into many scientific questions, from cooperating in close quarters to strategies for finding food.
War, famine and an energy crunch are affecting the world’s response to climate change, but there are reasons for optimism.
Liquid water below the ice determines how fast an ice stream flows. As the ice sheet gets thinner, more of that salty groundwater…
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how.…
A new study adds up the potential legal and financial risk countries could face from hundreds of agreements, like those…