Fertilizer is more expensive and in shorter supply. Without the right amounts of fertilizer at specific times, yields drop,…
A new study reveals how the lake bed’s toxic dust impairs lung development in children living nearby.
For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
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Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted.…
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The Clean Air Act gave California the authority to issue tough pollution standards for vehicles, spurring the development…
The administration plans to activate a committee with the power to override the Endangered Species Act. There’s a reason…
With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas changed the face of science and opened the world’s eyes to how similar humans…
Countries don’t just switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. Each takes its own path, depending on its economy,…
Once-lethal insecticides now require concerningly high concentrations to effectively kill mosquitoes. Some mosquitoes are…
In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
US consumers, already feeling pain at the gas pump, can expect higher prices and prolonged shortages for goods of all sorts,…
The 2026 water year has been anything but ordinary. In fact, its snow drought has few parallels in recent history.
A new study finds 325 species in urgent need of help, including some of the world’s most iconic freshwater giants.
Nations’ stores of petroleum can dampen price shocks in the short term, but as reserve supplies dwindle, economic pain…
When you’re inside a vortex, your body experiences things the news cameras can’t capture.
The current Colorado River negotiations process includes all five of the most common sources of conflict in any process…
There’s lots of copper in the ground, but demand is already outstripping usable supply – and the shortfall is likely…
A new study linking Pittsburgh’s air pollution to thousands of deaths each year has been published just as the EPA moves…