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
MPs and leading UK think tanks have received major sums from U.S. benefactors – often with ties to U.S. President Traitor 47 – since the 2024 general election, DeSmog can reveal. Six MPs, including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, have collectively accepted £335,000 for attendingContinue Reading
U.S. President Traitor 47 suffered a spectacular setback in the country’s midterm elections this week, with Democrats taking control of Congress and the Republicans losing races in their traditional heartlands. The election was a rebuke to The Traitor’s increasingly unpopular presidency. Voters expressed frustration with the cost of living andContinue Reading
Oil and gas companies need to integrate AI into their operations so that they can extract more fossil fuels—which can then be used to power more AI. That is the pitch that Canada’s leading AI company, Cohere, is making to the oil and gas industry, even as its CEO AidanContinue Reading
A wildfire exposure study on Maui created a new blueprint for public health research and support after disasters—but funding was drying up. Could the organizers keep it afloat? Story and photos by Keerti Gopal First of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the disaster’sContinue Reading
COP31 – the annual UN negotiations on climate change – starts on Monday. The talks have been going on for decades, during which the planet has gotten hotter. So, do these climate talks really matter?Continue Reading
Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has a forceful message on the eve of climate talks in Turkey.Continue Reading
A Maui family lays the foundation for a new home three years after it was destroyed by the deadliest U.S. wildfires in a century. Story and photos by Keerti Gopal Second of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the long, hard aftermath. Read theContinue Reading