Environment & Sustainability

The decision came despite an effort by a former industry lawyer who is now at the E.P.A. to reverse the regulation.

Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.

They located this key area of function by recording the brain activity of running rats.

The magnificent apex predator of the night, forced out of forests into urban landscapes, now confronts yet another silent killer: rat poison Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now The air was crisp and the grass still…

You may live many miles away from a wildfire, but it could still kill you. That’s because all that smoke wafting in from afar poses a mortal risk. The threat is so great, in fact, that any official tally of…

This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say. By Phil McKenna Smoke from wildfires exacerbated by climate change may cause as many as 71,000 additional deaths per year in the…

It’s a fringe movement so far, but hybrids have proven they can make good wine and may be better able to withstand climate change and disease.

Long dismissed as unintelligent, reptiles are emerging as cognitively and emotionally complex animals. A new study involving tortoises suggests that they also possess mood states.

Solar energy has been slow to get off the ground in Iowa. Utilities may finally be realizing its potential. By Anika Jane Beamer Two-thirds of Iowa’s electricity comes from wind turbines that sprout from fields like giant beanstalks.

Unlike Francis, Leo XIV has given few clues about where he stands on issues dividing the church (though he’s definitely a White Sox guy). Followers fill in the gaps.