It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)Christina Grozinger, Penn State; Andony Melathopoulos, Oregon State University; Clare Rittschof, University of Kentucky; Harland Patch, Penn State, and Jay Evans, Agricultural Research Service, USDA
City animals act in the same brazen ways around the worldDaniel T. Blumstein, University of California, Los Angeles; Peter Mikula, and Piotr Tryjanowski
Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the futureRenee Obringer, Penn State and Dave White, Arizona State University
Why the Persian Gulf has more oil and gas than anywhere else on EarthScott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
Hormuz closure threatens the global food supply – why grocery price hikes are comingAya S. Chacar, Florida International University
Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – we tracked the impact in 700 kidsJill Johnston, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California and Shohreh Farzan, University of Southern California
Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960sChristine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
You’re not going to be alone in national parks this summer – enjoy the companyWill Rice, University of Montana and Bing Pan, Penn State
Winter’s alarmingly low snowpack offers a glimpse of the changing rhythm of water in the western USImtiaz Rangwala, University of Colorado Boulder
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a false choice – protecting wildlife can be good for businessDan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
How California’s war on smog and its ambitious car pollution rules made everyone’s air cleanerAnn E. Carlson, University of California, Los Angeles
War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder storyEzgi Canpolat, Harvard University
Birutė Galdikas: The last of ‘Leakey’s Angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapterMireya Mayor, Florida International University
2026’s historic snow drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the WestAlejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
The long shadow of Paul Ehrlich’s ‘Population Bomb’ is evident in anti-immigration efforts todayBrian C. Keegan, University of Colorado Boulder; Harvard University and Emily Klancher Merchant, University of California, Davis
Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economyVidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University
Over 400 million barrels will be added to the oil market soon – what are strategic reserves and what can they do?Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
In war-torn cities, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threatsArmin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
Targeting of energy facilities turned Iran war into worst-case scenario for Gulf statesKristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University
Iran’s nuclear materials and equipment remain a danger in an active war zoneMatthew Bunn, Harvard Kennedy School
2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s aheadMichael Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis
Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident – he’s lucky to be alivePerry Samson, University of Michigan
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers facing wildfires and bracing for another tough yearJoel Lisonbee, University of Colorado Boulder and William Baule, Texas A&M University
Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for survivingNathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder
Global copper demand outstrips supply, threatening electrification and industrial growthMorgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines and Adam Charles Simon, University of Michigan
Power outages in heat waves and storms can threaten the lives of medical device users – we looked at who is most at riskMatthew D. Dean, University of California, Irvine and Katherine Asmussen, University of Tennessee
How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and the climateAhmed Ibrahim Yunus, Georgia Institute of Technology and Joe Frank Bozeman III, Georgia Institute of Technology
How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy sourcePromise Longe, University of Kansas
Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planetNir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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
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
The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of peopleZeb Hogan, University of Nevada, Reno
Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions where agriculture is most intensiveFrançois Leroy, The Ohio State University
Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreadsAntonio Machado Allison, Wesleyan University
How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it aloneClare E. Boerigter, United States Forest Service
Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrubStephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee; Aimee Classen, University of Michigan, and Lara A. Souza, University of Oklahoma
Why Colorado River negotiations stalled, and how they could resume with the possibility of agreementKaren Schlatter, Colorado State University and Sharon B. Megdal, University of Arizona
Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floodsDan McGrath, Colorado State University
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’sAntonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issueJoe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Cement has a climate problem — here’s how geopolymers with add-ins like cork could help fix itAlcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensiveAlan Jenn, University of California, Davis
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwiseJonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
EPA rescinds 2009 endangerment finding, clearing way for Trump to shred more US climate rules – but serious court challenges awaitGary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public healthJanet McCabe, Indiana University
Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changesKenneth M. Evans, Rice University
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint howJacob A Tennessen, Harvard University
Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemicals’Yaw Edu Essandoh, 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
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
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and whyLily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles
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
A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate dataAlexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder
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
In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world orderThomas Robertson, Macalester College
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
In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’sCoalter G Lathrop, Duke University
Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology, and the fragile marine life at riskLeonardo Macelloni, University of Mississippi
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
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
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
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
Better urban design could help save Florida’s threatened Big Cypress fox squirrelEve Bohnett, University of Florida
Pittsburgh’s air pollution estimated to claim 3,000+ lives per year − and EPA rollbacks aren’t helpingPhilip Landrigan, Boston College and Ella Whitman, University of Vermont
Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsiblySteven Goldsmith, Villanova University