Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
2025-11-15
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.Continue Reading
Loud and colourful crowds march outside COP30 climate summit
2025-11-15
This is the first time since 2021 that protesters have been allowed to demonstrate outside the UN talks…Continue Reading
At-risk mountain vipers and iguanas, in rare company at key wildlife talks
2025-11-15
Renewed efforts to protect the world’s most exotic and endangered animals and plants from illegal traders, overexploitation and extinction are set to begin at UN-partnered biodiversity talks in Uzbekistan at the end of the month.Continue Reading
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
2025-11-15
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department. (Image credit: Claire Harbage)Continue Reading
In Brazil, demonstrators march to press negotiators for progress at UN climate talks
2025-11-15
Demonstrators are marching in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks for what is typically their biggest day of protests during the event. Hundreds gathered Saturday at COP30 carrying banners, giant flags and signs. One Indigenous…Continue Reading
Decades After the U.S. Government Conducted Research Beneath This City, a Promising Clean Energy Technology Returns to Its Roots
2025-11-15
Researchers drilling under a college campus in the 1980s paved the way for an ambitious new project in the Twin Cities. By Phil McKenna ST. PAUL, Minn.—Nearly half a century ago, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a clean energy experiment beneath the University of Minnesota with a simple goal:Continue Reading
Scientists uncover a massive hidden crater in China that rewrites Earth’s recent history
2025-11-15
A massive, well-preserved impact crater has been uncovered in Guangdong, revealing the signature of a powerful meteorite strike during the Holocene. Measuring 900 meters across, it dwarfs other known craters from the same era. Shock-damaged quartz confirms the intense forces involved. Its survival in a high-erosion environment makes it aContinue Reading
Australian Company BHP Found Liable for Damages in One of Brazil’s Worst Mining Disasters
2025-11-14
A High Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that BHP was responsible for the Mariana dam collapse, after the company was acquitted of criminal charges last year in a Brazilian court. Claimants are seeking up to $47 billion in damages. By Blanca Begert In 2015, a mine tailings damContinue Reading
6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite
2025-11-14
6 min read 6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long data record of sea level measurement that will help decision-makers manage coastal flooding, support hurricane intensity forecasts, and assist in the returnContinue Reading
COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions
2025-11-14
Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat and threatening hospitals worldwide, according to a major report released on Friday at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.Continue Reading
Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government
2025-11-14
Around 90 Indigenous people from the Munduruku Indigenous group staged a peaceful protest early Friday, blocking the main entrance to the Blue Zone – the restricted area set aside for negotiators – at COP30 in Belém. Access was halted for about an hour, and the army was called in toContinue Reading
The U.S. didn’t send delegates to COP30, but California is filling the void
2025-11-14
The U.S. didn’t send high-level delegates to COP30, but states like California are sending representatives and having an impact on the world climate stage.Continue Reading
Book reviews technologies aiming to remove carbon from the atmosphere
2025-11-14
Two leading experts in the field of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) — Howard J. Herzog, a senior research engineer in the MIT Energy Initiative, and Niall Mac Dowell, a professor in energy systems engineering at Imperial College London — explore methods for removing carbon dioxide already in the atmosphereContinue Reading