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Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries
Ford, a century after it launched the modern automotive era, has given up on its early ambitions to charge into the electrified future. The company announced that...
The plants that thrive in salt: could halophytes help save coastal farming?
As rising seas salinise the soils of the Venice lagoon, scientists and chefs are turning to long-forgotten wild herbsOn the scrubby banks of the rural...
The ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Brewing in Pennsylvania’s Waterways
Pennsylvania is still cleaning up decades’ worth of coal mining pollution. Now it must also contend with millions of tons of fracking waste, some of...
Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?
“Debt-for-nature” swaps are helping some lower-income countries increase conservation. The world’s largest nation-state creditor has the leverage for deals—if it chooses to use it.By Katie...
A Messy Trail of Toxic Oil and Gas Waste
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins and reporter Kiley Bense as they discuss how Pennsylvania is failing to track toxic oil...
Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples
Old military air samples turned out to be a treasure trove of biological DNA, allowing scientists to track moss spores over 35 years. The results...
‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse
The Golden State’s clean energy use hit new highs in 2025. As the Trump administration abandons US climate initiatives, can California fill the void?As officials...
What a crumbling power grid means for disabled Americans
During the power outage following the winter storms of 2021 — known in Texas as Winter Storm Uri — Rita, an Indigenous woman who lives with...
Revisiting the Relationship Between Changes in Global‐Mean Surface Air Temperature and Sea Surface Temperature at the Last Glacial Maximum
Abstract The relationship between changes in surface air temperature and sea surface temperature is important for understanding past and future climate change. In this study,...
Global Survey of Whistler Mode Waves in the Earth's Magnetosheath Using THEMIS Observations
Abstract While it is known that whistler mode emissions are frequently detected in Earth’s magnetosheath, their properties and dependence on solar wind conditions are not...
Skillful Prediction of the Summer North Atlantic Oscillation: Opportunities From Circumglobal Waveguide Dynamics
Abstract The Summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO) is the dominant climate pattern that affects heatwaves and droughts across Europe and downstream over Asia. However, its...
Ocean Outgassing of Methyl Chloroform as an Underestimated Source of Emission
Abstract Methyl chloroform (MCF) is an ozone‐depleting substance used as an industrial solvent. Its primary sink is oxidation by the hydroxyl radical (OH), making it...
Recent Strengthening of the Western Pacific Hadley Circulation Driven by Tropical Inter‐Basin Sea Surface Temperature Gradients
Abstract The Western Pacific Hadley Circulation (WPHC), the strongest regional Hadley circulation (HC), plays a crucial role in regional and global climate variability. Observations since...
Solar Energetic Particle Events During May 2024 Geomagnetic Superstorm
Abstract Three solar energetic particle (SEP) events originating from solar active region 13664 occurred on 10–16 May 2024, coinciding with a geomagnetic superstorm. Using data...
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerableHow climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril...
Twenty Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste
Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.By...
In Murphy’s Final Weeks, NJ Climate Advocates Race to Lock in 100 Percent Clean Power
A bill would harden the state’s 2035 clean-electricity goal into statute, tighten pollution rules for power plants and confront rising demand from data centers.By Rambo...
How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species
The Trump administration is working to systemically unravel protections for endangered species. Environmental groups are pushing back. By Kiley PriceA polar bear stood outside the...
Was 2025 the year that business retreated from net zero?
From retailers to banks, carmakers to councils, the bold pledges for carbon-neutral economies are being watered down or scrappedAlmost a year since Donald Trump returned...
Carbonic Fluids Drive Continental Carbon Cycling as Revealed by the Geochemistry of the Eclogite‐Garnet Peridotite Interface
Abstract Subduction zones regulate Earth’s carbon distribution, yet the mechanism of carbon transfer from continental crust to mantle remains elusive. We examined an eclogite‐garnet peridotite...
The Global Propagation of Hiss Waves Originating From Dynamic Plasmaspheric Plume
Abstract Hiss waves play a critical role in shaping Earth’s radiation belts and mediating magnetosphere‐ionosphere energy transfer. Intense hiss emissions are frequently generated within dynamic...
Separating Multi‐Decadal and Interannual Dynamics in the North Pacific‐Stratospheric Polar Vortex Relationship and Their Teleconnection to the North Atlantic
Abstract This study reveals distinct co‐variability between the North Pacific and the North Atlantic‐European (NAE) region at multi‐decadal and interannual timescales using reanalysis data. On...
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