U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”
Environment & Sustainability
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Can coastal infrastructure be engineered to harbor marine life instead of harming it?
COBH, Ireland — On a bright, warm day in April in Cobh, Ireland, I step down a centuries-old cobbled slipway that descends into a harbor packed with fishing boats. Halfway down, something interrupts the weathered wall: an installation of 60…
Youth biodiversity conservation efforts face serious funding challenges, report finds
A new report finds that a chronic lack of funding is undermining youth-led environmental work worldwide. The report, titled “Ecologies of Empowerment: Why and how to fund youth-led biodiversity action,” argues that a current lack of adequate funding for youth…
Crew Splits Day Between Relaxing, Spacesuit Work, and Cardiac Research
NASA astronauts (at center, from left) Jessica Meir and Chris Williams work outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to replace a malfunctioning wrist joint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm on June 30, 2026. NASA Four Expedition 74 astronauts…
Urban trees aren’t just nice, scientists say — they’re mandatory
They tower overhead and sway in the wind and often teem with squawking birds, yet trees are easy to ignore. Urbanites rush by them without noticing, and without appreciating all the work they do: Trees reduce temperatures, mitigate flooding, and…
Sea level rise is ruining coastal Bangladesh with salty water (commentary)
Every morning, before the sun has fully risen over the tidal flats of Satkhira in southwest Bangladesh, women begin walking. They walk two kilometers, sometimes five (about 1.2 to 3.1 miles) and sometimes more, carrying empty vessels that they will…
A Wildlife Regulator’s Family Business Had a Permit to Renew. She Stepped In.
Jenifer Chatfield, a top official at the Interior Department, faces scrutiny from ethics experts for actions that could help her family’s business.
First Europe, Then North America: Welcome to Heat Dome Summer.
What’s causing all the record-breaking heat, and when will it end?
A disease outbreak nearly cost this US poultry farmer everything. One more could wipe him out
As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of trucks and cars entering his poultry farm. “We spray them…
A marine heat wave caused seabird deaths off California. El Nino could worsen the die-off
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters. That’s according to scientists who say a persistent marine heat wave has shrunk the band of…