Citing the state’s environmental rights amendment, a new petition contends the government has an obligation to fight climate change.By Kiley BenseNearly 25 years ago, environmental...

Groundwater (GW) is the primary freshwater resource in many of the world’s drylands, sustaining millions of people and supporting agriculture and ecosystems where surface water...

With the rapid expansion of global agriculture, phosphorus pollution from nonpoint sources has emerged as a major constraint to water quality improvement. Among the methods...

The persistence of multi-year La Niña events (MLa Niñas) drives catastrophic climate anomalies worldwide, yet their initiation and maintenance mechanisms remain poorly understood. The conventional...

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week Secrets and layoffs UNLAWFUL PANEL: A federal...

Coastal and deltaic regions are highly vulnerable to hydrometeorological hazards such as storms, flooding, and extreme temperatures—risks that are intensifying under climate change. While hard...

A global coordination and continuous synthesis of interoperable data related to biogeochemical Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) is critically needed to enhance the creation of information...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 5, February 2026. SignificanceBacteria are traditionally believed to contribute only to struvite kidney stone formation....

Deforestation remains one of the most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Tropical regions are particularly critical to climate mitigation due to their high...

Selective logging is a major driver of tropical forest degradation and is estimated to span over 400 million hectares of tropical forest. Despite widely available...

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 06 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02548-yDespite the growing literature and widespread interest in transformational adaptation, its definition remains contested. The results of...

Nearly a year after the Environmental Defense Fund lost contact with an $88 million satellite, data from the spacecraft reveal higher-than-expected methane emissions from the...

Legislation would create a set of statewide development standards as guidance for localities that have become resistant to solar.By Charles PaullinRICHMOND, Va.—The Virginia House passed...

The state took a first small step toward requiring that dairies and livestock operations reduce their emissions of the climate super pollutant.By Blanca BegertAfter years...

Kathleen Watts’ flowers bloom much brighter now that the wind no longer blows black. Pulling weeds in the garden outside her redbrick house, she recalled...

For more than a decade, the clean energy economy has been on a steep growth trajectory. Companies have poured billions of dollars into battery manufacturing,...

Picture the bucolic little town of a fairy tale. At its core stand medieval buildings, a square where folks hawk their goods, and perhaps a...

As federal agencies manage millions of acres of land critical to climate adaptation, wildlife, and water supplies, a new government report finds that they are...

A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever chemical” worldwide. The pollutant, called...

With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact...

Abstract Central American agriculture and ecosystems are acutely sensitive to rainfall that spans the spring‐summer growing window, yet most studies still evaluate each season in...

Driven by advances in cloud computing, cryptocurrency, and artificial intelligence, the rapid proliferation of data centers may pose severe human and planetary health risks. This...