3 Min Read I Am Artemis: Jen Madsen and Trey Perryman Artemis II Orion Mission Evaluation Room Leads Jen Madsen and Trey Perryman stand in the Orion Mission Evaluation Room in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credits: NASA/Rad Sinyak Listen to this audio excerptContinue Reading
As its polluting coal ash ponds remain in groundwater, Alabama Power has doubled down on fossil fuel energy investments. By Lee Hedgepeth Wired for Profit: Third in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State.Continue Reading
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)Continue Reading
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.Continue Reading
Scientists have built the most detailed 3D models yet of temperatures deep beneath Greenland. The results reveal uneven heat hidden below the ice, shaped by Greenland’s ancient path over a volcanic hotspot. This underground warmth affects how the ice sheet moves and melts today. Understanding it could sharpen predictions ofContinue Reading
There’s no doubt that 2025 has been one of the most politically chaotic years of the 21st century. Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Traitor 47’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda that has already changed our world and willContinue Reading
Residents of a San Bernardino County mountain community are contending with mounds of mud from a fierce holiday storm that took out bridge access to one neighborhood.Continue Reading
Scientists have uncovered why big predators like sharks spend so much time in the ocean’s twilight zone. The answer lies with mid-sized fish such as the bigscale pomfret, which live deep during the day and rise at night to feed, linking deep and surface food webs. Using satellite tags, researchersContinue Reading
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Dan Gearino as they discuss the good, the bad and the ugly in climate news from 2025. By Dan Gearino What a year: policy fiascos, natural disasters and a steady march toward a future that is too hot.Continue Reading
Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Climate News tracked in 2025. By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff That was rough.Continue Reading
When researchers lowered whale bones into the deep ocean, they expected zombie worms to quickly move in. Instead, after 10 years, none appeared — an unsettling result tied to low-oxygen waters in the region. These worms play a key role in breaking down whale remains and supporting deep-sea life. TheirContinue Reading
British police arrested Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg in London on Tuesday during a pro-Palestinian protest, after authorities said she held a sign in support of a group banned under the UK’s terrorism laws…Continue Reading
On Christmas Day, rain continued to fall across L.A. County and beyond. The precipitation has been less intense, but risks of flooding and mudslides remain in some areas.Continue Reading