Environment
It’s huge, stinky, and brown. Record amounts of seaweed are baffling scientists.Caribbean beaches are being engulfed by tons of sargassum seaweed just as tourism season arrives. Scientists think warming waters and agricultural runoff may be contributing to the increasing amount of seaweed washing ashore each year.
The benefits of living with bears and letting nature take its courseProgress roundup: Antarctica’s newest research base lowers fossil fuel use, a medieval Italian village welcomes its bears, and more.
How Trump’s push to end California EV mandates may change rules of the roadPresident Trump says he’ll sign legislation revoking California’s ability to mandate its own shift toward electric vehicles. Here’s a look at what that could mean for the auto market in the state and beyond.
A Peruvian farmer took on a German energy giant. Who won?A decade-long legal battle between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant resulted in the court throwing out the case. Still, environmentalists hail it as an “unprecedented victory.”
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Will it be another record-breaking summer? Scientists say yes.Higher global temperatures have become the new normal. Following boosts from El Niño years, scientists say temperatures haven’t fallen back down after upward swings.
Marathons produce tons of plastic cup waste. One runner came up with a solution.Kristina Smithe wanted to clean up road races. So she came up with a solution: a reusable silicone cup that race organizers can rent to avoid the single-use throwaways. She says her company, Hiccup Earth, has kept 902,000 disposable cups out of landfills.
How to plant a city tree, and where timber beats steel for buildingsProgress roundup: Art world wakes up to South Asian talent, a Stockholm method of planting keeps trees happy, and clean energy tops fossil fuels in the U.S.
On chemicals and food, RFK Jr. runs up against powerful GOP constituenciesA report by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again Commission blamed environmental toxins for health problems but did not make recommendations.
For the few right whales left, technology and teamwork are showing promiseNorth Atlantic right whales are critically endangered. But cooperation from towns, businesses, fishers, and ecologists to use new technology could create conditions in which the whale population can stabilize.
How independence helps caregivers on the job and Indigenous people in ColombiaProgress roundup: Philippine island boosts incomes and mangrove forests, Colombia protects isolated tribes, and U.S. home care workers thrive in co-ops.
The right to be a society apart, in Ecuador and South AfricaProgress roundup: A startup gets closer to carbon dioxide emissions-free steel, Germany strategizes for pedestrians, and African penguins gain protections.
Forest conservation has an unlikely ally: FaithSacred forests have long been shielded from destruction by their communities. Recognition of that reality is growing in conservation circles.
Panama vs. US: Whoever runs the Panama Canal needs to find more waterThe Panama Canal is an engineering marvel. But a modern effort to save the critical waterway amid droughts could exact a high human toll.
More butterflies and birds: Vulnerable species make gainsProgress roundup: Monarchs doubled in population in Mexico; less drought helped. In South Sudan, a forgotten coffee variety offers climate resilience.
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25 years after infamous land grabs, Zimbabwe turns a page
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Trump promised to bring jobs to the Rust Belt. The Sun Belt may get them instead.
Eagle Pass, Texas, once boiled with border crossings. Now it’s quiet.
As China’s influence grows in the Americas, Trump hints at a Monroe Doctrine 2.0
