Science
Advances in knowledge about climate change and the effects of warming on our world and way of life.
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
Across the US, Awe Unites During the Darkness of a Total Solar Eclipse
By Lee Hedgepeth, Erin Schulte, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Liza Gross, Phil McKenna
Zambians Feel the Personal Consequences of Climate Change—and Dream of a Sustainable Future
By Georgina Gustin
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