Science

AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say

Without a big increase in investment in renewable energy globally, humanity will not limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, but much of the data center boom is powered by fossil fuels.

By Jake Bolster

AI Is Decoding Whales’ Communications. Could That Be a Turning Point in the Push for Their Rights?

By Katie Surma

‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Hits Jamaica as Risk of Climate Change-Fueled Tropical Storms Rises

By Phil McKenna

Cranberry Farmers Consider Turning Bogs Into Wetlands as Temperatures Rise

By Nicole Williams

As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back

By Alex Hager, KUNC

America’s Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, but Not by Itself

By Emily Payne

Whale and Dolphin Migrations are Being Disrupted by Climate Change

By Teresa Tomassoni

Wetlands Help Remedy Agricultural Pollution. Some Illinois Farmers Are Installing New Ones.

By Alexia Underwood

Ohio Has Invested Millions in Wetlands to Catch Nutrient Runoff From Farms. A New Report Suggests It’s Working.

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Defending Stingless Bees in the Peruvian Amazon

By Teresa Tomassoni

Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute

By Liza Gross

Trump Targets Federal Employees Working on Conservation and Environmental Protection

By Katie Surma

Earth’s Oceans Lose Some of Their Luster

By Bob Berwyn

Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why

By Susan Cosier

Scientists Warn About the ‘Greenlandification’ of Antarctica

By Bob Berwyn

The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

By Tina Deines

Climate Change Comes for the House of the Seven Gables

By Ryan Krugman

EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge

By Liza Gross

Shuttered Canadian Marine Park Warns It May Euthanize 30 Beluga Whales, Prompting a Global Outcry

By Teresa Tomassoni