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Environment

Arbor Day: Why planting trees isn’t enough

Staff Writer - April 28, 2023

Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo For 151 years, Americans...

Environment

Arbor Day should be about growing trees, not just planting them

Staff Writer - April 27, 2021

Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo For 149 years, Americans...

EXPLORING NATURE

Skiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California. Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Health

The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...

Staff Writer - January 8, 2026

Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...

Solar power has been expanding quickly, but natural gas is also booming. Gerard Julien/AFP via Getty Images

The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...

January 6, 2026

Why did this community burn one woman’s remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

January 3, 2026

Eaton fire survivors gather in Altadena, Calif., to talk about recovery six months after the LA fires. Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...

December 31, 2025

U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...

December 31, 2025