Environment
Flood Risks Are Rising Everywhere — And One Simple Solution Is Finally Getting Heard
Research Shows Light Can Break Down “Forever Chemicals” — But Will It Scale?
The 2024 Arctic Report Card Outlines Numerous, Shocking Planetary Trends
Why Utilities Are Struggling To Meet AI Data Centers’ Need For Electricity
What If Extraterrestrial Life Doesn’t Look Like Anything Found On Earth?
The Science Of Indoor Mold — And How To Know When It’s A Health Hazard
Disaster Relief Experts Are Sounding The Alarm About This Overlooked EV Risk
Climate Scientists Argue That It’s Time To Plan For the Worst Case Warming
In A Weird Trick of Physics, Microplastic Pollution Could Impact the Weather
The World’s First Wooden Satellite Could Be the Key To Solving the Space Debris Problem
‘Tiny Forests’ Are Taking Off In Cities Everywhere — But Can They Thrive?
Cooling The Earth By Blocking Sunlight Is Relatively Simple — But Should We?
Researchers Find Oxygen Made Without Photosynthesis — With Mind-Blowing Consequences
The Ancient Lost Maya City of Valeriana Had An Astronomical Site to Observe the Sun
The Medicines We Take Don’t All Break Down In Our Bodies — They End Up Here Instead
Look! This Giant, Hairy Cicada Lived With The Dinosaurs And Was Terrified Of Birds
A Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth — It Left This Strange Aftermath
A New Book Argues We’re All Asking The Wrong Question About Animal Communication
Fish Farmers Struggle To Recreate Wild Environments — With Surprising Consequences
This Ancient Water System in the Southwest Is Surprisingly Ingenious — But Can It Last?
What Is The Origin Of Life On Earth? Rain’s Crucial Role Offers A Big Hint
Atmospheric Rivers are Shifting Across The Globe — And We’re Only Starting To Understand The Impact
70 Years Later, Godzilla Continues To Give A Clear And Urgent Warning To Humanity
Is This Sustainable, Entirely Wood Skyscraper the Future of Cities?
Trees Have A Microbiome, Too — And Its Just As Crucial
A Retired Cold War Spy Plane Discovered Something Really Weird About Thunderstorms
This Innovative Technology Is Reinventing How We Can Study the Solar System
A Hummingbird’s All-Sugar Diet Would Give Anyone Diabetes — Scientists Finally Know Their Secrets
Ancient DNA Brought the World’s Most Threatened Cat Species Back From the Brink of Extinction
20 Years Ago, Two Physicists Made A Groundbreaking Discovery That Changed Technology Forever
Shells of Ancient Ice Age Marine Life Suggest A Common Weather Phenomenon Is About to Get Much Worse
A Class of Materials Called Photocatalysts Can Break Down Common Toxic Pollutants, Research Shows
Volcano Were Blamed for the Greatest of Earth’s ‘Big Five’ Mass Extinctions — Scientists Might Have Been Wrong
A Rose Without Thorns? How Gene Editing Is Giving Plants A Glow-Up
License To Krill: There’s A New Threat To Whales And Its Just as Bad as the Last One
Last Year A 600-Foot Mega-Tsunami Hit Greenland — And Researchers Had No Idea It Happened
This Iconic Feature in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Contains A Strange Physics Phenomenon
50 Amazon Finds That Will Transform Your Home Into a Cozy, Minimalist Scandinavian Paradise
Ancient Viruses Contain Hidden Secrets About Our Climate’s Past — Here’s What They Reveal
Two Upcoming Climate Phenomena Could Radically Shift the North Atlantic Ocean’s Hot Temperature
Inside the Controversial Effort To Move This Forgotten, Mysterious Creature From It’s Native Home
This Piece of Coral In Fiji Is 600 Years Old — What It Reveals About Our Climate’s Future Is Nerve-Wracking
Ancient Civilizations Used These Simple Measures to Cool Cities Down — Why Can’t We Do the Same?
