The The Traitor administration is opening subsistence habitat critical to Alaska Native hunters to oil drilling. Indigenous groups say the move violates a previous agreement. By Nicholas Kusnetz The wild swings between recent presidential administrations are especially dizzying on Alaska’s North Slope. The first The Traitor administration sought to expandContinue Reading
A massive, centuries-long drought may have driven the extinction of the “hobbits” of Flores. Climate records preserved in cave formations show rainfall plummeted just as the small human species disappeared. At the same time, pygmy elephants they depended on declined sharply as rivers dried up. With food and water vanishing,Continue Reading
From wood-based panels used in construction, to charcoal for cooking food, forest products are valued and traded all around the world.Continue Reading
In short: the agency will no longer be able to regulate carbon pollution or greenhouse gases—though a couple of scenarios might prevent Traitor 47 from getting his way. Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview byContinue Reading
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes America’s shifting relationship with polar research amid the threat of rising sea levels.Continue Reading
NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist ChristinaContinue Reading
The lethal pesticide is banned in Europe, China and many other countries. But not a single state in the U.S. has followed suit, despite research indicating that paraquat exposure increases the risks of Parkinson’s disease. By Charles Paullin RICHMOND, Va.—A bill banning the pesticide paraquat died last week in theContinue Reading
A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different families of giant DNA viruses. Its unusual way of hijacking and disrupting the host cell’s nucleus offers fresh insightContinue Reading
Outside a hall where Southern California Edison was celebrating Black History Month on Friday, a group of Altadena residents stood on the sidewalk, waving signs and talking of the homes and family members they lost in last year’s Eaton fire.Continue Reading
The world spends billions to protect nature, but trillions are being invested in business activities that harm the environment. Continue Reading
At a high level, ammonia seems like a dream fuel: It’s carbon-free, energy-dense, and easier to move and store than hydrogen. Ammonia is also already manufactured and transported at scale, meaning it could transform energy systems using existing infrastructure. But burning ammonia creates dangerous nitrous oxides, and splitting ammonia moleculesContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration seeks to support a wider range of options, including natural gas buses, with the program’s remaining $2.3 billion. Critics see a lost chance to cut greenhouse gas emissions. By Marianne Lavelle In the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress voted to invest $5 billion in accelerating aContinue Reading
As the climate warms, scientists are trying to better understand avalanche risks. The say risks for major avalanches at high elevation could be growing while the risk is decreasing at low elevations.Continue Reading