The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status
Plastic pollution costs the world up to $600 billion a year. A new UN report provides a road map for drastic action. ..
Plastic pollution costs the world up to $600 billion a year. A new UN report provides a road map for drastic action. ..
Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria. ..
In 2019 and 2020, the out-of-control blazes sent clouds of smoke across the Pacific, where they brightened clouds and cooled the ocean. ..
Wildfires and human meddling are transforming the Arctic and its surroundings from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter, exacerbating the climate crisis. ..
Jamie Beard is pouring everything into a singular vision: Tap into the awesome potential of geothermal power in Texas, and beyond. She has no time to lose. ..
Increasingly severe heat waves will imperil the country’s development goals, slow economic growth, and heighten health risks, new research shows. ..
Average sea surface temperatures have soared to record highs, and stayed there. It’s a worrying signal of an ocean in crisis. ..
Coastal lands are subsiding and losing elevation—a “hidden vulnerability” that’s making rising seas all the worse. ..
Renewable generation projects are set to make this future fuel widely available. And it’s much more versatile than you think. ..
A muddy trek reveals the last remnants of the Rwenzori Mountains’ once-sprawling ice fields, a loss for scientists studying the climate record. ..