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Winds sweep across the world’s oceans every day, and harnessing that largely unused resource has the potential to provide abundant, clean and reliable energy. Experts widely agree that marine wind could play a vital role in reducing fossil fuel reliance…
The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled.
Wolves on a remote island in Lake Superior appear to be thriving, but they’re making deep dents in the moose population that they rely on as a leading food source, according to a report released Monday. Isle Royale is a 134,000-acre…
Kalu lives in a Khudi Bari: a flood-resistant tiny house in Bangladesh. Floods come to his village every year. This house is built to protect his crops and family against the storm. Watch the full story This article was originally published…
PICHARI, Peru — It’s nearly 5 p.m., and the bamboo grove is filled with children. In silence, they’re looking up in awe. The monkeys have arrived. They jump from stalk to bamboo stalk and skitter down trees, not approaching the…
Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studies The US supreme court will hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a…
Global conference told benefits should not come at expense of well-protected environments The energy transition must not be used as a fresh excuse to plunder Indigenous territories, delegates at a groundbreaking global conference on phasing out fossil fuels were warned.…
Luis Arranz arrived in Africa in 1980 with little more than a degree in biology and a determination to work in the field. Without contacts or a clear path, he drove south from Spain in a small Citroën 2CV, crossing…
Blue-nosed chameleons, a lizard species found only in northern Madagascar, are known for their colorful noses, which brighten when they get excited. For many years, lack of data meant the blue-nosed chameleon was classified as the species Calumma boettgeri, a…
Even as the electric vehicle market slumps, there are more long-range E.V.s under $40,000 than ever before.