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As the Arctic Grows Noisier, Narwhals Are Becoming Quieter

Scientists say increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate. To protect the animals, conservation groups are urging the International Maritime Organization to instate mandatory measures to reduce underwater noise.

By Teresa Tomassoni

Narwhals rely on echolocation to survive in the Arctic. But increasing shipping noise is jeopardizing their ability to communicate, navigate and hunt. Credit: naturepl.com/Doug Allen/WWF
In Huntington Beach, California, a bird perches on a contamination containment boom in October 2021 as workers cleanup the Talbert Marsh after a spill off the coast of Huntington Beach threatens wildlife. Credit: Mindy Schauer/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

By Teresa Tomassoni

Kristi Noem is standing near screens with FEMA's name and logo

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin

A street is inundated with floodwater during a King Tide event on Jan. 3 in Corte Madera, Calif. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow

By Claire Barber

Remnants of the a massive battery fire that took place a year ago lie behind a guarded gate at Moss Landing Power Plant. Credit: Claire Barber/Inside Climate News

A Year Out From One of the World’s Largest Battery Facility Fires

By Claire Barber

An oilfield operation is seen on leased land managed by the BLM’s Bakersfield office in Kern County, California. Credit: Jesse Pluim/BLM

Will Trump’s Push to Drill on California Public Lands be More Successful This Time Around?

By Blanca Begert

Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service prepare a hoselay on a hillside during the Park Fire in Tehama County, Calif., on July 27, 2024. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price

Disaster survivors traveled to Washington, D.C., to call for a stronger federal disaster response system, not the much-reduced agency proposed by a Trump-appointed council. Credit: Ralph Alswang

Disaster Survivors Denounce Proposed FEMA Downsizing

By Anika Jane Beamer

The Salinas River flows through California’s San Ardo Oil Field. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Green California’s Big Oil Problem

By Liza Gross

Colorado River water flows through a canal supplying irrigation to farms in Loma, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users

By Wyatt Myskow

A view of the Phillips 66 Los Angeles refinery from Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park on Feb. 16. Credit: Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Phillips 66 is Closing its LA Refinery this Month. Neighbors Still Don’t Know if the Company Will Pay for the Cleanup.

By Blanca Begert

A man uses a wrench stuck into a pipe to turn off a burning gas line during the Eaton Fire on Jan. 8 in Altadena, Calif. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances

By Hilary Beaumont

A Los Angeles County crew member hydrates between repaving a road as temperatures reach 100 degrees and above in August 2023. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives

By Liza Gross

A layer of smog lingers above the downtown Los Angeles skyline on Dec. 6, 2024, as the region faces an air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert

Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition

By Keerti Gopal

An aerial view of trucks unloading and spreading trash over a hill at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic, Calif., in February 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Is Finally Updating Its Methane Landfill Rule

By Liza Gross

Luna Angulo, born and raised in Richmond, Calif., stands in front of a site where long-defunct chemical plants dumped toxic wastes, near another hazardous site likely to flood as sea level rises along the city’s shoreline. Credit: Liza Gross/Inside Climate News

As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites

By Liza Gross

An oil platform looms in the distance off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., on Aug. 25. Credit: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images

An Oil Company Running Into Rough Waters off the California Coast Is Looking to Trump for Help

By Blanca Begert

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