Environment

Pollen Can Seed Clouds, Fuel Rainfall, Study Finds

A surge of pollen in spring can affect the formation of clouds and rainfall, acc...

Growth of Solar Continues to Defy Predictions

The world is set to install a third more solar capacity this year than it did in...

Whales May Be Communicating Across Great Distances

A half-century ago, scientists posited that whales might able to talk with each ...

Eye on the Fertile Crescent: Life Along the Mideast’s F...

A series of dams and years of conflict have transformed the Tigris and Euphrates...

Extinct Volcanoes Could Be Source of Key Metals Needed ...

Scientists have found that some extinct volcanoes, which have not erupted for th...

Flooding, Not Lockdowns, Drove Methane Surge During Pan...

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the Earth saw a surge in emissions of...

Why Taiwan and Its Tech Industry Are Facing an Energy C...

As the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling...

To Boost Renewables, Cut Red Tape and Build Power Lines...

The world is nearly on track to triple renewable power by the end of this decade...

In UK, Renewables Bring About Death of Coal

Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain is this week shutting down its ...

On Navajo Lands, Ancient Ways Are Restoring the Parched...

Farming once thrived in the Black Mesa region, before overgrazing and climate ch...

Study Finds Plastic Additives in the Air

Scientists have found evidence of plastic additives in the air over Southern Cal...

Why We Need a Strong Global Agreement on Plastics Pollu...

Twenty years ago, scientist Richard Thompson sounded the alarm on microplastics ...

Edge of Antarctica Has Grown Dramatically Greener

Over the last four decades, vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has grow...

World's Rivers Are Driest They Have Been in Decades

Last year, the world's rivers had their driest year in at least three decades, a...

How Traffickers Got Away with the Biggest Rosewood Heis...

Ten years after officials seized $50 million worth of illegally harvested rosewo...

Renewables on Track to Supply Nearly Half of Global Pow...

Renewable power is on pace to produce close to half of the electricity used glob...

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