China is a major investor in Latin America’s renewable energy and critical minerals like lithium, but countries like Chile…
Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations…
A newborn bison calf in Yellowstone National Park had to be euthanized after a visitor handled it in May 2023 – a recent…
Glaciologists are discovering new ways surface meltwater alters the internal structure of ice sheets, and raising an alarm…
When a major roadway or bridge needs fixing, all that traffic has to go somewhere.
Cell cultures are common tools in biology and drug development. Bringing them up to scale to meet the meat needs of societies…
Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities…
By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case over water rights in the drought-stricken…
PFAS can be filtered, but getting rid of the chemicals is a monumental challenge. A biochemist and soil scientist explain.
Orangutans are vocal animals, so analyzing their calls during events like wildfires can indicate how smoke is affecting…
Drought in Europe, dwindling Arctic sea ice, a slow start to the Indian monsoon – unusually hot ocean temperatures can…
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
Crowding is increasingly affecting all kinds of public lands. Adjoining communities need to find ways to manage it, or risk…
A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures…
Humans have figured out how to season their food with virtually every part of plants.
Depleted uranium munitions are bad news for enemy tanks, but are not nuclear weapons, and studies have shown that they pose…
Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.
So much pollution goes into the air today that even without wildfire smoke, 99% of the global population breathes unhealthy…
Returns are becoming a costly sustainability problem for retailers and the planet. A supply chain expert explains.
The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source…