Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert
By Wyatt Myskow
Global Climate Talks Resumed This Week in Germany, For the First Time in 30 Years Without the United States
By Bob Berwyn
The Darter Fish and the Data Center
By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom
Chesapeake Bay Health Slips in 2025 Report Card as Persistent Challenges Threaten Long-Term Gains
By Aman Azhar
New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings
By Bob Berwyn
Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims
By Georgina Gustin
‘We’ve Treated it as a Global Waste Dump’: Costa Rica’s President Calls for Action on the Ocean
By Teresa Tomassoni
The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought
By Georgina Gustin
The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By Teresa Tomassoni
Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
People Using Apps Like iNaturalist and Merlin Are Helping Fuel Scientific Discovery
By Kiley Price
How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas
By Nicole Williams
Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference
By Teresa Tomassoni
As Summer Approaches, New Jersey’s Shore Towns Confront an Unrelenting Foe: Sea Level Rise
By Emilie Lounsberry
Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows
By Wyatt Myskow
After the LA Fires, Scientists Study the Toxic Hazards Left Behind
Story and photos by Nina Dietz