Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists
By Bob Berwyn
Air Pollution Could Potentially Exacerbate Menopause Symptoms, Study Says
By Gina Jiménez
Nixon Advisers’ Climate Research Plan: Another Lost Chance on the Road to Crisis
By Marianne Lavelle
More Than a Third of All Americans Live in Communities with ‘Hazardous’ Air, Lung Association Finds
By Victoria St. Martin
How an Arizona Medical Anthropologist Uses Oral Histories to Add Depth to Environmental Science
By Emma Peterson
Reduced Snow Cover and Shifting Vegetation Are Disrupting Alpine Ecosystems, Study Finds
By Moriah McDonald
Researchers at Michigan Tech Want to Create a High-Tech Wood Product Called Cross-Laminated Timber From the State’s Hardwood Trees
By Drew Saunders
After 13 Years, No End in Sight for Caribbean Sargassum Invasion
By Freeman Rogers/The BVI Beacon, Olivia Losbar/RCI Guadeloupe, Maria Monsalve/El País, Krista Campbell/Television Jamaica, Suzanne Carlson/The Virgin Islands Daily News, Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
How a Tiny Inland Shorebird Could Help Save the Great Salt Lake
By Wyatt Myskow
NOAA Declares a Global Coral Bleaching Event in 2023
By Bob Berwyn
A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You’re Driving It
By Kristoffer Tigue
As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle
By Keaton Peters
As the Federal Government Proposes a Plan to Cull Barred Owls in the West, the Debate Around ‘Invasive’ Species Heats Up
By Kiley Price
A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water
By Alex Hager, KUNC
Q&A: What Do Meteorologists Predict for the 2024 Hurricane Season?
Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth
Water From Arsenic-Laced Wells Could Protect the Pine Ridge Reservation From Wildfires
By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist