Greenland’s ice sheet is full of toxins waiting to break free—and microbes that eat them By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jul 11, 2017
30 percent of the energy sent to Earth bounces back into outer space. Climate change could upend that. By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jul 8, 2017
If you live in the South, climate change could kill your economy By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jun 29, 2017
Meet eight species living on the brink, thanks to weather and climate change By Mary Beth Griggs / Jun 29, 2017
Researchers say we have three years to act on climate change before it’s too late By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jun 28, 2017
A third of marine megafauna died in a mass extinction that we didn’t even know about By Sara Chodosh / Jun 26, 2017
Most people don’t see how climate change is affecting their lives—and that’s a problem By Hillary Rosner / Jun 25, 2017
Three-quarters of the planet could face deadly heatwaves by 2100 By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jun 19, 2017
Toxic mercury levels are actually declining in Alaskan polar bears—but that’s not as great as it sounds By Aparna Nathan / Jun 15, 2017
How a 93-year-old war vet (and his sneakers) are helping NASA track pollution By Marlene Cimons / Jun 15, 2017
The President’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement will likely hurt America even more than the environment By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jun 1, 2017
Replacing beef with beans could save the planet, because people farts are better than cow farts By Marlene Cimons / May 31, 2017
New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 16, 2017
This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash By Sarah Fecht / May 15, 2017
We may be closer to predicting the extreme rain events of the future By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 15, 2017
Neighborhoods subjected to deadly air quality can finally fight back By Marlene Cimons / May 11, 2017
Lizards might lose their gut bacteria to climate change—and that’s not great By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 9, 2017
Stephen Hawking says we have 100 years to colonize a new planet—or die. Could we do it? By Sarah Fecht / May 4, 2017
These conservatives want to convince you that climate change is real By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 1, 2017
Antarctica’s Blood Falls: not so mysterious, but still freaky as heck By Rachel Feltman / Apr 28, 2017
Apparently the end of the world is going to make us all work out more By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Apr 25, 2017
Time-lapse photos show just how quickly the world’s glaciers are disappearing By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Apr 22, 2017
Our rivers and lakes contain a scary number of pesticides and pharmaceuticals By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Apr 12, 2017
The Great Barrier Reef’s latest unprecedented bleaching event could spell the end By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Apr 10, 2017