Recycling Can’t Solve Our Plastic Crisis
Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your…
How a sperm bank might save cheetahs from extinction
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — For 35 years, American zoologist Laurie Marker has been collecting and storing…
Mars Was Warmer, Wetter Millions of Years Ago, Planetary Scientists Say
NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered several thousand small, light-toned rock fragments, or float rocks, with some exhibiting spectral…
Deadly Asian floods are a preview of what’s coming as climate warms, scientists say
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia is being pummeled by unusually severe floods this year, as late-arriving storms…
Meet The Young Entrepreneurs Constructing A Better Future
From climate tech to robots helping humans, these young entrepreneurs are building new tools, materials and technologies for…
Meet The Young Investors Funding The Future Of Climate, Software And AI
With big bets in cutting-edge software, fintech and AI, these young venture capitalists are transforming the world of…
The World Wants Climate Action Whether Countries Like It or Not
This year’s U.N. climate summit, COP30, opened with a moment that should have set the tone for a…
The Oceans Are Going to Rise—but When?
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In May 2014, NASA announced at a press…
Motorist tells 911 bald eagle dropped cat, smashing car windshield
A motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger…
NASA Confirms a Big Win for the Planet: 2025 Ozone Hole Among the Smallest in Decades
The ozone hole over Antarctica in 2025 is officially the fifth smallest since 1992, a milestone NASA and…
Tiger trafficking crisis reaches unprecedented levels as wild species plummets from 100,000 a century ago to 5,500 at most
Authorities worldwide have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a…
Amazon Workers Issue Warning About Company’s ‘All-Costs-Justified’ Approach to AI Development
Over 1,000 Amazon employees have anonymously signed an open letter warning that the company’s allegedly “all-costs-justified, warp-speed approach…