Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water
By Wyatt Myskow
Montana Is a Frontier for Deep Carbon Storage, and the Controversies Surrounding the Potential Climate Solution
By Najifa Farhat
How Good are Re-Planted Mangroves at Storing Carbon? A New Study Puts a Number on It
By Alexa Robles-Gil
Hurricane Beryl Was a Warning Shot for Houston
By Dylan Baddour
In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth
By Amy Green
Average Global Temperature Has Warmed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Above Pre-industrial Levels for 12 Months in a Row
By Bob Berwyn
As Hurricane Beryl Surged Toward Texas, Scientists Found Human-Driven Warming Intensified Its Wind and Rain
By Bob Berwyn
Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands
By Lauren Dalban
The Minnesota Dam That Partially Failed Is One of Nearly 200 Across the Upper Midwest in Similarly ‘Poor’ Condition
By Kristoffer Tigue
In North Carolina, Eastern Hellbenders Are a Species of Concern, Threatened by the Vagaries of Climate Change
Story and photos by Lisa Sorg
In Chile’s Southern Tip, a Bet on Hydrogen Worries Conservationists
By Alexa Robles-Gil
Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns
By Nina B. Elkadi
Study Maps Giant Slush Zones as New Threat to Antarctic Ice
By Bob Berwyn
Q&A: What’s in the Water of Alaska’s Rusting Rivers, and What’s Climate Change Got to Do With it?
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
Out of Site, Out of Mind? New Study Finds Missing Apex Predators Are Too Often Neglected in Ecological Research
By Bing Lin
Billions of Gallons of Freshwater Are Dumped at Florida’s Coasts. Environmentalists Want That Water in the Everglades
By Amy Green