Environment & Health
Why a Fan Can’t Always Cool You Down, and Other Unexpected Challenges in Heat Waves
By Kiley Price
As an Eastern Iowa Quarry Seeks to Quadruple Its Water Use, Residents Urge the State to Intervene
By Anika Jane Beamer
Across the Country, Locals Rally to Protect National Monuments Threatened by the Trump Administration
By Wyatt Myskow
US District Court Ruling Keeps Fight Against Mining of Site Sacred to Western Apache Alive
By Wyatt Myskow
The World’s Oceans Are a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ Reaching Dangerous Acidification Levels Earlier Than Scientists Thought
By Georgina Gustin
UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea
By Teresa Tomassoni
The Race to Engineer Coral Reef Solutions in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By Teresa Tomassoni
A Neighborhood Burned, a Home Saved, a Future in Question
Story and photos by Nina Dietz
Funding Shortfalls Hamper North Carolina’s Program to Buy Out Hog Farms in or Near Floodplains
By Lisa Sorg
Rockaway is a New York Coastal Community Trying to Fight Erosion–and Then EPA Cancelled Funding
By Lauren Dalban
In One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Communities, Trump Terminates Funding for Air Monitoring
By Lee Hedgepeth
Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals
Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”
UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals
By Carrie Klein
Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference
By Teresa Tomassoni
Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas
By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin
Rich Countries’ Energy Transitions Threaten Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
By Katie Surma
