Climate
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Two key numbers from a new study reveal how wild animals help farmers manage pests.
Queen conchs in the Florida Keys are struggling to mate. Scientists are going to help them hook up.
Last month, the world experienced its warmest January ever measured, and February is likely to continue that streak.
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle is the state’s largest blaze on record.
The Atlantic Ocean is unusually warm right now. Here’s why scientists say that’s “deeply troubling.”
2024 is already shattering heat records as temperatures soar around the world.
The unhelpful, distracting debate about whether oat milk is bad for you totally misses the point.
The revolutionary left’s theory of the climate crisis puts ideology above inconvenient truths.
In the age of electric vehicles, the hybrid is still a contender.
As the Arctic warms, these iconic bears are spending more time on land. New videos reveal why that’s a problem.
Gird your curds! Say a prayer for Camembert! A collapse in microbe diversity puts these French cheeses at risk.
Another analysis shows 2023 exceeded 1.5C of warming on average for the first time, a key limit in the Paris Climate Agreement.
How to act in service of the planet — and your values.
Humans are literally changing the color of the planet. Scientists are worried.
Back-to-back atmospheric rivers have triggered floods, snowstorms, and power outages in the Golden State.
A new solution to save the iconic Joshua tree uses a distant relative of one of the Mojave’s ancient seed distributors: The camel.
Everything from Ozempic to Covid vaccines is tested on long-tailed macaques. Experts believe many are illegally trafficked from the wild.
Scientists have never seen a newborn great white shark ... until (maybe) now.
So, Biden paused LNG exports. Does this … fix climate change?
It’s good news for bat-haters and bad news for everyone else.
Don’t let climate doom win.
Stray cats harm wildlife. Should we kill them?
American energy needs are changing. So far, the US power grid has been able to keep you warm.
Yes, it’s freezing now. But winters are actually warming dangerously fast.
Climate change and other human impacts are turning some animals nocturnal.
At the center of a controversial new proposal to limit logging are very, very old trees.
The justices are threatening to put themselves in charge of every single federal agency. They should resist that temptation.
What it’s like to study a world facing unprecedented changes.
Finally, a term that explains the sorrow of a whole season — and a way of life — melting before our eyes.
Big Wool wants you to believe it’s nice to animals and the environment. It’s not.
In Central Mexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.
Good God, give this US agency a few more dollars to stop a mass extinction.
Our planet faces a mass extinction. I visited ground zero.
Climate activist Bill McKibben on how to make sense of COP28: “Let’s make that concession hurt.”
Was COP28 the beginning of the end of fossil fuels? Kinda.
From farm to plate, one in four animals raised on factory farms are wasted.
Cyclone Freddy destroyed the small East African country. Targeted reparations can alleviate poverty and help communities recover.
Spolier: Cows.
To clean up poisoned streams, Appalachian researchers are turning acid mine drainage into something unexpected.
Dengue, drought, and floods are hammering Peru and Bolivia this year. At the UN climate talks, they’re seeking justice.