NASA/Zena Cardman In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. A bulk container installed in the MSG, filled with viscous fluid and embedded particles,Continue Reading
What do you pack for a two-month expedition to Antarctica? Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong shows us what he is bringing along for his journey.Continue Reading
Over the past year, the The Traitor administration and Congressional Republicans have waged a sweeping campaign against America’s renewable energy industry. At least for now, though, clean energy is still booming in the United States.Continue Reading
When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite deep in the mantle can store far more water at high temperatures than previously believed. During Earth’s cooling, this hidden reservoir could have held water volumes comparable toContinue Reading
Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy seasons, leaving millions at risk of hunger and displacement, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday.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
Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These regions, especially near the Philippines and the Caribbean, are expanding as climate change warms ocean waters far below the surface. As a result, storms powerful enough to exceed Category 5 areContinue Reading
Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “The Serviceberry,” offers ideas rooted in nature for creating sharing economies as a way to bind communities, offer purpose and reduce strain on the Earth. Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, anContinue Reading
In a state beset by sea level rise and flooding, the Blue Acres program has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties that were repeatedly inundated, turning the properties into buffer zones and open spaces. By Emilie Lounsberry MANVILLE, N.J.—Richard Onderko said he will never forget the terrifying Saturday morning backContinue Reading
A new eco-friendly technology can capture and destroy PFAS, the dangerous “forever chemicals” found worldwide in water. The material works hundreds to thousands of times faster and more efficiently than current filters, even in river water, tap water, and wastewater. After trapping the chemicals, the system safely breaks them downContinue 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
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss how Pennsylvania is failing to track toxic oil and gas waste, while the amount sitting in landfills grows every year. By Kiley Bense Pennsylvania is ground zero for the fracking boom. It’s increasedContinue Reading
On a sunny, warm Sunday MIT students, staff, and faculty spread out across the fields of Hannan Healthy Foods in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Some of these volunteers pluck tomatoes from their vines in a patch a few hundred feet from the cars whizzing by on Route 117. Others squat in the shadeContinue Reading