Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins
By Amy Green
Small Nuclear Reactors May Be Coming to Texas, Boosted by Interest From Gov. Abbott
By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
The Global Mining Boom Puts African Great Apes at Greater Risk Than Previously Known
By Katie Surma
Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea
By Bob Berwyn
In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants
By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
A River in Flux
By Daniel Grossman
Forever Chemicals From a Forever Fire
By Lee Hedgepeth
Midwest Maple Syrup Producers Adapt to Record Warm Winter, Uncertainty as Climate Changes
By Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch and Brittney J. Miller, The Gazette/Wisconsin Watch
Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change
By Lindsey Byman
From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season
By Kristoffer Tigue
California’s Latino Communities Most at Risk From Exposure to Brain-Damaging Weed Killer
By Liza Gross
Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows
By Moriah McDonald
Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks
By Kiley Price
Earlier Springs Have Cascading Effects on Animals, Plants and Pastimes
By Kiley Price
Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in the New England Journal of Medicine
By Liza Gross
Rewilding Japan With Clearings in the Forest and Crowdfunding Campaigns
Photos and story by James Whitlow Delano