Latest Climate Change Stories
Inside America’s largest collection of stuffed endangered animals
How hospitals prepare for increasingly dangerous hurricane seasons
Trump’s EPA just released its version of the Clean Power Plan—and it’s not very clean
Contact lenses don’t belong in your toilet
How the sunflower transformed from a garden novelty to a mighty beast
When rain is just as dangerous as drought
Trees are migrating west to escape climate change
Rising temperatures are causing soil to dump more carbon dioxide into the air
How parched states like California fight wildfires
The Mendocino Complex is California’s largest fire on record—for now
Warming seas are robbing some fish of their vital sense of smell
The latest climate assessment isn’t surprising, but it still sucks
Plastic junk spews greenhouse gases, just like cows and cars
Earth Overshoot Day came early this year. That’s a bad thing.
The ozone hole is both an environmental success story and an enduring global threat
Ancient climate change may have dragged the wild horses away
These windows could keep the sun out while powering your house
Only 13 percent of the world’s oceans are still wild
The fate of future endangered species could hinge on a semantic argument
‘Glider trucks’ are pollution machines, but they might roll past EPA regulations
Electric race cars will finally get through a race without recharging
Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet, sooner than you think
Old footage of sports events can help scientists track climate change
Supercharged blood helps some dolphins dive 1,000 meters
Scientists learn to repair human bones by studying coral reefs
Here’s where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh lands on big science issues
How (and why) to teach a polar bear to walk on a treadmill
A heat wave made this bridge too swole to function
This week’s record-breaking heat has human fingerprints all over it
2018 has been full of weird weather so far
Earth’s first animals probably triggered a change in climate
Climate change forced a famously old-school museum to go digital
If we don’t want to run out of water, we should look to the sun
Why biologists are so excited to find a bunch of puny manta rays
Thinking about aliens could help us beat climate change
Your efforts to save water are actually making a difference
A pack of wolves is about to save this national park
The EPA might change the way it weighs human health against industry profit
A warmer planet might make deadly bacteria more resistant to antibiotics
Contrary to most doomsday visions, climate change will probably make for smaller waves and calmer seas
What will Antarctica look like in 2070? These researchers want to show us.
Scientists wanted to understand how baobab trees live for thousands of years. Then the ancient trees started dying.
Could astrobiology research convince us to fight climate change?
Melting bergy bits are more serious than they sound, but this scientist found a way to study them
Cleaner pig poop could reduce bacon’s environmental burden
Carbon emissions are sucking the nutrition out of our food
You could be eating a side of e-waste with your takeout
The EPA has a new plan that’s good for business and bad for bodies
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a drone that loves trash!
Best known for aliens and Elvis, this remote town is now at the vanguard of a global revolution
Caught in a race against climate change, lizards hit an evolutionary dead end
The world agreed to ban this ozone killer years ago—but it looks like someone is making more
When there’s a hurricane between you and the hospital, telemedicine could save the day
The case for burning our way to a cleaner planet
To shorten flights and lower emissions, scientists are discussing the birds and the bees
These plants are napping their way through climate change
America’s most populated areas lose 175,000 acres of tree cover every year
A healthy reef is alive with music, but the chorus fades as the coral dies.
Feel like the seasons are all out of wack? You can help scientists prove it.
Future offshore drilling could wreak havoc on deep sea ecosystems
Good job: Arctic sea ice is full of our junk plastic
We have too many jellyfish, so scientists want to cover them in chocolate
While you’re staring at your new phone, scientists are finding ways to recycle your old one
A lake full of algae will wreck more than your summer swimming plans