Scientists and industrial fishermen are locked in finger-pointing over the causes. By Aman Azhar, Johnny Sturgeon For 20 years, Roberta Kellam, a retired lawyer and longtime birder, has watched ospreys return to their nests and raise chicks from her home on Nassawadox Creek, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Continue Reading
The Shroud of Turin, one of history’s most mysterious religious artifacts, is yielding surprising new clues through DNA analysis. Scientists have uncovered a complex mixture of biological traces that may reveal more about the cloth’s past and the environments it encountered. The findings offer a fresh scientific perspective on aContinue Reading
Nearly 200 countries have arrived on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast for a climate summit with a different ambition: fewer grand declarations and more concrete decisions. With a powerful El Niño threatening to worsen extreme weather, negotiators face difficult questions over climate finance, clean energy and how to protect communities already livingContinue Reading
In April this year, roughly 146.5 million Indians were exposed to an extreme heatwave with temperatures hitting a sweltering 47℃. Continue Reading
Countries are gathering in Antalya, Turkey, for the annual U.N. climate conference. Many are frustrated with the lack of focus on fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change. (Image credit: Burak Kara)Continue Reading
Karla Fisher, a Marine and retired engineer, arguably should have bought an electric vehicle a year ago.Continue Reading
Inside Climate heads to the Pacific to discuss the impacts of deadly and damaging wildfires in Maui and Los Angeles. By Kiley Price, Keerti Gopal, Nina Dietz Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Powerful wildfires upended life for residents in Maui, Hawaiʻi, inContinue Reading
After more than 35 years of research, scientists have uncovered surprising clues about what really drives Lyme disease risk. Contrary to longstanding assumptions, deer populations appear less important than mice, which can fuel a 40% increase in tick numbers the following year. Even acorn production can predict tick population surgesContinue Reading
From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.Continue Reading
A TotalEnergies executive is working with U.S. officials to delay the implementation of new European Union methane rules, raising questions over the company’s pledges to tackle leaks of the potent greenhouse gas. François-Régis Mouton, formerly vice-president of gas advocacy at TotalEnergies, has been representing the International Association of Oil andContinue Reading
A pro-AI data center group purchased at least $2.54 million worth of television ads that ran recently in Ohio, a new DeSmog analysis reveals. The group, Build American AI, is linked to Leading the Future, a major AI industry super PAC backed by Silicon Valley billionaires. The ads extolled theContinue Reading
Incoming chair Rep. Jared Huffman outlines his hopes on action for public lands protection, clean air and water, environmental justice and climate action. Interview by Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host SteveContinue Reading
Scientists have discovered that three bizarre deep-sea fish that look exactly like seahorses actually belong to a separate evolutionary group, proving that nature created the same unusual body shape more than once. Nicknamed “sea muppets,” these elusive creatures are known from just seven specimens, and no one has ever seenContinue Reading