Nature for nerds
Two fungi commonly found in plants and soil made meals of some of the hardest-to-recycle plastics.
Police killed Manuel "Tortuguita" Esteban Paez Terán on January 18 at the site of ongoing protest against the construction of a police training facility.
Aquifers could serve as energy storage for cooling and heating homes, new research shows.
A school fundraiser that invited kids to hunt cats is no more, following backlash from animal rights groups.
A federal court overturned Berkeley, California's precedent-setting measure for new buildings, putting in jeopardy scores of similar rules.
Researchers found coastal invertebrates, anemones, and even crabs living on plastic far out in open ocean.
Weyerhaeuser is selling promises of carbon offsets on land it plans to log anyway.
"Financial institutions need to be held accountable for their role in financing false solutions."
Defense Department maps suggest that large areas of East Coast water slated for sustainable energy development conflict with Pentagon priorities.
PCBs were banned worldwide in the 1980s, but they're showing up in remote parts of the ocean.
The weekend saw two big developments that could signal different directions for nuclear power.
After 18 years, the TransWest Express line receives final approval.
A Miami National Weather Service meteorologist called the especially heavy rain from Wednesday to Thursday a "1-in-1,000 year" event.
Proposed emissions from a Mississippi Chevron plant could raise locals' cancer risk by 250,000x the acceptable level. A community group is fighting back.
But only if the U.S. gets a lot more minerals, factories, and chargers.
The wealthy are driving water crises in cities across the world, new research shows.
Rob Verchick’s new book, The Octopus in the Parking Garage , calls for people to approach the climate crisis with a problem-solving mindset.
A study finds that ozone-destroying CFCs banned in the 1980s are back in use, but it's not clear where or why.
Parts of the UK have transformed after the wettest March in decades.
The U.S. coastline is changing rapidly, as new research shows.
