Can Wastewater Recycling Systems Solve Water Scarcity?
Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome. View full story...
Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome. View full story...
It may sound like a mosh pit out there. But to the participants, mating is a delicate, sonorous affair, fraught with potential missteps — and fungal zombies. View full story...
Officials said the decision would lower bills and encourage people to use cars and appliances that did not use fossil fuels, but some experts said it would discourage energy efficiency. View full story...
By digging into the geologic record, scientists are learning how wildfires shaped — and were shaped by — climate change long ago. View full story...
Is living on the water our future? Floating developments, including a project in progress in South Korea, suggest that it’s more than a pipe dream. View full story...
Shell and others say they plan to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico in part because doing so releases fewer greenhouse gases than drilling on land. View full story...
A lot of them don’t work and some might even be harmful. But there are things you can do if you really have to fly. View full story...
At a private meeting at Mar-a-Lago, the former president said fossil fuel companies should donate to help him beat President Biden. View full story...
How to reconcile two new reports that seem to tell very different stories about the state of climate change. View full story...
Asbestos, “forever” chemicals, E.V.s and endangered species. Here’s what 10 new rules cover, and why the administration has been churning them out. View full story...
Divers and marine biologists are getting a window into the lives of a red crustacean most often found in the guts of other species. View full story...
The number of tornadoes so far in the United States this year is just above average. But their distribution is changing. View full story...
The gasoline-powered Malibu was the last sedan sold by Chevrolet, the General Motors brand, in the United States. View full story...
The spring population of the critically endangered species is at a 25-year high, a surprising rebound in a tiny desert cave. View full story...
Conventional turf lawns have come under attack. Landscape designers are using water-wise and native plants to balance green with “green.” View full story...
Travel-focused A.I. bots and more eco-friendly transportation options in online maps and search tools can help you quickly organize your seasonal getaway. View full story...
Torrential rains have caused one of Brazil’s worst floods in modern history, leaving more than 100 dead and nearly an entire state submerged. View full story...
Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. View full story...
On Curaçao, visitors can explore the trees’ habitat, where colorful birds roost on tangled branches and trunks, and small paths through the greenery beckon. View full story...
Biodiversity loss, global warming, pollution and the spread of invasive species are making infectious diseases more dangerous to organisms around the world. View full story...
The fast-casual chain aims to be climate neutral by 2027, but beef is a big contributor to climate change. View full story...
In an effort to curb microplastics and marine pollution, state lawmakers voted to ban intentional releases. View full story...
Experts say that a new wave of electric vehicle charging stations are coming soon, even after Tesla gutted its charger team. View full story...
Is the world’s climate close to a tipping point? View full story...
How a group of local activists saved the ‘Yosemite of South America’ in the unlikeliest of deals. View full story...
The automaker led by Elon Musk is no longer planning to take the lead in expanding the number of places to fuel electric vehicles. It’s not clear how quickly other companies will fill the gap. View full story...
Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed. View full story...
Three long-running satellites will soon be switched off, forcing scientists to figure out how to adjust their views of our changing planet. View full story...
An enormous amount of work is underway to remove carbon from the atmosphere, but who will pay for it? View full story...
Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer. View full story...
Slippers supplied by hotels — flimsy models usually made of plastic and fabric — are the next single-use item in the cross hairs of sustainability activists. View full story...
Mayor Eric Adams is resurrecting a budget gimmick and charging rent to the city’s Water Board, which will pass on the costs to ratepayers. View full story...
Other states have also considered restrictions, citing concerns about farmers’ livelihoods and food safety, though the product isn’t expected to be widely available for years. View full story...
Gas-burning ranges, a significant contributor to indoor pollution, can produce and spread particularly high levels of some pollutants in smaller spaces. View full story...
The Federal Trade Commission will bar Pioneer’s chief executive, Scott Sheffield, from joining Exxon’s board, saying he colluded with OPEC to reduce oil production. View full story...
New guidelines attempt to make the aviation cleaner by relying on corn-based ethanol, but experts divided on the fuel’s environmental benefits. View full story...
Would cloudy weather ruin a visit to the first-ever resort to receive certification from DarkSky International? A stargazer in Utah holds on to her optimism. View full story...
As part of his plan to conserve the nation’s land and waters, Mr. Biden is enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. View full story...
The White House wants federal agencies to keep climate change in mind as they decide whether to approve major projects. View full story...
A decade-long battle between a wealthy industrialist and a band of activists led to a surprising $63 million transaction. View full story...
Cattle ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, new companies are selling something else: the ability of trees to lock away planet-warming carbon. View full story...
Tactics to convince people to buy less aren’t working. A quirky new documentary by Patagonia takes a different approach. View full story...
The heavy rains that pounded East Africa for weeks, killing hundreds, have spilled into the Masai Mara, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife national reserves. View full story...
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine. View full story...
An effort to protect 30 percent of land and waters would count some commercial fishing zones as conserved areas. View full story...
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks. View full story...
The low water levels that choked cargo traffic were more closely tied to the natural climate cycle than to human-caused warming, a team of scientists has concluded. View full story...
The carmaker dismissed 500 employees in a unit that was critical to its success and seen as important to the future of electric vehicle sales in the United States. View full story...
Producers of biofuels like ethanol, which could help create a new generation of jet fuel, would have to overhaul their practices to receive tax credits. View full story...
The Biden administration is tightening efficiency rules for water heaters, stoves and other appliances, and conservative politicians are dialing up their criticisms. View full story...
A subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp, Germany’s venerable steel producer, is landing major deals for a device that makes the clean-burning gas from water. View full story...
Around the world, grass-roots organizers and Indigenous communities are taking proposed coal, oil and gas projects to court — and winning. View full story...
An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years. View full story...