Environment & Health
Biscayne Bay Is Slowly Becoming the Ocean
By Kate Waxman
An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town
By Martha Pskowski
Across Ecosystems, Dead Organisms Help Shape the Living World
By Nicholas Kusnetz
North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek
By Lisa Sorg
Why an Activist From Texas Crossed the World to Confront Asia’s Biggest Petrochemical Company
Story and photos by Dylan Baddour
Driven by Steel Production, China’s Belt and Road Construction Carries a Heavy Climate Cost
By Phil McKenna
Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring Instruments
By Paula Dobbyn
Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds
By Avril Silva
Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running
By Amy Green
Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action
By Lauren Dalban
Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors
By Susan Cosier
Mass Sloth Deaths in Florida Are a Warning About Wildlife Trade and Pandemic Risk, Scientists Say
By Katie Surma, Kiley Price
A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather
By Gabriel Matias Castilho
Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It
By Wyatt Myskow
Iran War Jeopardizes Global Food Security
By Madeline Shaw
A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars
By Tina Deines