The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health.Continue Reading
Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These tiny particles may be everywhere, including inside our bodies, raising serious concerns about their impact., Read MoreContinue Reading
Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore and people are falling ill too, as officials investigate possible sources of contamination. By Teresa Tomassoni It started in December, when dead fish began washing ashore New Ireland—a mountainous island in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland Province, flanked by the Pacific Ocean andContinue 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
“Today, as in the beginning, life is still made out of carbon dioxide, and the world’s problems are made out of carbon dioxide as well.” Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering withContinue Reading
A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all modern apes. This finding challenges the long-standing focus on East Africa. Instead, it points toContinue Reading
In a narrow strip of land along the Andes mountain range in central Chile, an Indigenous community has long celebrated the bark of a rare tree for its medicinal properties. Modern science only recently caught up to the tradition, finding the so-called soapbark tree contains potent compounds for boosting theContinue Reading
The pivot reveals a company adapting to The Traitor’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda and looking to cash in on recently boosted tax incentives for enhanced oil recovery. By Anika Jane Beamer For four years, battles over private property rights have gridlocked state legislatures across the Midwest and stalled plans forContinue Reading
Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record.Continue Reading
Climate researchers found the region’s extreme weather is caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels. The post The West’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible without climate change’ appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Scientists have created a new kind of carbon material that could make carbon capture much cheaper and more efficient. By carefully controlling how nitrogen atoms are arranged, they found certain structures capture CO2 better and release it using far less heat. One version works at temperatures below 60 °C, meaningContinue Reading
Recently released data show how drought, paltry Western snows and unseasonable heat, all exacerbated by climate change, could be priming the nation for a long wildfire season. By Jake Bolster As the Western United States limps away from one of the warmest and driest winters on record, wildfires have burnedContinue Reading
A massive 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, but what makes this event extraordinary is what happened next. For the first time, a nearby CCTV camera captured the fault rupture in real time, giving scientists a rare, direct look at how the Earth moves during a major quake.Continue Reading