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Signs tout a natural paradise, but pollution from over-farming has left Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh choked by toxic algae The bright, cheery signs dot the shoreline like epistles from another era, a time before the calamity. “Ballyronan marina is a…
Big Tech’s AI frenzy is pressing up electricity demand around the country. The power grid is stuck in natural gas-fuelled inertia, slow to bring new clean energy projects online and leaving consumers on the hook. By Deep Vakil Every three…
An Inside Climate News analysis shows the state’s insurance crisis is hitting hardest in the disadvantaged counties of Florida’s agricultural heartland. Residents here, in large part, are bearing the burden themselves. By Amy Green OKEECHOBEE, Fla.—If you want to get…
Armed with a $117,000 grant, participants are building an advanced flood model they say will improve emergency planning and identify ways to make flooding less severe. By Theo Peck-Suzuki CHAUNCEY, Ohio—This village sits between the Hocking River and a tributary,…
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and Washington bureau chief Marianne Lavelle as they discuss the future of the environmental justice movement amid Trump cutbacks. The environmental justice movement suffered a striking blow this year when the…
By linking pond size to dam length, vegetation and stream power, researchers give land managers more precise tools to anticipate water storage, biodiversity and climate resilience. By Mackenzie White Across the Rockies and Great Plains, beaver dams interrupt narrow streams,…
Quantum sensing, satellite tracking and AI are part of an accelerating arms race in detection that should prompt a re-evaluation of Australia’s defence strategy Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Military history is littered with…
A novel solar power project just went online in California’s Central Valley, with panels that span across canals in the vast agricultural region. The 1.6-megawatt installation, called Project Nexus, was fully completed late last month. The $20 million state-funded pilot has turned stretches…
As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable.
Both House and Senate lawmakers have advanced bills rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate climate research at the weather agency. By Marianne Lavelle To understand the bipartisan support that has emerged in Congress for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…