Maine quarries proliferate as property owners in coastal towns build sea walls, triggering a speight of local ordinances regulating where the rocks come and and where they go. By Emmett Gartner GORHAM, Maine—Supersonic shockwaves shook the bones of Charlie Hamblen’s historic Maine farmhouse more than a dozen times last year,Continue Reading
More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping plot is another character facing an odyssey of its own: the Mediterranean Sea.Continue Reading
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One September day, it started to snow inside MIT’s Pierce Laboratory. Researchers depressurized a tank of liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), instantly freezing it and releasing solid flakes. These were blended into cement paste and pressed into discs roughly the size of a dime, each sealed with a thin layer ofContinue Reading
Scientists reaffirm that airplane fuel used for small aircraft continues to pose a risk to the public. By Claire Barber For years health officials have held that there is no safe level of lead exposure for humans. Even low levels can cause irreversible cognitive decline in children. Yet despite theContinue Reading
Ambitious aims have given way to political anxiety over prices as many states’ 2030 emissions targets appear increasingly out of reach.Continue Reading
New research links climate policies to improved early-childhood development.Continue Reading
Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months. These slow smoldering fires are especially destructive because they release far more fine particles and several pollutants than typical tropical forestContinue Reading
The cost of key foods edged up last month as searing heatwaves and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty impacted energy prices around the world.Continue Reading
A new report finds that The Traitor is making millions off of his oil and gas stocks. His administration officials likely are, too. By Georgina Gustin As farmers grapple with soaring diesel and fertilizer prices and the Department of Agriculture yanks support for cheaper, renewable forms of energy, the agency’sContinue Reading
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Croatia in a demonstration urging the cleanup of toxic waste in the town of Gospic.Continue Reading
Energy Transfer has not yet been charged, but it is already moving to head off a criminal case over the monthslong jet fuel leak into a neighborhood’s drinking water source. By Marianne Lavelle Energy Transfer, the Dallas-based pipeline giant facing a state-level criminal probe related to a jet fuel spillContinue Reading