New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife traffickingEve Bohnett, University of Florida
What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhereKeith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder
Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harmMervin XuYang Lim, University of Arizona
Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the GamesSteven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University and Sunshine Swetnam, Colorado State University
Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demandNikki Luke, University of Tennessee and Conor Harrison, University of South Carolina
Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
Over 100 deaths linked to January storms – here’s how to stay safe when cold, snowy weather moves inBrett Robertson, University of South Carolina
Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the wayRoxana Shafiee, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School
America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industryHengrui Liu, Tufts University and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public healthJanet McCabe, Indiana University
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get thereChristy Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Greenland’s Inuit have spent decades fighting for self-determinationSusan A. Kaplan, Bowdoin College and Genevieve LeMoine, Bowdoin College
How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forestsAndrea De Stefano, Mississippi State University
Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South AtlanticGuilherme Maricato, UFRJ; Clinton N. Jenkins, Florida International University; Maria Alice S. Alves, UERJ, and Rodrigo Tardin, UFRJ
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who diesAaron Thierry, Cardiff University
How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter stormMathew Barlow, UMass Lowell and Judah Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worseAlejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defensesFarshid Vahedifard, Tufts University
What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good and bad of these storms and how they’re changingQian Cao, University of California, San Diego
Iran’s president calls for moving its drought-stricken capital amid a worsening water crisis – here’s how Tehran got into water bankruptcyAli Mirchi, Oklahoma State University; Amir AghaKouchak, University of California, Irvine; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University, and Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University; United Nations University
Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy pricesAmy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University
Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerousHannah Wiseman, Penn State and Seth Blumsack, Penn State
What are small modular reactors, a new type of nuclear power plant sought to feed AI’s energy demand?Leonel Lagos, Florida International University
Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?Jay Gulledge, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee
Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planetNir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more powerBarbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University
Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
AI’s ballooning energy consumption puts spotlight on data center efficiencyDivya Mahajan, Georgia Institute of Technology
How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy useAri Peskoe, Harvard University and Eliza Martin, Harvard University
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacyJonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University
Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risksKelsey Roberts, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth; Daniele Visioni, Cornell University; Morgan Raven, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Tyler Rohr, University of Tasmania
Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows howSteven Wilhelm, University of Tennessee and Joshua Weitz, University of Maryland
How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlifeEmily Wanderer, University of Pittsburgh
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge differenceJames Salzman, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that meansKaveh Madani, United Nations University
Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty in latest move to dismantle America’s climate protectionsGary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issueJoe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impactShaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changesKenneth M. Evans, Rice University
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food wasteTevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service
Black families pay more to keep their houses warm than average American familiesGeorge C. Homsy, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Ki Eun Kang, California State University, San Bernardino
Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestryAndrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee and Adam Taylor, University of Tennessee
Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigationsPhilip Steenstra, University of Michigan; Rachel O’Brien, University of Michigan, and Stuart Batterman, University of Michigan
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the falloutIvano W. Aiello, San José State University
Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environmentMahelet G Fikru, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Jennifer Brodmann, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhoodChunrong Jia, University of Memphis; Abu Mohammed Naser Titu, University of Memphis, and Namuun Batbaatar, University of Memphis
American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backingPeter Simons, Hamilton College
Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s waterDinesh Phuyal, University of Florida
How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertaintyStephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles
Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policyChristopher Neubert, Arizona State University and Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidiesKee Hyun Park, Nanyang Technological University; Institute for Humane Studies and Shannon P. Carcelli, University of Maryland
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the icePaul Bierman, University of Vermont
West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geologyChristine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University of Texas at Austin, and Keiji Horikawa, University of Toyama
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expectedMatthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder
A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate dataAlexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder
As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millionsSuzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder
America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns itHélène Nguemgaing, PhD, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia University
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about, and Trump’s order could clear the way for operations soonAlexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii
Greenland’s melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extractPaul Bierman, University of Vermont
How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holesYuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute of Technology
US, Ukraine sign ‘economic partnership’ centered on Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals – but extracting them isn’t so simpleScott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find outSeth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee
Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatizationMichael Childers, Colorado State University
Hidden treasures of America’s national parks are closer than you might thinkJeffrey C. Hallo, Clemson University
National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resourcesSarah Diaz, Coastal Carolina University and Linda Lane, Coastal Carolina University
Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identityLeisl Carr Childers, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University
Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsiblySteven Goldsmith, Villanova University
Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter aroundSteven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University
