For centuries, human civilization has impacted the world without any understanding of the consequences. If anything is going to survive what's coming next, it'll have to adapt. How did we get here? What could happen? What needs to change?

Polar bear numbers are rising in a once too-frigid Arctic basin

Thick Arctic ice is melting into conditions better suited to life. But the region's warming is trending towards trouble

Julie Hollis, Government of Greenland

November 3, 2020

Brood parasites are quite picky about who they offload their kids on, depending on the climate

Sara Zlotnik, University of Florida

November 1, 2020

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?

Ashley Marranzino, University of Rhode Island

2 peer comments

October 27, 2020

Animal "construction workers" rebuild natural landscapes more efficiently than humans ever could

Jazmin Murphy, Ecology

3 peer comments

October 22, 2020

Watching Earth change from space: an interview with Africa Flores-Anderson

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

October 3, 2020

You should be excited that scientists are releasing 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes this year

Lila Westreich, University of Washington

2 peer comments

September 27, 2020

Invasive species are pushing close to the boundaries of protected areas

Fanni Daniella Szakal, Marine Biology

3 peer comments

August 21, 2020

California's wildfires are poisoning drinking water supplies

Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University

Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University

August 20, 2020

Cod ears contain a long history of warming in the Atlantic Ocean

4 peer comments

August 16, 2020

How rare 'derecho' thunderstorms wreak havoc across the US

An atmospheric scientist explains these dangerous storm systems

Russ Schumacher, Colorado State University

August 15, 2020

'Hyper urban' coyote genomes are growing apart from their city and rural cousins

Jaime Chambers, Washington State University

2 peer comments

August 4, 2020

Yes, you can put a price on nature. Doing so could stop environmental destruction

Vanessa Vieites, Florida International University

July 17, 2020

Narwhal DNA captured a survival story the last time the glaciers melted

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

July 7, 2020

Albatrosses can spy on illegal fishing in international waters

Ashley Marranzino, University of Rhode Island

2 peer comments

June 29, 2020

Coffee's robust back-up bean isn't as resistant to climate change as once thought

Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

May 26, 2020

Did a mass extinction help dinosaurs dominate the Earth?

Lauren J. Young

May 14, 2020

Can AI predict the next big flood before it happens?

Christina Marvin, University of Wisconsin - Madison

April 30, 2020

All conferences should be virtual in a post-coronavirus world

Adam Fortais, McMaster University

11 peer comments

April 28, 2020

It will take over one billion dollars to protect one small Louisiana town from climate change

As floodwaters regularly rise in southeast Louisiana, so do the costs to protect communities

Joan Meiners, Ecology

April 23, 2020

The EPA is unleashing the pollution that makes people vulnerable to COVID-19

April 23, 2020

Stopping floods, protecting lives, and saving money? Mangroves do it all for free

Ashley Marranzino, University of Rhode Island

April 21, 2020

Herds of migrating horses and reindeer could keep the Arctic ground frozen

Jeff Berardelli

April 21, 2020

Chemists are decoding the fruity scent of lemur stink flirting

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

April 16, 2020

Tropical glaciers are receding, but hidden groundwaters can make up the difference

Laura Lyon, McGill University

3 peer comments

March 24, 2020

The bee microbiome can fight back against fungi that cause Colony Collapse Disorder

Lauren Sara McKee, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

1 peer comment

March 1, 2020

When winter no longer comes, what will the North look like?

Olivia Box, University of Vermont

February 18, 2020

Climate change in the Arctic has ripple effects for all life on Earth

Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

February 13, 2020

Bats' unique immune systems make them stealthy viral reservoirs

These ecologically important animals have been at the center of many major viral outbreaks, and we are beginning to understand why

Marnie Willman, University of Manitoba Bannatyne

4 peer comments

February 4, 2020

Sorry, your houseplants aren't actually purifying your apartment's air

Luyi Cheng, Northwestern University

5 peer comments

January 30, 2020

The key to unlocking a glacier's past is a chainsaw and some quantum mechanics

Katherine McCormick, University of Washington

January 28, 2020

Lead poisoning hits low-income children harder than their affluent neighbors

Claudia López Lloreda, University of Pennsylvania

7 peer comments

January 13, 2020

Pheromones and social lives are becoming a liability for insects in changing climates

Madison Sankovitz, University of California Riverside

1 peer comment

December 5, 2019

Should the age of humans have a geologic name?

Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

November 7, 2019

How should we live in the era of climate change?

September 26, 2019

Mary Annaïse Heglar's writing on climate change is a "punch in the gut" — and that's by design

September 25, 2019

Climate strikers send a message: "Put your planet and its people over profit"

Dan Samorodnitsky

September 23, 2019

We can talk about climate change with stories of kindness, fairytales, and hope

Speaking with Kate Marvel about the importance of — and the nuances involved in — talking about climate change

Maryam Zaringhalam, Molecular Biology

September 23, 2019

Ending coal mining is essential to solving the climate crisis

September 22, 2019

The water supply for billions of people is drying up

Dan Samorodnitsky

September 22, 2019

There's a straight line from Trump's trade war with China to the destruction of the Amazon

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

1 peer comment

September 4, 2019

Wildfires in Canada are burning down forests of mushrooms

Olivia Box, University of Vermont

3 peer comments

August 18, 2019

Inside the political deadlock of establishing Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean

Seth Sykora-Bodie, Duke University

August 16, 2019

We need genetic engineering to stave off climate change-induced global hunger

Devang Mehta, University of Alberta

2 peer comments

August 13, 2019

Climate change is going to upset global food supplies and make Dust Bowl summers look tame

Dan Samorodnitsky

August 9, 2019

Teenage activists are leading the fight against climate change

August 5, 2019

The US-Mexico border is making life complicated for green sea turtles

How do you protect animals that move seamlessly between jurisdictions?

Tim Briggs, Northeastern University

1 peer comment

June 18, 2019

You're eating, drinking, and breathing microplastics. Now what?

Anna Robuck, University of Rhode Island

3 peer comments

June 14, 2019

There's no corner of the globe safe from microplastic pollution

Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

June 10, 2019

By 2100, the ocean will be a different color

Maddie Bender, Yale University

June 2, 2019

Climate change is almost too big a problem to study. The solution? Volcanoes.

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

1 peer comment

May 21, 2019