Environment

A Meteorite the Size of Four Mount Everests Hit Earth — It Left This Strange Aftermath

A New Book Argues We’re All Asking The Wrong Question About Animal Communication

Fish Farmers Struggle To Recreate Wild Environments — With Surprising Consequences

This Ancient Water System in the Southwest Is Surprisingly Ingenious — But Can It Last?

What Is The Origin Of Life On Earth? Rain’s Crucial Role Offers A Big Hint

Atmospheric Rivers are Shifting Across The Globe — And We’re Only Starting To Understand The Impact

70 Years Later, Godzilla Continues To Give A Clear And Urgent Warning To Humanity

Is This Sustainable, Entirely Wood Skyscraper the Future of Cities?

Trees Have A Microbiome, Too — And Its Just As Crucial

A Retired Cold War Spy Plane Discovered Something Really Weird About Thunderstorms

This Innovative Technology Is Reinventing How We Can Study the Solar System

A Hummingbird’s All-Sugar Diet Would Give Anyone Diabetes — Scientists Finally Know Their Secrets

Ancient DNA Brought the World’s Most Threatened Cat Species Back From the Brink of Extinction

20 Years Ago, Two Physicists Made A Groundbreaking Discovery That Changed Technology Forever

Shells of Ancient Ice Age Marine Life Suggest A Common Weather Phenomenon Is About to Get Much Worse

A Class of Materials Called Photocatalysts Can Break Down Common Toxic Pollutants, Research Shows

Volcano Were Blamed for the Greatest of Earth’s ‘Big Five’ Mass Extinctions — Scientists Might Have Been Wrong

A Rose Without Thorns? How Gene Editing Is Giving Plants A Glow-Up

License To Krill: There’s A New Threat To Whales And Its Just as Bad as the Last One

Last Year A 600-Foot Mega-Tsunami Hit Greenland — And Researchers Had No Idea It Happened

This Iconic Feature in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Contains A Strange Physics Phenomenon

50 Amazon Finds That Will Transform Your Home Into a Cozy, Minimalist Scandinavian Paradise

50 Amazon Finds That Will Make Your Daily Commute Remarkably Comfortable

55 Amazon Must-Haves for the Ultimate Outdoor Dining Experience

Ancient Viruses Contain Hidden Secrets About Our Climate’s Past — Here’s What They Reveal

Two Upcoming Climate Phenomena Could Radically Shift the North Atlantic Ocean’s Hot Temperature

Inside the Controversial Effort To Move This Forgotten, Mysterious Creature From It’s Native Home

60 Amazon Products Under $40 for Creating a Beautiful Garden

50 Amazon Finds Under $50 for an Organized and Stylish Bathroom

55 Genius Amazon Backyard Finds That Are So Clever It Hurts

This Piece of Coral In Fiji Is 600 Years Old — What It Reveals About Our Climate’s Future Is Nerve-Wracking

Ancient Civilizations Used These Simple Measures to Cool Cities Down — Why Can’t We Do the Same?

This Victorian-Era Technology Is Still Astonishingly Accurate At Capturing Weather

50 Amazon Products That Will Spruce Up Your Backyard

A Meteorologist Reveals 3 Ancient Urban Legends About Where Tornadoes Strike

This Is What Happens To Trees When They Take In Excess CO2

These Are the Hidden Clues Experts Use To Predict Hurricanes With Satellites

This Overlooked Measurement Is Essential To Predicting Heat Risk

Why Iceland’s Recent Volcanic Eruptions May Just Be The Beginning

Scientists Drilled Into An Underwater Mountain In the Atlantic’s ‘Lost City’ To Obtain A Massive Core Sample

Wildfires Can Change The Weather In Strange And Sometimes Dangerous Ways

The Hottest Ocean Temperatures In 400 Years Are Putting The Great Barrier Reef in Extreme Peril

Greenland’s Ice Sheet is Both Younger And Less Stable Than Scientists Thought

The Physic Behind The Waves Teahupo'o Is Olympic-Worthy

An Underwater Drone Helped Scientists Explore the Final Glacial Frontier

These Adorable Sea Creatures Play A Key Role In Tracking Climate Change

Paris Olympic Athletes Will Have To Compete In the Middle of A Massive Heat Wave In Europe

Why We Find Extreme Weather So Fascinating — And How That Can Be Used for Good

The Great Salt Lake Emitted More Than 4 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gasses In 1 Year

Scientists Literally Cooked Like Neanderthals To Uncover A Lost Secret About Their Ancient Diets