UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer effects. By identifying two key enzymes that shape and twist molecules into their final form, the team solved a puzzle that had stumped scientists for years. The discovery could make it far easier toContinue Reading
How much time does the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica have left? Our reporter Raymond Zhong and our photographer Chang W. Lee are joining scientists and engineers who measure how much sea levels could rise as a result of melting ice.Continue Reading
A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is that changing environments prevent these mutations from spreading widely before they become useless or harmful. Evolution, it turns out, is lessContinue Reading
When the EPA abruptly terminated “Community Change” grants, the impacts rippled across the country. Chicago groups that won and then lost one of those grants are still feeling the impacts. By Amber X. Chen In her 40 years as an environmental justice organizer, Cheryl Johnson had never seen environmental fundingContinue Reading
As batteries have gotten cheaper and more powerful, they have enabled the electrification of everything from vehicles to lawn equipment, power tools, and scooters. But electrifying homes has been a slower process. That’s because switching from gas appliances often requires ripping out drywall, running new wires, and upgrading the electrical box.Continue Reading
ICN international climate policy reporter Bob Berwyn reviews the past decade of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Story and photos by Bob Berwyn The last 10 global climate summits have played out on vastly different stages: from the hopeful consensus of the Paris Agreement through a subsequent pandemic shock,Continue Reading
Scientists attribute these extreme weather swings to climate change, warning of intensifying “hydroclimate whiplash” patterns globally.Continue Reading
With rising effects of climate change across the globe, the world has started recognising that climate change is not just an ecological collapse, but also a human rights crisis.Continue Reading
A tiny fish long feared lost has resurfaced in Bolivia, offering a rare conservation success story amid widespread habitat destruction. Moema claudiae, a seasonal killifish unseen for more than 20 years, was rediscovered in a small temporary pond hidden within a fragment of forest surrounded by farmland. The find allowedContinue Reading
After his notorious stand in the schoolhouse door, Wallace needed a new target. He found it in Alabama Power. By Dennis Pillion Wired for Profit: Second in a series about Alabama Power’s influence over electric rates, renewable energy, pollution and politics in the Yellowhammer State.Continue Reading
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