Science

In Burned Forests, the West’s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier

By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk

How Indigenous Cultural Burns Can Help Heal Climate-Ravaged Forests—and People

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

Invasive Scud Is Threatening the Great Lakes. Pollution Might Be Helping to Keep It Back.

By K.R. Callaway

Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Unveils 50-Year Plan to Protect Coastlines from Rising Seas and Extreme Weather

By Ryan Krugman

N.C. Regulators Say Trump’s Proposed Repeal of the Endangerment Finding Would Increase ‘Criteria’ Air Pollutants

By Lisa Sorg

Reintroduced Carnivores’ Impacts on Ecosystems Are Still Coming Into Focus

By Jake Bolster

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites

By Liza Gross

Sea-Level Rise Accelerates in New Jersey, Raising Coastal Flooding Risk, Study Says

By Jon Hurdle

As Glaciers Melt, the Earth’s Cryosphere Is on Thin Ice

Interview by Paloma Beltran, Living on Earth

Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress

By Bob Berwyn

Unpredictable Spurts of Dry and Wet Weather Cause Confusion and New Challenges for Midwestern Farmers

By Katie Cerulle

Poor Air, Glaring Lights and Stress Could Hobble COP30 Climate Talks

By Bob Berwyn

Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

By Wyatt Myskow

A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive

Story by Erin Douglas, photos by Isabella Escobedo

Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution?

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

‘Hurtling Toward Climate Chaos’ as COP30 Nears

By Bob Berwyn

Another Dry Spell Hits New England, Raising Alarm About Flash Droughts

By Ryan Krugman