Earther

The Great Barrier Reef May Be More Resilient Than We Thought

Over the past two years, the Great Barrier Reef experienced unprecedented bleaching events that left hundreds of square miles of coral dead and dying. Events like this are only expected to continue as the planet’s temperature continues to rise. But amidst all the gloom and doom, a team of scientists are now offering a glimmer…

Conservation Maddie Stone

Amnesty Wants Shell Execs Behind Bars for Alleged Nigerian Human Rights Abuses

Amnesty International wants to see multinational oil company Royal Dutch Shell go to court. In a report released Tuesday, the human rights organization is accusing the multinational oil giant of complicity in the Nigerian military’s murder of hundreds of indigenous Ogoni People in the 1990s amid protests against oil development along the Nigerian Delta. Now,…

Earther Yessenia Funes

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Hearing Is a Reminder It Doesn’t Care What You Think

On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency kicked of its one and only hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan. The two day affair is intended to give Scott Pruitt’s EPA a veneer of having listened to the people, before it goes ahead and does industry’s bidding. The hearing is taking place in Charleston, WV, a…

Earther Brian Kahn

Earth’s Heaviest Organism Could Be Eaten to Death…By Deer

Think of the heaviest living organism on Earth, and an image of a blue whale might come to mind. In fact, the honor goes to a single massive cluster of quaking aspen stems in Utah—but maybe not for long. The Pando aspen grove, a 106-acre colony composed solely of quaking aspens, is a clone; it…

Earther Katie Valentine

Draw Your Next Artistic Masterpiece With Air Pollution

A startup spent the last three years developing markers that convert air pollution into marker ink. Graviky Labs’ AIR-INK markers filter particulate matter, the nasty stuff that comes out of vehicle exhausts—particles so tiny (and dangerous) that they can sneak into a person’s lungs through breathing and cause cancer and other forms of lung damage.…

Earther Yessenia Funes

What Bali’s Volcanic Eruptions Could Mean for the Climate

Indonesia’s Mount Agung has played a game of will it/won’t it erupt for months with swarms of earthquakes and occasional ash plumes. That game ratcheted up a notch this weekend when much larger ash cloud shot into the atmosphere and lava made its way to the surface. The dual-colored plume of ash rose up to…

Earther Brian Kahn

Mexico Just Created a Marine Reserve the Size of Michigan

On Friday, Mexico announced it had created the largest marine reserve in North America. The sprawling reserve encompasses the Revillagigedo Islands, a series of volcanic islands off the coast of the Baja Peninsula. At more 57,000 square miles, the new reserve is bigger than Michigan. Prior to the expansion, protections only extended six nautical miles…

Earther Brian Kahn

How Mollusk DNA Could Reveal the Future of Antarctica’s Most Vulnerable Ice Sheet

Your DNA isn’t just a blueprint of who you are—it’s an archive of where you came from. Same goes for the DNA of all life on Earth, including the mollusks—snails, slugs, clams, and cephalopods—wriggling around on the Southern Ocean’s seafloor. It was only a matter of time before someone realized the genetic code of these…

Earther Maddie Stone

Farming May Have Caused These Birds to Become Darker

The horned larks of inland Southern California’s Imperial Valley don’t look like their forebears. The birds found in the region today have distinctly darker plumage on the tops of their heads, their backs, and the napes of their necks. But we’re not talking about a shift that occurred over millions of years: New research shows…

Earther Jake Buehler

Two Months After Maria, Life on Puerto Rico’s Southeast Coast Is Far From Normal

Just two weeks have passed since power returned to some communities in the Salinas-Guayama region of Puerto Rico. The Southeast was one of the first places to feel Hurricane Maria’s wrath, and it’s been one of the last to feel a sense of relief. Ruth Santiago has been there for it all. Santiago works as…

Earther Yessenia Funes

A Forgotten Underwater Sound Experiment Almost Changed How We Measure Global Warming

In 1991, scientists lowered 10 speakers into the water off of a remote Australian island in order to blast a monotonous 57 hertz tone from them for 10 days. Other researchers listened for the distant sound at 15 monitoring stations in ocean basins around the world. This was all being done in the name of…

Earther Brian Kahn

This Photo Exhibit Captures Standing Rock’s Striking Beauty

The indigenous-led force against the Dakota Access Pipeline drew nationwide attention last year in part for its powerful visuals of protestors and communal activism. Now a Minneapolis Photo Center exhibit offers a collection of some of the most powerful of these images by photographer Richard Tsong-Taatarii, who told Earther the movement spoke to him. Launched…

