Sunday, June 28, 2026

Environment

Latest

A June 24, 2026, earthquake shook buildings to the ground, trapping and killing people in Caracas, Venezuela, and nearby communities. Manaure Quintero/AFP via Getty Images

Environment

Venezuela’s deadly earthquakes happened on a fault similar to the San Andreas, and the risks aren’t over yet – a geophysicist explains

Staff Writer - June 26, 2026

A farmer in Michigan spreads liquid fertilizer on a field. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Environment

War‑induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution

The Strait of Hormuz is just one example of a busy shipping lane where GPS signals are blocked and faked. Asghar Besharati/Getty Images

Environment

From Hormuz to the cockpit: How warfare and criminal activity undermine GPS and the race to safeguard navigation

A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

Environment

Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how much, and it’s not a small number

Microplastics are settling into Pennsylvania’s rivers and marshes. Philippe Gerber/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Environment

Microplastics are everywhere in Pennsylvania’s water – but the tide may be turning

Environment

Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won’t make...

Staff Writer - March 24, 2019

Environment

Jamaica leads in Richard Branson-backed plan for a Caribbean climate revolution

Staff Writer - March 17, 2019

Environment

Plastic bag bans can backfire if consumers just use other plastics...

Staff Writer - March 14, 2019

Environment

Underwater mudslides are the biggest threat to offshore drilling, and energy...

Staff Writer - March 11, 2019

Environment

Thoreau’s great insight for the Anthropocene: Wildness is an attitude, not...

Staff Writer - March 10, 2019

Environment

What makes natural gas bottlenecks happen during extreme cold snaps

Staff Writer - March 3, 2019

Environment

Sequencing the white shark genome is cool, but for bigger insights...

Staff Writer - March 2, 2019

Environment

EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a...

Staff Writer - March 1, 2019

1...102103104...129 Page 103 of 129

EXPLORING NATURE

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

Business

Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...

Staff Writer - June 16, 2026

Sven Bilén, Penn State and Wangda Zuo, Penn State Imagine if one company could become the railroad, electric utility...

A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

June 15, 2026

Companies can be analyzed as moral actors, not just profit-makers. wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why corporate inclusion policies are moral decisions, not just business ones

June 14, 2026

As ocean temperatures rise during El Niño, fish can find themselves in hot water. Geoff Trodd/Unsplash

El Niño is back, and ocean temperatures are already near record...

June 12, 2026

In fall 2024, Tampa and other Florida cities on the Gulf coast were hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton within 13 days of each other. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

Home insurance and the unraveling of Florida communities

June 9, 2026