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The facade of an apartment building with condensers of air conditioning units in the windows

In a Warming World, Air Conditioning Is a Necessary Evil. Or Is it?

Advancements in passive cooling technologies are showing promise, but technical, economic, and climatic barriers remain.

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Aug 1

Photo: Luis Tato/AFP

Authorities Investigating Mysterious Deaths of 15 Elephants at Kenyan National Park

Conservation Passant Rabie Jul 31

A satellite image of a Category 5 hurricane

Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Jul 31

Fiber Optic Cables Earthquake Detection

Broadband Cables Are Surprisingly Good at Detecting Earthquakes

Earth Science Matthew Phelan Jul 31

A bin of discarded produce

The Fix for Food Waste Comes With a Major Catch

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Jul 30

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The facade of an apartment building with condensers of air conditioning units in the windows

In a Warming World, Air Conditioning Is a Necessary Evil. Or Is it?

Photo: Luis Tato/AFP

Authorities Investigating Mysterious Deaths of 15 Elephants at Kenyan National Park

A satellite image of a Category 5 hurricane

Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year

Fiber Optic Cables Earthquake Detection

Broadband Cables Are Surprisingly Good at Detecting Earthquakes

A bin of discarded produce

The Fix for Food Waste Comes With a Major Catch

Oil Tankers And Gas Tankers Were Affected By The Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz, Leading To A Global Energy Crisis Stemming From The War In The Middle East.(aerial View)

Ships Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz Could Cause an ‘Invasive Superspreader Event’

A map of sargassum concentrations in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico

NASA Map Reveals Record Blob of Vacation-Wrecking Seaweed

A US map showing landslide hazard across the country

6.5 Million Americans Live in Landslide Hazard Zones. A New Map Reveals if You’re One of Them

Fire Cloud France

France’s Wildfires Just Triggered Something the Country Has Never Seen Before

A satellite image of a large storm, shown in blue and green, over the northeastern United States

A Freak, Fall-Strength Storm Is About to Slam the Northeast With a Month’s Worth of Rain

A map of sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific, with warmer colors representing greater high-temperature departures

This El Niño Is on Track to Become the Strongest on Record by a ‘Mind-Blowing Margin’

A forecast map of the Pacific Northwest showing wildfire smoke conditions

Rampant Northwestern Wildfires Will Blanket the US With More Smoke Today

Zagros Mountains Iran

America’s Bunker-Busters Are Useless Against This Underground Base in Iran

Triassic Inferno Artist Impression

Volcanoes Started Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ This Unexpected Plant Made It Worse

A map of the southeastern US showering different colored areas that correspond to various weather warnings

Tropical Storm Bertha Is Arriving at the Worst Possible Time

Bubbles Under The Ocean Surface

Earth’s Oceans Are Rapidly Losing Oxygen. It Could Destabilize the Planet

Department Of Energy Sign

Trump Quietly Deleted the Government’s Official Guide to Cutting Your Energy Bills

Trash littering a sandy beach with a graphic saying "Power Shift" in the top left corner

This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution

Cars driving down a highway with buildings of Chicago in the background

Drive Faster Than the Speed Limit? You’ll Want to Read This

Wind Turbines And Airplane

Pentagon Says Drones Can Hide in Wind Farms, Freezing 155 Wind Projects

Climate Change

The facade of an apartment building with condensers of air conditioning units in the windows

In a Warming World, Air Conditioning Is a Necessary Evil. Or Is it?

Advancements in passive cooling technologies are showing promise, but technical, economic, and climatic barriers remain.

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Aug 1

Cars driving down a highway with buildings of Chicago in the background

Drive Faster Than the Speed Limit? You’ll Want to Read This

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Jul 17

Aerial view of a data center.

