South of Cape Cod, fiddler crabs and marsh grass have long had a mutually beneficial relationship. It’s a different story…
Inert ingredients are added for purposes other than killing pests and are not required under federal law to be tested for…
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid…
Food systems are increasingly disrupted by climate disasters, while also being a major contributor to climate change. World…
This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as…
A central question remains unresolved in the draft treaty: Is plastic pollution basically a waste management problem, or…
A veteran of UN climate talks lays out the top themes and their sticking points, including concerns about the host country’s…
Industry is a leading climate polluter: Our road map shows what’s needed to cut industrial emissions in fast-growing countries.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to…
AI is exciting and scary, but it’s also a very useful tool. Here’s how AI is helping farmers shore up their bottom lines,…
Detroit residents with past-due bills are facing water shut-offs again after a reprieve during COVID-19. At the same time,…
Negotiating global progress on climate change involves walking a fine line, as a former UN official explains.
Chlorine is a widely used industrial chemical that’s frequently a factor in toxic accidents and workplace injuries. A…
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The…
Hundreds of wildlife rehabilitation centers across the US and Canada treat sick and injured animals and birds. Digitizing…
From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary…
There are a lot of myths about crystals − for example, that they are magical rocks with healing powers. An earth scientist…
Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This…
A recent study focusing on how offshore wind farms in Massachusetts waters could affect endangered right whales does not…
Scientists discovered PFAS hot spots in the bay and found PFAS in water along the Atlantic coast. In a new study, they traced…