Musk’s fellowship of Royal Society in doubt after rally address
The world’s most prestigious scientific body raised concerns about the “language of violence” at the march.
Environment & Sustainability
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Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution
Its chief executive called the E.U. regulations one part of a “very misguided effort to kill oil.” His words followed comments by Trump administration officials criticizing Europe’s climate policies.
Pet sharks have become cool, but is owning them ethical?
When Laurie was a kid, she had recurrent nightmares that featured her getting eaten by a shark. Decades later, Laurie goes to sleep next to them (or at least in the same house). She’s the proud owner of two epaulette…
Climate Activists Argue 3 Executive Orders Violate Their Constitutional Rights
In a Montana courtroom, a group of young people argued that a judge should halt three of President Trump’s sweeping executive orders on climate and energy policy.
Funding is needed save Samoa’s ‘little dodo’ from extinction (commentary)
It’s early August 2025. Deep in the rainforests of Upolu, on the island of Samoa, Moeumu “Moe” Uili and I have paused our hike, counting the seconds between coo calls from an unseen pigeon hidden in the dense canopy. Moe…
Mass vulture poisonings expose need for cross-border action in Southern Africa
A cluster of mass vulture poisonings earlier this year has drawn attention to an alarming, ongoing problem in the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area that straddles South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. According to the African Wildlife Poisoning Database, more than…
BBC Inside Science
The science, engineering and maths behind Armand Duplantis’s latest world record.
New conservation area protects 53% of carbon in northern Peruvian Amazon
A new regional conservation area has been created in Loreto, the largest region in Peru’s Amazon. The Medio Putumayo Algodón Regional Conservation Area is the fourth protected natural area in the Putumayo region, an area connected by the Putumayo River,…
E.P.A. Keeps Polluters on the Hook to Clean Up ‘Forever Chemicals’
The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.
Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds
Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.