Scientists race to decode data from Europe’s vanishing glaciers
High up in the Ötztal Alps, near the border of Austria and Italy, sprawls the closest thing you can get — scientif...
Georgia farmers’ long wait for Helene relief is ending
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How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility
When Krystal Steward started knocking on her neighbors’ doors in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2021, to discuss energy e...
Is the world heating up faster than we thought?
For years, scientists have been keeping a wary eye on the massive system of currents that carry water and nutrient...
4 ways Trump is sabotaging climate action around the world
President Trump has spent much of his second term trying to reshape global politics, first through a series of tar...
Species slowdown: Is nature’s ability to self-repair stalling?
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Trump moves to repeal regulation of cancer-linked ethylene oxide
Many medical devices need to be sterile to be used safely. But sterilizing a pacemaker, catheter, or other device ...
How the humble hornwort could supercharge agriculture
You are here because of a single, all-important enzyme. But don’t look inward to find ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate ...
The secret superpower of Brazil’s vast savanna
You’ve heard of the Amazon rainforest, but have you heard of its neighbor, the cerrado? It’s a vast savanna — the ...