Science

Threads of Earth’s Underground Fungal Networks Are Long Enough to Reach Beyond the Solar System

For the first time ever, researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally and mapped the ecosystems where they are densest.

By Wyatt Myskow

Biscayne Bay Is Slowly Becoming the Ocean

By Kate Waxman

Across Ecosystems, Dead Organisms Help Shape the Living World

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Heat Is Killing Wildlife Across the Animal Kingdom. A New Forecasting Tool May Help.

By Kiley Price

Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring Instruments

By Paula Dobbyn

Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds

By Avril Silva

Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors

By Susan Cosier

Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

By Mosabber Hossain

Mangrove Forests Fight Climate Change—But Climate Change Is Fighting Back

By Kiley Price

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

By Jake Bolster

Coral Reefs in French Polynesia Are Stuck Between Life and Death

By Ryan Green

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season

By Peter Aldhous

Scientists Outplant Experimental ‘Flonduran’ Corals in Florida’s Dry Tortugas National Park

By Teresa Tomassoni

As Federal Wetlands’ Protections Falter, Washington State Scientists Turn to AI as a Conservation Tool

By Chad Small

Forecasters Predict Below-Average Hurricane Season, Advise Against Complacency

By Amy Green

A Bit of Good News for Right Whales

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Prescribed Burns and Forest Thinning Averted Millions of Tons of Emissions and Billions in Damages

By Steven Rodas

Latin America Faces ‘Hydrological Whiplash’ as Climate Risks Mount

By Bob Berwyn

Sea Level Rise and Sunny-Day Flooding Can’t Stop a Building Boom on the Jersey Shore

By Emilie Lounsberry