How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy sourcePromise Longe, University of Kansas
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’sAntonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it aloneClare E. Boerigter, United States Forest Service
Supreme Court’s Line 5 pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedureMike Shriberg, University of Michigan
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
The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation scienceAdam Meyer, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Kristy Ferraro, University of Michigan
Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for survivingNathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder
In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world orderThomas Robertson, Macalester College
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
Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerousHannah Wiseman, Penn State and Seth Blumsack, Penn State
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
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
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
Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hitsBrett Robertson, University of South Carolina
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 the rising 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
Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harmMervin XuYang Lim, University of Arizona
Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the wayRoxana Shafiee, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School
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
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
What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife as Trump invites bids for oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-AlaskaMariah Meek, Michigan State University
New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife traffickingEve Bohnett, University of Florida
How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forestsAndrea De Stefano, Mississippi State 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
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
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
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that meansKaveh Madani, United Nations 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
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
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
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
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
When the world’s largest battery power plant caught fire, toxic metals rained down – wetlands captured the falloutIvano W. Aiello, San José State University
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
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
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
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
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstonesRobbyn Abbitt, Miami University
