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NOAA Defends Cuts to Research and Climate Monitoring at Budget Hearing

Democrats and Republicans pushed back against the administration’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research office and monitoring stations across the globe.

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.) said the Trump administration “is pulling back on the very tools that help communities respond to disasters.” Credit: Gabriel Matias Castilho/Inside Climate News
The National Science Foundation headquarters in Alexandria, Va. Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Trump Takes a ‘Wrecking Ball’ to Independent Scientific Advisory Board

By Kiley Bense

The 2024 El Niño in the Tropical Pacific, combined with human-caused warming, dried out vast tracts of the Amazon region, crushing livelihoods and displacing people, and also flipped some forests to release more carbon dioxide than they absorb and store, a “regime shift” in the Amazon carbon cycle. Credit: Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images

The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a Hotter Climate

By Bob Berwyn

Chairman Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) speaks during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on April 22 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Fossil-Fuel Funded GOP Leaders Claim a Renowned Scientific Institution Has ‘Potential Conflicts of Interest’

By Liza Gross

A great white shark is seen off the coast of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. Credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Great White Sharks Are Overheating

By Johnny Sturgeon

Dams along the Bronx River block the river herring’s path to its preferred spawning location, contributing to the fish’s population decline. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Dam Useless: Barriers Prevent a Migratory Fish from Reproducing

By Lauren Dalban

The Harris Cattle Ranch feedlot, located along Interstate 5, is the largest producer of beef in California and can produce 150 million pounds of beef a year. Nearly 100,000 head of cattle are spread over 800 acres at this former family-run cattle company, now owned by the Central Valley Meat Company based in Hanford, CA. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds

By Steven Rodas

U.K. consumers have been warned to “completely avoid” all home-caught cod, a staple of the nation’s fish and chip shop industry. Credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

Britain’s Most Iconic Fish Nears Breaking Point

By Johnny Sturgeon

A close-up of the foam on a reflective surface

Severe Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ During Pregnancy Could Lead to Childhood Asthma

By Keerti Gopal

Special cameras helped scientists pinpoint when a combination of heat and drought conditions cause changes in individual oak leaves. Credit: Alyssa Kullberg

How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time

By Bob Berwyn

Researchers catch lobsters as part of long-term ecosystem survey in Maine. Credit: Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI.org)

Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters

By Nicole Williams

Representatives from countries around the world gather for the 64th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Bangkok on March 26. Credit: IPCC

Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch

By Bob Berwyn

An air tanker works to slow the spread of the Dollar Lake Fire as it burns through Wyoming in August 2025. Credit: Kris Bruington/BLM

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

By Jake Bolster

Homes and a hotel sit in front of a steel factory in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Credit: Michel Porro/Getty Images

The 4-Billion-Year Perspective to Understanding Earth’s Current Climate Crisis

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Crews work in the forest at the site of the Spring Pine Fire near Bastrop State Park on Monday in Bastrop, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

The 24 new Amphipod species discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a region the Trump administration is eyeing for deep-sea mining projects. Credit: National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

Scientists Discover a New Branch of Life in the Deep Sea

By Johnny Sturgeon

A sperm whale calf swims alongside her mother in the Caribbean Sea of Dominica. Credit: Brian J. Skerry/National Geographic

Inside a Rare Sperm Whale Birth Reshaping How Scientists Understand Animal Cooperation

By Katie Surma

People step into the pink water near the Great Salt Lake’s Stansbury Island in Utah on Sept. 9, 2024. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Lessons From Salt Lakes for Making a Home in a Changing World

By Wyatt Myskow

Cambodian fishermen catch a giant catfish from the Mekong River. Credit: Zeb Hogan/CMS

Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing

By Johnny Sturgeon

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