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Batteries that could help drive the switch to renewable energy are already, well, driving.
Batteries that could help drive the switch to renewable energy are already, well, driving.
Are we paying for infrastructure we won’t need?
The reality behind Trump’s push to log more public forests is weirdly complicated.
Scientists are keeping their climate work alive by any other name.
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Ski slopes are closed, sprinklers are banned, and more restrictions are still to come.
The world’s poorest countries are paying the price for a war they didn’t start.
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
Just 51 of these whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.
And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.
How scientists (and the rest of us) are finding 16,000 new species a month.
Paul Ehrlich predicted hundreds of millions would starve thanks to overpopulation. Here’s what actually happened.
The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.
4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.
Introduced species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them.
A first look at new research from the forests of central Mexico.
The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.
And what it reveals about wildlife encounters in the years to come.
We can extract CO2 from the ocean. Can it turn into a business?
The Iran war shows yet again that US oil is still vulnerable to foreign shocks.
Our coasts are more vulnerable than we realized.
Around the world, energy is becoming abundant — there’s just one problem.
New research reveals which food crops are razing the rainforest. One comes out way ahead — and it’s an American favorite.
Cows are draining the Colorado River.
Skimo enters the Winter Olympics at the most tragic time.
Cautious consumerism isn’t a bad thing, but there’s a lot we don’t know about these products.
How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?
Around the world, the conditions that brew massive blazes are...syncing up?
The end of the endangerment finding, briefly explained.
First, lawsuits.
See inside Tolga Bat Hospital, a place for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes.
Wildfires are a growing threat. Do we need a new federal agency to help?
Federal models keep missing homes that burn. A new AI tool zooms in.
Scientists are baffled by the results from new Arctic research.
Why forecasters struggled to see this extreme winter storm coming.
Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters.
The high seas used to be the wild west of the ocean, but a new treaty could finally bring oversight.
Microplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
Major studies on microplastics are now being called into question.
Wildfires destroyed 13,000 homes. In LA County, just 7 have been rebuilt.
From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026.
8 ways the administration has undermined data collection this year.
Disaster capitalism isn’t theoretical anymore.
The US has had a bad track record of building nuclear on time and on budget. But that could change.