Articles for: environment

by Nadia Lopez: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last-minute legislative plan for tackling the climate crisis...

by Lena Schmidt: As the fun, sun, and play of summer winds down, it can...

by Carly Cassela: Based on its market share, the world’s most notorious cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, results...

by Clara Nugent: In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was...

by Marianne Guenot: Lakes appearing in Alaska because of melting permafrost are “belching” methane into...

by Moniyra Roughan: The oceans absorb more than 90 percent of all extra heat trapped...

by Adele Peters: Running Tide grows kelp, which sucks carbon from the atmosphere. Then it...

by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Though it’s still a controversial technology, direct air capture—also called carbon...

by Jim Robbins: As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are...

by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Even as more offshore wind projects launch and the turbines they...

by Fred Pearce: The demand for lithium for EV batteries is driving a mining boom...

by John Timmer: It’s often cheaper to build and run solar than to buy gas...

by Pete McBride: Water woes threaten America’s second largest reservoir—but leave new vistas in their...

by Evan Nex: September may mark the first time plug-in vehicle registrations will reach one...

In an effort to add more electric vehicles to its fleet, Uber has rolled out...

by Lina D: How do I love thee, tree?

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by Issam Ahmed: Failing to achieve the Paris agreement goal of limiting global warming to...

Last year, President Joe Biden set a goal for electric vehicles to make up half...

by Paul Hockenos: From the Danube to the Loire, Europe’s prime rivers — lifelines for...

by David Chandler: An aluminum-sulfur battery, made from inexpensive, abundant materials, could provide low-cost backup...

by Ian Cousins: Rainwater may be contaminated with chemicals, and scientists are still uncertain about...

by Caleb Miller: Ford, GM, Mercedes-Benz, and others, along with 30 nations, signed a pledge...

by Mia Jankowitz: An Antarctic body of ice nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could melt far...

by Li Cohen: A new report from NOAA and the American Meteorological Society paints a...