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 The US government wants to round up the West’s feral cattle By Jonathan Thompson / High Country News
Agriculture Scientists test different gear for protecting clams from ‘crunching’ rays By Laura Baisas
Agriculture Scientists think this tiny greenhouse could be a game changer for agrivoltaics By Andrew Paul
Climate Change ‘Humanity on thin ice’ says UN, but there is still time to act on climate change By Laura Baisas
Climate Change We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for By Joseph Winters / Grist
Climate Change Biden approved an oil drilling project in Alaska—and it could be a ‘climate disaster’ By Jake Bittle/Grist
Climate Change The US might finally regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water By Sara Kiley Watson
Climate Change Horny male fruit flies plunge into chaos when exposed to air pollution By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira
Climate Change Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design By Theo Nicitopoulos / Hakai Magazine
Climate Change A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches By Sara Kiley Watson
Conservation ‘Humanity on thin ice’ says UN, but there is still time to act on climate change By Laura Baisas
Conservation A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches By Sara Kiley Watson
Conservation The US government wants to round up the West’s feral cattle By Jonathan Thompson / High Country News
Conservation Ecologists have declared war on this popular decorative tree By Ryan W. McEwan / The Conversation
Conservation Scientists test different gear for protecting clams from ‘crunching’ rays By Laura Baisas
Conservation This floating wind turbine just generated its first kilowatt hour of power By Andrew Paul
Conservation A tiny fish is more genetically diverse than we thought. Here’s why that matters. By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine
Energy Biden approved an oil drilling project in Alaska—and it could be a ‘climate disaster’ By Jake Bittle/Grist
Energy Sewage plants emit more methane than we thought, and that’s a problem By Siri Chilukuri / Grist
Energy Butterfly-inspired ‘plasmonic paint’ could be brilliant for energy-efficient buildings By Andrew Paul
Sustainability We’re shipping twice as much plastic to developing nations than accounted for By Joseph Winters / Grist
Sustainability The US might finally regulate toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water By Sara Kiley Watson
Sustainability Sorting and recycling plastic is notoriously hard—but this AI could help By Andrew Paul
Sustainability Moonlight will help inspire a Danish church’s wildlife-friendly design By Theo Nicitopoulos / Hakai Magazine
Sustainability A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches By Sara Kiley Watson
Sustainability Toilet paper may be a major source of ‘forever chemicals’ in wastewater By Carla Delgado
Joint Task Force Rattlesnake is rescuing snowbound Californians By Nicholas Slayton / Task & Purpose / Mar 14, 2023
A stinky, 5,000-mile-long wad of seaweed is about to gunk up Florida’s beaches By Sara Kiley Watson / Mar 13, 2023
Powerful atmospheric river pummels California with even more rain and flooding By Sara Kiley Watson / Mar 10, 2023
Even the cool forests of the Pacific Northwest face the danger of extreme heat By Sarah Trent / High Country News / Feb 25, 2023
What ancient tsunamis can teach us about future disasters By Nathaniel Scharping / Hakai Magazine / Feb 23, 2023
IBM’s AI has a new job: sorting through NASA’s giant stream of Earth and weather images By Briley Lewis / Feb 10, 2023
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