Niku Argane’s farm sits on a steep hillside in central Ethiopia’s semi-mountainous Gurage Zone, where years of flooding have carved deep gullies through the land....

Marsala on island’s west coast badly affected after powerful storm approached from MediterraneanTwo tornadoes have struck the coastal town of Marsala in western Sicily, injuring...

Department of Agriculture will expand effort to describe genetics of seed banks

One of Europe’s biggest aquaculture industries is linked to overfishing, pollution, food insecurity and labor abuses.By Johnny Sturgeon, Ian UrbinaThis story is part of an...

In Whitted, testing has confirmed the water is contaminated with arsenic and PFAS/PFOS. An effort to connect the residents to the local water system has...

The incumbent senator, once endorsed by the League of Conservation Voters, is facing strong headwinds due in part to her fealty to the Trump administration.Interview...

The ‘ungraceful exit’ of Chronicle Heritage leaves many researchers fearful for the future

Department will also initiate new fellowship program to shorten path to Ph.D.

Teams led by physicist used ‘BootLoops’ software to produce 36 papers in weeks on everything from linguistics to health policy

Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfersThe climate crisis is coming for some of the...

Residents of a small San Francisco Bay Area town plagued by refinery accidents came to a community meeting to call for stronger enforcement and transparency...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02773-zThe authors developed simulations to examine the role of topographic variation in mediating species response to climate...

A Bureau of Land Management decision will accelerate permitting in the nation’s largest single tract of public land, home to a fragile, rapidly warming wilderness.By...

The spill just north of Detroit, similar to a jet fuel leak last year in Pennsylvania, comes as Republicans face political peril in Michigan.By Marianne...

WASHINGTON (October 9, 2026) — Members of the U.S. House of Representatives today introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the $5 billion Clean School Bus Program...

The commission issued a rare ‘report of investigation’ into the largest asset managers and state pension funds, part of a broader campaign to curb investor...

As COP31 and COP32 approach, a Climate Week panel brought together climate leaders to discuss how the world can turn Paris promises into action.

Researchers have recorded a new species of giant waterlily after first spotting the plant in an Instagram photo. Read more on E360

Fish farming in Xinjiang is sold as proof that technology can overcome geography. The reality is a desert seafood boom built on political control and...

‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in FijiWealthy countries should spend far more on dealing with the...

Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threatThe most basic function of government...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 40, October 2026. SignificanceSuccessful cochlear implant (CI) use requires more than hearing sounds; it also...

Abstract The Arctic summer marginal ice zone (MIZ) represents a growing fraction of total sea ice extent (SIE), yet its predictive performance for September Arctic...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 40, October 2026. SignificanceUrban densification supports compact and sustainable growth, but its hidden sunlight-access consequences...