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El Nino Temperature Map

A ‘Super El Niño’ Could Be Coming—Here’s What That Means for You

Climate models suggest this year could bring one of the strongest El Niño events on record, driving more extreme weather and smashing global temperature records.

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Mar 12

Proxima Fusion Alpha Stellaris

The Race to Build the World’s First Commercial Fusion Plant Is Heating Up

Energy Gayoung Lee Mar 2

Lightning Strikes Danperry Lightning In A Box Top

‘Lightning-in-a-Box’ Concept Could Shrink a Thunderstorm to the Size of Your Thumb

Earth Science Gayoung Lee Mar 9

Aikido Turbine

This Startup Wants to Tuck Data Centers Beneath Offshore Wind Turbines

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Mar 4

Roman Balaz Last Look WNPA

Come Face to Face With the Best Nature Photography of the Year

Conservation Gayoung Lee Feb 25

Latest on Earther

Emperor Penguin Baby Chicks

As Mass Drownings Add Up, Emperor Penguins Officially Join the Endangered List

Yellowstone

Yellowstone’s Dreaded Supervolcano Has an Unexpected Power Source, Study Says

smoke billowing over Los Angeles from wildfire

New Maps Show Just How Much of the West Could Go Up in Flames This Summer

Go Bgc Float Deployment

Tiny Robots Reveal Hidden Ocean Chemistry in Low-Oxygen Waters

Plastic,waste,in,lake.,ocean,pollution,,marine,debris.,marine,litter.

Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful

A big data center next to a row of single family homes in Northern Virginia

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds

Screenshot

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

Starbucks plastic cup.

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

Microreactors Giz Asks Top

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Two offshore wind turbines

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Cloud to ground lightning strikes during a supercell thunderstorm, May 9, 2017 in Lamb County, Texas

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

The silhouette of a fire fighter standing in front of a wildfire

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

A wildfire rages in Portugal as a man watches on

The US Has Already Caused $10 Trillion in Climate Damages—and the Math Gets Worse

Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake Is Hiding Something Big, Study Suggests

Wifi Chip Nuclear Radiation Resistance

This Chip Could Fix the Fukushima Plant’s Wi-Fi Problem

Oklahomahouse

Your Home Could Soon Be Uninsurable If You’re in One of These States

An oil pumpjack is shown near the Callon Petroleum vicinity on March 27, 2024 in Monahans, Texas

Feds Are Downplaying Methane Leaks in America’s Biggest Oil Field, Satellite Data Suggests

Topshot Chile Volcano Calbuco

Physicists Say They’ve Cracked the Mystery of Volcanic Lightning

Photo: guteksk7

Grid Down? Scientists Say Your EV Could Provide the Needed Backup Power

Satellite data showing a large methane leak in Stanton, Texas

Satellite Images Reveal Mega-Leaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas

Climate Change

Emperor Penguin Baby Chicks

As Mass Drownings Add Up, Emperor Penguins Officially Join the Endangered List

Other affected species include the Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals.

Climate Change Gayoung Lee Apr 9

Screenshot

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

Climate Change Matthew Phelan Apr 2

A wildfire rages in Portugal as a man watches on

The US Has Already Caused $10 Trillion in Climate Damages—and the Math Gets Worse

Climate Change Ece Yildirim Mar 25

Oklahomahouse

Your Home Could Soon Be Uninsurable If You’re in One of These States

Climate Change Jake Bittle, Emily Jones, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Vivian La, Anila Yoganathan, Katie Myers, & Clayton Aldern, Grist Mar 23

Satellite data showing a large methane leak in Stanton, Texas

Satellite Images Reveal Mega-Leaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Mar 18

Conservation

Starbucks plastic cup.

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

Trash. It's still trash.

Conservation Joseph Winters, Grist Apr 2

A giraffe eats grass inside Murchison Falls National Park

The War on Poaching Has Gone Full Tech Dystopia—and It May Not Be Working

Conservation Sam Schramski, Benon Oluka, and Tulani Ngwenya Feb 28

Roman Balaz Last Look WNPA

Come Face to Face With the Best Nature Photography of the Year

Conservation Gayoung Lee Feb 25

South Shetland Islands

Sharks Have Officially Reached Antarctica, and Scientists Are Shook

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Feb 18

Burning Tree Los Alerces National Park

As Patagonia Burns, the World May Lose Some of its Most Ancient Trees

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Feb 11

Earth Science

Yellowstone

Yellowstone’s Dreaded Supervolcano Has an Unexpected Power Source, Study Says

A new model suggests Yellowstone's underground magma is driven by tectonic forces that shape Earth's crust.

Earth Science Passant Rabie Apr 9

smoke billowing over Los Angeles from wildfire

New Maps Show Just How Much of the West Could Go Up in Flames This Summer

Earth Science Tik Root, Grist Apr 8

Go Bgc Float Deployment

Tiny Robots Reveal Hidden Ocean Chemistry in Low-Oxygen Waters

Earth Science Gayoung Lee Apr 7

Cloud to ground lightning strikes during a supercell thunderstorm, May 9, 2017 in Lamb County, Texas

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Mar 27

The silhouette of a fire fighter standing in front of a wildfire

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Mar 26

Energy

Plastic,waste,in,lake.,ocean,pollution,,marine,debris.,marine,litter.

Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful

This won’t fix the ongoing plastics problem, but it’s a good side plan.

Energy Gayoung Lee Apr 7

Microreactors Giz Asks Top

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Energy Gayoung Lee Mar 28

Two offshore wind turbines

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Mar 27

Wifi Chip Nuclear Radiation Resistance

This Chip Could Fix the Fukushima Plant’s Wi-Fi Problem

Energy Gayoung Lee Mar 24

An oil pumpjack is shown near the Callon Petroleum vicinity on March 27, 2024 in Monahans, Texas

Feds Are Downplaying Methane Leaks in America’s Biggest Oil Field, Satellite Data Suggests

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Mar 20

Environmental Justice

A big data center next to a row of single family homes in Northern Virginia

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds

Heat islands can worsen air pollution and increase heat-related deaths.

Environmental Justice Ece Yildirim Apr 3

inside a data center

An AI Data Center Is Coming for Your Backyard. Here’s What That Means for You

Environmental Justice Ellyn Lapointe Oct 29

inside a data center

Environmentalists Warn About AI Data Centers and ‘Forever Chemicals’: ‘This Issue Has been Dangerously Understudied’

Environmental Justice Ellyn Lapointe Oct 7

7 July Hurricane Helene

Trump’s Hurricane Helene Fund Raised Millions. Good Luck Finding the Receipts

Environmental Justice Katie Myers, Grist Sep 24

Los Angeles Palisades Fire

Illegal Price-Gouging Runs Rampant After Disasters. The LA Fires Proved It

Environmental Justice Jake Bittle, Grist Aug 13

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