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Helpful microbes: For cleaning up oil spills and helping crops grow -- Progress roundup: Science enables Brazil to transform its economy, German researchers to find a microbe that makes detergent, and California to filter PFAS.

17 hours ago

Frozen clues: What hailstones say about a warming world -- Researchers are chasing storms across multiple states to collect and study hailstones to better understand storm behavior. Their findings could reveal how climate change may impact future hail damage and storm intensity.

7 days ago

Their house survived LA's wildfires. They still can't go home. -- In California, residents of once-vibrant Altadena are deciding whether to return and rebuild after devastating wildfires. Part 2 in a series.

10 days ago

What are planetary waves? Scientists warn of more extreme weather events. -- Scientists say that climate change has tripled the frequency of planetary waves linked to extreme summer weather. In the 1950s, there was one extreme weather event a year. Now, the Earth is experiencing three every summer.

13 days ago

Citizen projects tear up pavement for plants, and keep solar panels going -- China, the largest producer and consumer of seafood, signs a safeguard against illegal fishing. And in Colombia, a program eases adoption of renewables.

14 days ago

Greenland's record heat wave adds to sea level concerns -- A new analysis says climate change drove May's record heat wave in Greenland and Iceland, prompting Greenland's ice sheet to melt many times faster than normal. Scientists say the melt could disturb global climate and weather patterns.

19 days ago

Republicans say they want energy dominance. But will 'big bill' deliver? -- The Trump administration's push for "energy dominance" is leaving out an important sector that has also been aiding a manufacturing revival.

19 days ago

Seasonal heat waves are typical in India, but this year is off to an 'above normal' start -- A scorching heat wave is sweeping through Northern India with temperatures reaching 117 F. Cities are working to cope with an overburdened health system and a power grid struggling to keep things cool.

20 days ago

The surprising resilience of a smiling salamander and some old buried seeds -- Progress roundup: Captive-bred salamander can survive in the wild, and old fynbos seeds will germinate, sowing science's hope for habitat restoration.

20 days ago

Only 2.7 percent of the ocean is protected. Can the world do more? -- The top priority of the third U.N. Ocean Conference is to ratify the High Seas Treaty, which would allow nations to establish marine protected areas in international waters. Without a healthy ocean, experts say, climate goals will remain out of reach.

21 days ago

Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food -- Farmers in Vermont are trying to build a sustainable local economy for agricultural products. Americans across the political spectrum want it to work.

22 days ago

It's huge, stinky, and brown. Record amounts of seaweed are baffling scientists. -- Caribbean beaches are being engulfed by tons of sargassum seaweed just as tourism season arrives. Scientists think warming waters and agricultural runoff may be contributing to the increasing amount of seaweed washing ashore each year.

26 days ago

The benefits of living with bears and letting nature take its course -- Progress roundup: Antarctica's newest research base lowers fossil fuel use, a medieval Italian village welcomes its bears, and more.

27 days ago

How Trump's push to end California EV mandates may change rules of the road -- President Trump says he'll sign legislation revoking California's ability to mandate its own shift toward electric vehicles. Here's a look at what that could mean for the auto market in the state and beyond.

28 days ago