Locust swarms can wipe out crops across entire regions, threatening food supplies and livelihoods. Now, scientists working with farmers in Senegal have shown that improving soil health can dramatically reduce locust damage. By enriching soil with nitrogen, crops become less appealing to the insects, leading to fewer locusts, less plantContinue Reading
From toxic air to climate-wrecking greenhouse gases, pollution harms lives and cuts a swath through economic bottom lines. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Steve Curwood with Dr. Vanessa Kerry at the Harvard T.Continue Reading
Bad weather delayed expedition scientists’ efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and take measurements to determine how quickly it is melting. After the skies cleared, our journalists, Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee, took us along for their first steps on Thwaites.Continue Reading
Giant kangaroos that lived during the Ice Age may not have been as slow and grounded as once believed. A new study finds their leg bones and tendons were likely strong enough to support hopping, despite their massive size. Rather than traveling this way all the time, these animals mayContinue Reading
Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on an affordability platform, but climate issues may still define his term. By Lauren Dalban Climate advocates in New York City celebrated when Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election, applauding his history of opposing the expansion of gas infrastructure in the city and his framing ofContinue Reading
Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater. The post The Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater have a surprising link appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Karman Industries says it has developed a cooling system that uses SpaceX rocket engine technology to rein in the environmental impact of data centers.Continue Reading
Still, some plaintiffs remain hopeful that they can get their funding restored by arguing that The Traitor’s elimination of entire grant programs approved by Congress, in areas like environmental justice, is unconstitutional. By Lisa Sorg Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the FourthContinue Reading
The Artemis II crew poses in front of an Orion simulator Jan. 23, 2026 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/Robert Markowitz The next astronauts to fly around the Moon went into quarantine late Friday. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian SpaceContinue Reading
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew, from left to right, is NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. Credit: SpaceX NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of newsContinue Reading
This photograph shows the SpaceX Dragon with southern Florida visible below as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above Earth. NASA Cardiac research and artificial intelligence were the main science topics for the Expedition 74 crew on Friday. The International Space Station also received an orbital boost when theContinue Reading
3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Dustin Gohmert Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) manager, sits in the OCSS Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerpt from Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) manager: 0:00 / 0:00 Your browserContinue Reading
NASA/Chris Williams A green and red aurora streams across Earth’s horizon above the city lights of Europe in this Jan. 19, 2026, photograph, which looks north across Italy toward Germany. The International Space Station was orbiting 262 miles above the Mediterranean Sea at approximately 10:02 p.m. local time when theContinue Reading