As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical…
The Osage murders of the 1920s are just one episode in nearly two centuries of stealing land and resources from Native Americans.…
Wildfire smoke, even from fires far away, carries potentially harmful gases that, once inside, tend to stick around. An…
Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the…
An atmospheric scientist explains how El Niño works, this year’s oddities and why this phenomenon doesn’t last long..
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reprised the risks of energy weaponization, but the oil landscape today and energy security…
Saltwater intrusion is bad for human health, ecosystems, crops and infrastructure. Here’s how seawater can move inland,…
It’s part of a decadeslong trend.
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy. Laws tested there often spread across the U.S. and around the world.
Alaska has at least 120 glacier-dammed lakes, and almost all have drained at least once since 1985, a new study shows. Small…
Corporate supply chains are riddled with high, uncounted emissions, as Lego discovered. New regulations mean more companies…
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax…
Did the Green Revolution, which brought high-tech agriculture to developing nations in the 1960s, prevent famine? Recent…
The Biden administration directed agencies to consider the cost of greenhouse gas emissions in their future purchasing and…
More than half of the world’s turtle species are endangered or threatened, and overhunting of wild species is a major…
A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing…
A scholar of national service programs points out that the government hasn’t spelled out what this one will cost, what…
Wildland firefighters need the endurance of a cyclist in the Tour de France, and the work takes a toll on their bodies.…
In a greener future, what becomes of current fossil fuel workers? Despite possessing skills applicable to green industries,…
Lithium-ion batteries power many electric cars, bikes and scooters. When they are damaged or overheated, they can ignite…