The Cheapest Way to Cool Data Centers Won’t Work in a Warmer World

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Jul 14

Point Dendrometer Oak Tree Test

Trees May Not Slow Climate Change as Much as Scientists Thought

Climate Change Matthew Phelan Jul 10

women cool off in a water sprayer amid heatwave in Austria

Unprecedented European Heatwave Has Killed More Than 20,000, New Study Claims

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Jul 2

Conservation

Photo: Luis Tato/AFP

Authorities Investigating Mysterious Deaths of 15 Elephants at Kenyan National Park

The animals may have been poisoned from pesticides on nearby farms.

Conservation Passant Rabie Jul 31

A bin of discarded produce

The Fix for Food Waste Comes With a Major Catch

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Jul 30

Oil Tankers And Gas Tankers Were Affected By The Closure Of The Strait Of Hormuz, Leading To A Global Energy Crisis Stemming From The War In The Middle East.(aerial View)

Ships Stuck in the Strait of Hormuz Could Cause an ‘Invasive Superspreader Event’

Conservation Passant Rabie Jul 30

Humbug Spires Roadless Area Montana

Trump Wants to Roll Back a Rule That Protects Drinking Water for 25 Million Americans

Conservation Matthew Phelan Jul 17

Two monkeys of the species C. Congoensis on a tree branch

This Orange-Lipped Monkey Puzzled Scientists for Nearly Two Decades. They Finally Know What It Is

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Jul 15

Earth Science

A satellite image of a Category 5 hurricane

Earth Is On Track to Break the All-Time Record for Category 5 Hurricanes This Year

Thanks, El Niño.

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Jul 31

Fiber Optic Cables Earthquake Detection

Broadband Cables Are Surprisingly Good at Detecting Earthquakes

Earth Science Matthew Phelan Jul 31

A map of sargassum concentrations in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico

NASA Map Reveals Record Blob of Vacation-Wrecking Seaweed

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Jul 29

A US map showing landslide hazard across the country

6.5 Million Americans Live in Landslide Hazard Zones. A New Map Reveals if You’re One of Them

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Jul 29

Fire Cloud France

France’s Wildfires Just Triggered Something the Country Has Never Seen Before

Earth Science Passant Rabie Jul 29

Energy

Department Of Energy Sign

Trump Quietly Deleted the Government’s Official Guide to Cutting Your Energy Bills

As the country sizzled through heat waves, the government removed some of its most actionable advice about how to conserve energy.

Energy Kate Yoder, Grist Jul 20

Trash littering a sandy beach with a graphic saying "Power Shift" in the top left corner

This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Jul 18

Wind Turbines And Airplane

Pentagon Says Drones Can Hide in Wind Farms, Freezing 155 Wind Projects

Energy Austin Corona, Grist Jul 17

An aerial view of a large data center in a city

What Is the Smartest Way to Power the AI Boom?

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Jul 11

Wind turbines on a grassy plain with mountains in the background

Trump Just Lost His War on Wind Energy

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Jun 16

Environmental Justice

Yosemite National Park Nevada Fall

The Trump Administration Wants to Keep National Park Deaths Quiet

A leaked memo from U.S. Department of the Interior has blocked National Parks staff from confirming deaths or “the severity of injuries” sustained by any park patrons.

Environmental Justice Matthew Phelan Jun 25

Shoppers in front of luxury stores

Top 10% of Consumers Create Up to $5.7 Trillion in Environmental Damage Annually

Environmental Justice Ece Yildirim Jun 18

San Carlos Lake Arizona Stagnant

An Arizona Lake Just Lost All Its Fish

Environmental Justice Matthew Phelan Jun 8

3M PFAS Forever Chemicals

Australia Launches $1.4 Billion Suit Over 3M ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination at Bases

Environmental Justice Matthew Phelan May 29

Destruction of buildings seen in Iran as Israel and US bomb on March 3rd, 2026.

Airstrikes on Iran’s Oil Facilities Spewed as Much Toxic Sulfur as an Erupting Volcano

Environmental Justice Matthew Phelan May 28

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