DC drought designation lifted after recent soaking rains
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows encouraging progress: DC and much of the Interstate 95 corridor are no…
A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls
State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China…
Puerto Rico rations water for 48 hours at a time amid intense drought
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico will implement water rationing measures in San Juan and other major…
Europa Clipper is already in space, travelling 1.8 billion miles toward Jupiter’s moon Europa, where a subsurface ocean holds more water than every ocean on Earth combined — it arrives April 2030 to ask whether anything is alive inside
Europa Clipper is no longer a spacecraft waiting on a launch pad. NASA launched it on 14 October…
Claims of ‘man-made earthquake’ take over Japanese internet after Kumamoto disaster kills 38
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds | Wildfires
The human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that led to blazes roaring across Canada, which have caused toxic…
We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
As France and Spain battle historic wildfires, comparisons to the second world war abound. “One of the continent’s…
“You can hear them talking to each other through your hull.” Sailor alone at sea for a week. Then this happens
A sailor who is attempting to complete a solo voyage of the Arctic Ocean has shared footage of…
All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows | Water
Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new government data shows, while just 14.3% of…
Extreme evolution: The animals evolving at super speed to survive
Animals aren’t just adapting in urban environments, though. They’re physiologically changing to survive living with humans. For example,…
As Spain grieves, recurrent heatwaves stir fears of more wildfires | Weather News
Madrid, Spain – Sally Chapman was watching the Wimbledon tennis championship on television when she noticed a “commotion”…
New US-designed mesh mimics tangled seaweed to capture microplastics
A team of US scientists has developed a biodegradable mesh inspired by tangled seaweed that can capture microplastics…