Let a thousand stinky blossoms bloom: how Australia became the world’s corpse flower destination | Environment
From little things glorious fetid things grow. Corpse flower blooms, once vanishingly rare, are becoming more commonplace in…
Trump approves federal emergency declaration for Potomac River sewage spill | Washington DC
Donald Trump approved a federal emergency declaration Saturday related to a sewer main break north of Washington DC…
Microsoft Hits 100% Renewable Electricity Milestone
Microsoft announced today the achievement of one its key sustainability goals, with the tech giant reaching its target…
The Ozone Success Story With a Complicated Ending
By Kurt Cobb – Feb 16, 2026, 3:00 PM CST
The phaseout of CFCs under the Montreal…
US Oil Drilling Activity Still Going Nowhere
By Julianne Geiger – Feb 20, 2026, 12:13 PM CST The total number of active drilling rigs for…
Extreme heat lab: enduring the climate of the future | Climate crisis
What heat does to your body After the first experiment, Jay explains to me what I just went…
China is reportedly testing a new airborne wind turbine
February 19, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm China is reportedly testing a new airborne…
Fishing group slams Greenpeace Rakaia salmon stunt
Greenpeace Aotearoa says its activists “altered” the salmon statue, turning it into a cartoon dead fish in protest…
The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding
It fell to Doug Burgum, once the governor of North Dakota and now the Secretary of the Interior,…
‘Clean power everywhere’: How space-based solar could help us go beyond net zero targets
In 1941, two astronauts began the seemingly impossible feat of training a robot to operate a solar energy…
Winter Storm Gianna dumped nearly 2 ft of snow in January — This water-drop energy generator could’ve turned it into pure power
You remember the snow. The wind. The record totals. The travel chaos. But Winter Storm Gianna wasn’t just…
Destructive invasive pest ‘in disguise’ seized by Aussie crew: ‘Real menace’
An invasive weed that has the potential to transform ecosystems has been found “in disguise” at a plant…