The Environment

The fossil-fuel industry argues that we can’t live without its deadly products. It is wrong

A unique crystalline compound soaks up CO₂ with great efficiency

Damage to your environment can bring a profound sense of loss; that feeling, called solastalgia, can also provide inspiration

A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters

As Microsoft strikes a deal to restart a reactor at Three Mile Island to power AI, nuclear specialists weigh in on the unprecedented process

The difficulties of the Svalbard seed repository illustrate why we need to prevent climate disaster rather than plan for it

Defending the U.S. is much more complicated in an era of climate change

Congress appears interested in passing mining legislation. But bills that would expand access to hard-rock minerals across the U.S. ignore supply chain standards and environmental consequences

By canceling congestion pricing for drivers in New York City, the governor of New York State will hurt many retirees, who need the mass transport investments the move promised

A play celebrates the agreement that opened nations worldwide to accepting the science of climate change

New regulations, and satellites such as MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continue delaying their needed reduction

We discovered a strange rock in the Sahara we thought was a meterorite. Figuring out what it was grounded me back to Earth