Environment

Expelling Indigenous Batwa from Their Lands Did Not Hel...

For decades, Congolese officials have barred the Batwa from their ancestral land...

Carnivorous Squirrels Discovered in California

Scientists have discovered that in addition to seeds and nuts, some California g...

In a Major Reversal, the World Bank Is Backing Mega Dams

Despite continued opposition, the World Bank has approved the first of five big ...

Ten Remarkable Plants and Fungi Named by Science This Year

In 2024, researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, recorded 172 new species...

Scientists Engineer Crops to Consume More Carbon Dioxide

Scientists have engineered sugarcane and sorghum to take advantage of rising lev...

Loss of Antarctic Sea Ice Is Giving Rise to More Freque...

The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the ...

Return of Trees to Eastern U.S. Is Fueling a Surge in W...

Trees and shrubs have proliferated in unmanaged forests in the eastern U.S. This...

The Year in Energy in Four Charts

The global energy sector defied expectations this year, in ways both good and ba...

A Year of Climate Extremes, In Photos

From floods in Brazil to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, extreme weather exa...

The Growing Human Footprint on Earth, as Seen from Space

Last year saw warming reach startling new highs, with record heat fueling extrem...

U.S. Support and New Investments Buoy Hopes for Marine ...

Producing energy from waves and tides has a stop-and-start history. But with a n...

Severe Cold Spells May Persist Because of Warming, Not ...

Huge swaths of North America are facing subfreezing temperatures this week as co...

Renewables Supplied Two-Thirds of Germany's Power Last ...

Germany, the largest economy in Europe, got nearly two-thirds of its power from ...

Despite Biotech Efforts to Revive Species, Extinction I...

In the last decade, laboratory initiatives to recreate long-extinct species have...

Did Climate Change Help Fuel the Los Angeles Wildfires?

Wildfires in Southern California have burned tens of thousands of acres, destroy...

U.S. Wind and Solar Overtake Coal Power

In a first, the U.S. saw wind and solar supply more power than coal last year, a...

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