New Orleans’ billion-dollar levees survived Hurricane Ida. Can they handle what’s coming? By Philip Kiefer
Deadly heatwaves like those in the Pacific Northwest will only become more common By Sara Kiley Watson
Agriculture John Deere finally agrees to let farmers fix their own equipment, but there’s a catch By Andrew Paul
Agriculture The EPA wants more ‘renewable’ fuel. But what does that actually mean? By John McCracken / Grist
Agriculture Microgravity tomatoes, yogurt bacteria, and plastic eating microbes are headed to the ISS By Andrew Paul
Agriculture How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay By Iris M. Crawford / Nexus Media
Climate Change New factory retrofit could reduce a steel plant’s carbon emissions by 90 percent By Andrew Paul
Climate Change A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf By Laura Baisas
Climate Change An oil spill on this fuel-rich coast could be a supply chain catastrophe By Laura Baisas
Climate Change How climate change board games could turn play into action By Zoe Dutton / Nexus Media
Climate Change Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically By Doug Johnson/Undark
Conservation When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine
Conservation A chunk of ice twice the size of New York City broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf By Laura Baisas
Conservation When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses By Emma Foehringer Merchant / Undark
Conservation Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically By Doug Johnson/Undark
Conservation Many popular carbon offsets don’t actually counteract emissions, study says By Andrew Paul
Energy When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses By Emma Foehringer Merchant / Undark
Energy EPA updates emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles for the first time in 20 years By Carla Delgado
Sustainability An oil spill on this fuel-rich coast could be a supply chain catastrophe By Laura Baisas
Sustainability How climate change board games could turn play into action By Zoe Dutton / Nexus Media
Sustainability Mexico bans solar geoengineering tests after US startup’s unsanctioned ‘science project’ By Andrew Paul
Sustainability Everything you need to know about how heat pumps work By Chris Baraniuk / Knowable Magazine
What it takes to build and maintain Alaska’s icy highways By Victoria Petersen / High Country News / Jan 26, 2023
Persisting winter storm conditions bring snow, tornadoes, and thunder to Eastern US By Laura Baisas / Jan 25, 2023
A Cold War spy plane now tracks humanity’s greatest threat for NASA By David Roza/Task & Purpose / Jan 22, 2023
There are rivers in the sky—and one is causing raging rain over California By Sarah Trent / High Country News / Jan 12, 2023
‘Snowball Earth’ was crushing and cold. What animals could survive it? By Chris Baraniuk / Hakai Magazine / Dec 23, 2022
Large earthquake knocks out power for thousands in Northern California By Laura Baisas / Dec 20, 2022
What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife By Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Et al. / The Conversation / Dec 17, 2022