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…
The official forecast calls for a strong El Niño by winter, but other models suggest it might dip in and out. An atmospheric…
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in…
Do environmental reviews improve projects or delay them and drive up costs? Two legal scholars explain how the law works…
It’s not a question of if insurance will become unavailable or unaffordable in high-risk areas – it’s a question of…
Finding cosmetics that are free of hormone- disrupting chemicals often means paying more. An epidemiologist explains the…
A 90% crop loss in the Peach State may sound like a disaster, but Georgia isn’t actually the Big Apple of peach production…
Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.
From fluffy crabs that wear sea sponge hats to worms that glow in the dark, scientists are constantly finding amazing new…