Earther Yessenia Funes

Two NASA Science Planes Are Capturing Some Glorious Images of Antarctica

Every year, NASA’s Operation Icebridge plumbs the wonders and woes of the ice at both poles, and 2017 is no different. Icebridge’s Antarctic field mission kicked off about a month ago, and satellites and planes are hard at work monitoring glaciers, ice sheets, and sea ice. The purpose of the project, which kicked off in…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

After the Water Crisis, Thanksgiving In Flint Is About Healing

Thanksgiving will never be the same for families in Flint, Michigan, the city that made national news in 2015 for its lead-contaminated drinking water. Mae Collins, 50, is no exception. Her annual family tradition has changed drastically since 2014, when city officials switched the city’s drinking water source to the Flint River, turning tap water…

Earther Yessenia Funes

Only ‘Magic’ Can Help Post-Disaster Haiti Prepare for U.S. Deportees

On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security pulled the plug on the temporary protected status it designated Haiti following the country’s 2010 earthquake. Per the announcement, the country has made “considerable progress” since the 2010 earthquake. The problem is, that’s bullshit. After a slew of natural disasters, Haiti is no position to accommodate the more…

Earther Yessenia Funes

These Dutch Art Projects Make Climate Adaptation Beautiful

You, dumb (OK, me): climate change is bad and we’re screwed. The Dutch, smart: climate change is bad but also we can solve this with dope design. At least, that’s the message from three new installations by Studio Roosegarde, a Rotterdam-based firm that specializes in human-oriented solutions to global problems. In the Netherlands, that means…

Energy Brian Kahn

LA Traffic Looks Like Your Arteries Will After Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is almost here. You know what that means: Lots of turkey and lots of traffic. That’s especially true in Los Angeles, where this year, like most years, the holiday congestion is reminiscent of another thing Americans should probably associate with Thanksgiving—clogged arteries. For people in major cities like LA, just the thought of traveling…

Earther Yessenia Funes

Mexico Just Auctioned Off the Cheapest Solar Project in the World

And the winner for cheapest solar project in the world goes to…Mexico. In a shocking result at a recent Mexican energy auction last Wednesday, a solar developer put in a bid for a project that would generate electricity at a rate of $17.70 per megawatt hour. That would make it the cheapest solar project anywhere…

Earther Brian Kahn

This May Be Why So Many Bats Are Getting Killed By Wind Turbines

Wind may be the clean energy source of the future, but even renewables take an environmental toll. Wind turbines, for instance, are bat death machines, and a new study offers clues as to why: Bats may be flocking to the whirling steel towers to catch a meal. The finding is preliminary, focusing on a single…

Earther Maddie Stone

Even Scientists Were Blown Away by These Weird Sea Creatures They Found

Scientists aboard the ocean-exploring ship the E/V Nautilus have been prowling the ocean for wonders since 2008, literally just exploring the seas. So after spotting a sperm whale, a googly-eyed squid, and a host of other wonders, you’d think they may be jaded. It turns out they are not. Case in point: their reactions to…

Earther Brian Kahn

The Great Barrier Reef May Be More Resilient Than We Thought

Amnesty Wants Shell Execs Behind Bars for Alleged Nigerian Human Rights Abuses

The EPA’s Clean Power Plan Hearing Is a Reminder It Doesn’t Care What You Think

Earth’s Heaviest Organism Could Be Eaten to Death…By Deer

Draw Your Next Artistic Masterpiece With Air Pollution

What Bali’s Volcanic Eruptions Could Mean for the Climate

Mexico Just Created a Marine Reserve the Size of Michigan

How Mollusk DNA Could Reveal the Future of Antarctica’s Most Vulnerable Ice Sheet

Farming May Have Caused These Birds to Become Darker

Two Months After Maria, Life on Puerto Rico’s Southeast Coast Is Far From Normal

A Forgotten Underwater Sound Experiment Almost Changed How We Measure Global Warming

This Photo Exhibit Captures Standing Rock’s Striking Beauty

Two NASA Science Planes Are Capturing Some Glorious Images of Antarctica

After the Water Crisis, Thanksgiving In Flint Is About Healing

Only ‘Magic’ Can Help Post-Disaster Haiti Prepare for U.S. Deportees

These Dutch Art Projects Make Climate Adaptation Beautiful

LA Traffic Looks Like Your Arteries Will After Thanksgiving

Mexico Just Auctioned Off the Cheapest Solar Project in the World

This May Be Why So Many Bats Are Getting Killed By Wind Turbines

Even Scientists Were Blown Away by These Weird Sea Creatures They Found

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Let us help find what you are looking for...