Climate, Energy & Conservation
In a remote Colombian village where Andean condors were once feared and routinely poisoned, Doris Torres grew up seeing the birds as a threat to her sheep. But as she learned about the importance of t...
Fueled by climate change and a strengthening El Niño, record-setting marine heat waves are gripping oceans worldwide and playing havoc with sea life. Mounting evidence from recent events suggests the ...
A new study reports Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) glacier melt has added a grand total of just 0.74 cm to sea levels from 1992-2020. The authors apparently consider this amount − +0.26 mm/yr of meltwater ...
* During his campaign for office last fall, our new Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised to make groceries “affordable” for New Yorkers; but he provided few specifics. * Some specifics then ...
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the…The postAnalysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use...
Labor Day weekend is just days away, marking the unofficial end of summer, but the weather could put a damper on holiday plans as rain and thunderstorms are expected across parts of the U.S.
by Gordon Tomb Each month, Pennsylvania’s 6 million electricity customers—all facing rising bills—are charged for services of questionable value without knowing how much they are paying and, for most,...
KATHMANDU — At 9:10 a.m. on Aug. 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 s...
Three novice climbers who relied on artificial intelligence to plan their Mount Shasta ascent became stranded overnight, triggering a multiagency rescue.
Authorities in Vietnam have intercepted more than a ton of elephant ivory along with big-cat bones in a shipment from the Republic of Congo. Gia Lai provincial authorities announced that the haul of 1...
Damage assessments continue for the Santa Rosa Islands just a few months after devastating wildfires destroyed some of the world's rarest plants.
Togo’s vulture population is in crisis. Amid intense persecution for belief-based use and ongoing loss of habitat, surveys between 2021 and 2025 tracked a sharp decline in the numbers of critically en...
On the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the buffer zone of a national park, a women-led farming group has come up with a solution to reduce encounters with elephants. Deforestation and oil palm encroa...
European Black oil beetle larva lures unsuspecting bees by manufacturing smells that mimic floral scents, new research suggests. The larva then hitches a ride on the bee to its burrow, where it eats t...
In the Bolivian Chaco, the Isoceño Guaraní did not need conservationists to tell them that their land was under pressure. Agricultural settlement was pushing into the region, and their organization, t...
On the banks of the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a group of Indigenous Siekopai women are combining traditional knowledge and modern technology to help a threatened native turtle recover. ...
This tiny predator packs a jaw-dropping punch, delivering a bite more powerful than any shark on Earth — despite its surprisingly small size. Meet the black piranha, a fish small enough to fit in your...
A startling incident unfolded in Staten Island, New York, this week when a man was suddenly struck by lightning while walking on a sidewalk.
New York City is off to a wet start to September, but Central Park’s yearly rainfall total remains slightly below average as forecasters monitor the potential for more rain this month.
OCEARCH’s white shark Breton continues to defy expectations, outliving the expected lifespan of his SPOT tag as he heads farther offshore after spending much of the summer traveling along the East Coa...