Environment

Water shortages loom over future semiconductor fabs in Arizona

By Justine Calma August 18

Drought-choked Colorado River faces an unprecedented water shortage

By Justine Calma August 16

How drones are changing our view of sharks

By Justine Calma August 16

Earth just had the hottest month since humans have kept track

By Justine Calma August 13

Google’s Nest Hubs will warn users about nearby pollution and smoke

By Justine Calma August 13

Bill Gates wants in on Congress’ big climate infrastructure push

By Justine Calma August 12

A NASA scientist explains why the weather is becoming more extreme

By Justine Calma August 10

New report reveals how the climate crisis is supercharging extreme weather

It’s the most comprehensive look yet at how humans have already transformed the planet

By Justine Calma August 9

Fires are growing worse at night

By Justine Calma August 6

Amazon launches new resale programs to cut down warehouse waste

By Justine Calma August 5

Biden wants half of new cars sold in 2030 to be hybrid or all-electric

By Sean O'Kane August 5

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Reconciliation could create a new kind of climate job

By Justine Calma August 4

Floods endanger millions more people than previously estimated

By Justine Calma August 4

The infrastructure deal could create pipelines for captured CO2

By Justine Calma August 3

A Tesla Megapack burst into flames at ‘Victorian Big Battery’

By Justine Calma July 30

June heatwave was the ‘most extreme’ on record for North America

By Justine Calma July 30

Why wildfire smoke can be worse than other air pollutants

By Justine Calma July 29

Extreme heat is on Democrats’ infrastructure agenda

By Justine Calma July 28

Olympic athletes are competing on an urban heat island

By Justine Calma July 27

How to responsibly get rid of the stuff you’ve decluttered

By Barbara Krasnoff July 26

More ‘record-shattering’ heatwaves are on the way

By Justine Calma July 26

The pandemic made it even harder to check on the ocean’s vital signs

By Justine Calma July 23

How to shrink greenhouse gas emissions from your next flight

By Justine Calma July 22

Jeff Bezos eyes space as a new ‘sacrifice zone’

By Justine Calma July 21

One of the biggest myths about EVs is busted in new study

By Justine Calma July 21

Female Olympians needed to train longer to beat Tokyo’s heat

By Nicole Wetsman July 20

Walmart, Ikea, and Amazon have a dirty shipping problem

New report identifies the biggest corporate culprits of maritime emissions

By Justine Calma July 20

The Olympics are approaching a danger zone of extreme heat

By Justine Calma July 19

Emergency department visits spiked during June heatwave in US Northwest

By Justine Calma July 16

Record high tide flooding hit coastal communities last year

By Justine Calma July 15

European Union proposes roadmap for slashing greenhouse gas emissions

By Justine Calma July 14

Microsoft is changing the way it buys renewable energy

By Justine Calma July 14

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