Science

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

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

By Kiley Bense

The Next El Niño Could Lock Earth Into a Hotter Climate

By Bob Berwyn

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

By Liza Gross

Great White Sharks Are Overheating

By Johnny Sturgeon

Dam Useless: Barriers Prevent a Migratory Fish from Reproducing

By Lauren Dalban

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

By Steven Rodas

Britain’s Most Iconic Fish Nears Breaking Point

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

By Keerti Gopal

How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time

By Bob Berwyn

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

By Nicole Williams

Global Climate Panel Faces Strife, Potential Funding Crunch

By Bob Berwyn

The Warm, Dry Winter Has Left Firefighters in Wyoming Nervous

By Jake Bolster

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

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

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

By Jake Bolster

Scientists Discover a New Branch of Life in the Deep Sea

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

By Katie Surma

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

By Wyatt Myskow

Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing

By Johnny Sturgeon