The Environment

After decades of fighting for renewable energy, solar power is finally achieving economic dominance. But AI data centers threaten to consume those energy gains

Earth’s ancient climate is written in... ostrich eggshells and stomach oil?

The latest studies bring the number of remains identified from this doomed 1845 expedition to six of the 129 who set out to the Arctic

As the U.S. and Iran fight for dominance in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. gas prices are continuing to rise—and production might not keep up

By chance a tour boat avoided a deadly tsunami set off by the retreat of Alaska's coastal glaciers. Scientists are working to spot landslides like the one that caused the massive wave to warn people in harm's way

These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts

Scientists are trying to decode why humpback whales can be observed hanging around with their mouth open, with no apparent explanation

Greenland sharks have hearts that can function normally for more than a century

Tiny plastic particles drifting in Earth’s atmosphere could have a significant warming effect, a new study finds

The migration of birds from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north is in full swing

Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising them

The “hydrogenobody,” a newly discovered structure inside microbial cells in cows’ gut, may play a key role in methane production, a new study suggests