The Environment

A new estimate suggests land sources eject 600 quadrillion pieces of microplastic into the atmosphere every year

Bats use echolocation to get around, but it wasn’t clear how these creatures managed to navigate dense environments—until now

Humans are using more water than Earth can support, with many water sources already damaged beyond repair, a report from the United Nations found

Florida’s iguanas are an introduced species, and they aren’t used to the chilly temperatures the state is currently experiencing

A break down of why Venezuela’s oil boom is clashing with a hotter, more fragile planet

Mosquitoes captured in the remnants of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil predominantly feasted on humans instead of other animals, a new study shows

The Clean Air Act has saved millions of lives, but the EPA will stop calculating those benefits for at least some proposed regulations

Global warming surpassed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years, meaning Earth is currently on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade

The skyrocketing electricity demands of AI data centers—and a cold snap—are driving up America’s emissions after years of declines, a new report finds

Traditional solar fails in the windswept north. Two Swedish inventors are betting on aerodynamic resilience to solve the latitude gap

New research links same-sex behaviors in nonhuman primates to the evolution of complex social structures

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record