Climate

A river basin in northern Finland has become a real-world laboratory for a powerful but controversial idea: that small changes...

Along the western shore of Lake Baikal, wild ungulates are repeatedly visiting patches of carbonate-rich earth and eating the soil—an...

China’s environmental policies are not producing the same climate and air-quality results everywhere—and a new analysis suggests that treating the...

The world’s data centers are becoming giant furnaces—and researchers now propose using that heat to make more cooling. A study...

Wetlands Are Not Simple Carbon Sinks—and That Could Change How Climate Restoration Works Wetlands have long been promoted as one...

The next generation of recycled plastic may not come from sorting everything more aggressively—or from adding more chemicals to every...

Climate adaptation is often described as a race against rising seas, intensifying storms, worsening floods, and ecological disruption. Yet a...

A new study of Iowa farmers is offering one of the clearest statistical portraits yet of who participates in the...

Antibiotics hidden in soil are becoming an increasingly important environmental concern, and new research suggests that the problem may be...

Bioethanol is often presented as a straightforward route away from fossil fuels: grow a crop, convert its sugars or starch...