Wednesday, February 25, 2026 6:12 AM ET
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How deregulation made electricity more expensive, not cheaper -- Noah Dormady, The Ohio State University20 hours ago
Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for surviving -- Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder6 days ago
Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub -- Stephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee; Aimee Classen, University of Michigan, and Lara A. Souza, University of Oklahoma6 days ago
In World War II's dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order -- Thomas Robertson, Macalester College7 days ago
EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won't stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensive -- Alan Jenn, University of California, Davis10 days ago
Trump's EPA decides climate change doesn't endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise -- Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison8 days ago
Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations -- Charles Prior, University of Birmingham12 days ago
Even with Trump's support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous -- Hannah Wiseman, Penn State and Seth Blumsack, Penn State2 months ago
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are 'resurrecting' their genomes to understand how and why -- Lily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles7 days ago
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers facing wildfires and bracing for another tough year -- Joel Lisonbee, University of Colorado Boulder and William Baule, Texas A&M University5 days ago
America is falling behind in the global EV race – that's going to cost the US auto industry -- Hengrui Liu, Tufts University and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University26 days ago
EPA rescinds 2009 endangerment finding, clearing way for Trump to shred more US climate rules – but serious court challenges await -- Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University12 days ago
Cement has a climate problem — here's how geopolymers with add-ins like cork could help fix it -- Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis10 days ago
What's at risk for Arctic wildlife as Trump invites bids for oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska -- Mariah Meek, Michigan State University8 days ago
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Winter storms don't have to be deadly – here's how to stay safe before, during and after one hits -- Brett Robertson, University of South Carolina4 days ago
How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm -- Mathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Judah Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)28 days ago
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worse -- Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University1 month ago
West Coast levee failures show the rising risks from America's aging flood defenses -- Farshid Vahedifard, Tufts University14 days ago
What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these storms and how they're changing -- Qian Cao, University of California, San Diego2 months ago
Read more about extreme weather10 months ago
Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm -- Mervin XuYang Lim, University of Arizona19 days ago
Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way -- Roxana Shafiee, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School26 days ago
Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won't mean much for US energy prices -- Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University1 month ago
US oil industry doesn't see profit in Trump's 'pro-petroleum' moves -- Skip York, Rice University2 months ago
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Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet -- Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro1 month ago
Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand -- Nikki Luke, University of Tennessee and Conor Harrison, University of South Carolina20 days ago
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power -- Barbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University1 month ago
Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay? -- Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida2 months ago
AI's ballooning energy consumption puts spotlight on data center efficiency -- Divya Mahajan, Georgia Institute of Technology5 months ago
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New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking -- Eve Bohnett, University of Florida15 days ago
How fire, people and history shaped the South's iconic longleaf pine forests -- Andrea De Stefano, Mississippi State University27 days ago
Global power struggles over the ocean's finite resources call for creative diplomacy -- Jonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University1 month ago
Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method's risks -- Kelsey Roberts, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth; Daniele Visioni, Cornell University; Morgan Raven, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania1 month ago
Marine protected areas aren't in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic -- Guilherme Maricato, UFRJ; Clinton N. Jenkins, Florida International University; Maria Alice S. Alves, UERJ, and Rodrigo Tardin, UFRJ28 days ago
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What Olympic athletes see that viewers don't: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it's everywhere -- Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder18 days ago
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here's what that means -- Kaveh Madani, United Nations University1 month ago
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here's what to watch for in 2026 -- Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University1 month ago
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue -- Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences1 year ago
Where America's carbon dioxide emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts -- Kenneth J. Davis, Penn State13 days ago
Read more about climate change9 months ago
EPA's new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health -- Janet McCabe, Indiana University26 days ago
Trump's second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes -- Kenneth M. Evans, Rice University2 months ago
As US hunger rises, Trump administration's 'efficiency' goals cause massive food waste -- Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service2 months ago
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American families -- George C. Homsy, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Ki Eun Kang, California State University, San Bernardino3 months ago
Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry -- Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee and Adam Taylor, University of Tennessee4 months ago
Read more about environmental regulation9 months ago
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here's how they get there -- Christy Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison26 days ago
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference -- James Salzman, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles1 month ago
What air pollution does to the human body -- Jenni Shearston, University of Colorado Boulder1 month ago
Live healthier in 2026 by breathing cleaner air at home -- Katelyn Richard, Colorado State University1 month ago
When the world's largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the fallout -- Ivano W. Aiello, San José State University2 months ago
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American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing -- Peter Simons, Hamilton College1 month ago
Why too much phosphorus in America's farmland is polluting the country's water -- Dinesh Phuyal, University of Florida29 days ago
How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty -- Stephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles1 month ago
Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policy -- Christopher Neubert, Arizona State University and Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University1 month ago
Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies -- Kee Hyun Park, Nanyang Technological University; Institute for Humane Studies and Shannon P. Carcelli, University of Maryland3 months ago
Read more about food and agriculture3 months ago
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice -- Paul Bierman, University of Vermont1 month ago
West Antarctica's history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent's 'catastrophic' geology -- Christine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University of Texas at Austin, and Keiji Horikawa, University of Toyama2 months ago
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected -- Matthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder2 months ago
A walk across Alaska's Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data -- Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder1 month ago
Sea level doesn't rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica's ice melt would have the biggest impact -- Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island2 months ago
America's next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it -- Hélène Nguemgaing, PhD, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia University29 days ago
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about, and Trump's order could clear the way for operations soon -- Alexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii9 months ago
Greenland's melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extract -- Paul Bierman, University of Vermont1 month ago
How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holes -- Yuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute of Technology9 months ago
US, Ukraine sign 'economic partnership' centered on Ukraine's wealth of critical minerals – but extracting them isn't so simple -- Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington9 months ago
Read more about critical minerals8 months ago
What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out -- Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee2 months ago
Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization -- Michael Childers, Colorado State University6 months ago
Hidden treasures of America's national parks are closer than you might think -- Jeffrey C. Hallo, Clemson University5 months ago
National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources -- Sarah Diaz, Coastal Carolina University and Linda Lane, Coastal Carolina University6 months ago
Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity -- Leisl Carr Childers, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University9 months ago
Read more about national parks7 months ago
Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly -- Steven Goldsmith, Villanova University27 days ago
Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter around -- Steven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University27 days ago
Why Philly has so many sinkholes -- Laura Toran, Temple University1 month ago
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones -- Robbyn Abbitt, Miami University14 days ago