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Can Support for Clean Energy Withstand Changing Politic...

With billions in investment flowing to GOP districts, Donald Trump’s plans to re...

Major Banks Linked to Loss of Paraguayan Forest the Siz...

Ten major banks are financing Paraguayan beef producers implicated in the destru...

As Wolf Populations Rebound, an Angry Backlash Intensifies

The reintroduction of endangered wolves to Yellowstone National Park 30 years ag...

Extreme Heat May Cause People to Age Faster

New research suggests that extreme heat may cause people to age faster at a mole...

Malaria Cases Rising Amid Worsening Floods

Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consec...

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...

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