One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says | Birds
One in nine migratory birds are threatened with extinction and 45% of migratory species such as cuckoos, turtle…
California coast braces for another battering as new El Niño-related wave emerges in Pacific
California beach communities are expected to see rising sea levels in the coming weeks as El Niño continues…
Subglacial geology and thermal conditions regulate methane emissions from Svalbard glaciers
Pervasive methane supersaturation in glacial meltwaters Glacial river samples were collected in transects along the length of each…
Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters | Iceland
Iceland will submit a bill in February 2027 which could permanently ban whaling in its waters, a move…
Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis? | Alaska
On Alaska’s North Slope, scientists tread carefully across clumps of tussock grasses toward a fast-flowing stream draining the…
Wind turbines across the United States kill an estimated 234,000 birds a year. Window glass kills about 599 million, which is to say the country’s windows account for more dead birds in one day than every turbine standing in it accounts for in seven years.
There’s a line that comes up whenever wind power gets argued about, usually from someone who wants to…
Crews searched 3 square miles of sea ice in Greenland by walking shoulder to shoulder in a line and scraping up everything black, but the second stage of one weapon has never been accounted for
A nuclear weapon torn apart by fire and impact does not go off. That sounds like luck. It…
Beneath New York’s water system lies an 85-mile underground river that carries roughly half the city’s drinking water — parts of it run more than a thousand feet below ground and are so inaccessible that engineers inspect them with robotic submarines
The most important piece of infrastructure in New York City is a hole in the rock, and almost…
Indonesian wildfires cause respiratory infections to double in a week, Health Ministry says
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Respiratory infections caused by hazardous wildfire pollution in Indonesia have more than doubled in just…
A South African farmer planted trees to stop erosion in 1976; 50 years later, the land became a major forest-restoration experiment | World News
A small planting on a South African farm in 1976 was meant to solve an immediate problem: stopping…
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full | Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham’s government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report by the…
Denmark planted trees for carbon storage, but 21 years later natural forests proved more diverse while plantations captured carbon faster | World News
Denmark’s long-running effort to create forests on former farmland has revealed a striking trade-off between carbon storage and…