Plastic pollution is choking the ocean, but sustainable alternatives – including seaweed – remain held back by tariffs, fragmented regulations and the overwhelming market advantage enjoyed by fossil fuel-based plastics. Continue Reading
The United Nations climate chief called on Monday for countries to step up action to implement existing commitments, warning that fossil fuel dependency is deepening economic instability and exposing vulnerable communities to worsening climate impacts. Continue Reading
The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a catastrophic climate regime., Read MoreContinue Reading
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A mining company sent an advanced ship to try to vacuum up valuable minerals from the deep ocean. Here’s how it worked.Continue Reading
Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.Continue Reading
The new rule cuts public involvement and favors the livestock industry. The post The rules for grazing on 155 million acres of public lands are getting overhauled appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The lawsuit claims that California’s air regulator rushed changes to its signature cap-and-invest program without proper environmental review.Continue Reading
2 Min Read NASA Transfers ‘Hundred Acre Wood’ to Patuxent Research Refuge Following a ceremony on July 7, 2026, officials hold up a U.S. 250th pennant at “Area 400,” a 105-acre parcel previously part of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and now part of the U.S. FishContinue Reading
When MIT mechanical engineering Professor Kripa Varanasi landed in New Delhi in the middle of the night in June 2024 to attend a conference, he found himself in 104-degree Fahrenheit heat. “This was June, and it was crazy. It was so hot for the whole meeting that I never leftContinue Reading
Researchers rebuilt long-extinct versions of a crucial enzyme that helps make nitrogen available to life, offering an unprecedented glimpse into Earth’s distant past. The breakthrough could aid the search for extraterrestrial life while helping scientists tackle future food-production challenges on Earth and beyond., Read MoreContinue Reading
NASA Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 EVA (extravehicular activity) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The front portion of the LRV (Lunar Roving Vehicle) is visible on the left. ThisContinue Reading
By Kyle Turner, Charlotte Rhoads, Maria Tzortziou, Joaquim Goes, and Antonio Mannino In early 2025, Maria Tzortziou and members of her lab at the City College of New York, Joaquim Goes from the Goes-Gomes Lab at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Antonio Mannino from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, joined forces with OceanX—a global nonprofit working to unlock the ocean’s sustainable potential—to collectContinue Reading