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El Nino Temperature Map

A ‘Super El Niño’ Could Be Coming—Here’s What That Means for You

Climate models suggest this year could bring one of the strongest El Niño events on record, driving more extreme weather and smashing global temperature records.

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Mar 12

Proxima Fusion Alpha Stellaris

The Race to Build the World’s First Commercial Fusion Plant Is Heating Up

Energy Gayoung Lee Mar 2

Lightning Strikes Danperry Lightning In A Box Top

‘Lightning-in-a-Box’ Concept Could Shrink a Thunderstorm to the Size of Your Thumb

Earth Science Gayoung Lee Mar 9

Aikido Turbine

This Startup Wants to Tuck Data Centers Beneath Offshore Wind Turbines

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Mar 4

Roman Balaz Last Look WNPA

Come Face to Face With the Best Nature Photography of the Year

Conservation Gayoung Lee Feb 25

Latest on Earther

Daily Low Forecast April 18

Another Spring Heatwave Brings a Taste of Summer. Don’t Get Used to it

Bidahochi Formation Outcrop Nps

Geologists Uncover a Hidden Path That the Colorado River Hasn’t Taken in 5.6 Million Years

Rough sea on the rocky Atlantic coast of northern Portugal

A Critical Ocean Current System May Be Unraveling Faster Than We Thought

A swarm of mosquitoes with mountains in the background

Iceland Just Got Its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren’t Ready for What Comes Next

Snow In The Sierra Nevada

The West Finally Got Some Snow, but It’s Too Little, Too Late

Two offshore wind turbines

US Renewable Power Generation Beats Natural Gas for the First Time, Defying Trump

Plasma In A Tube Methane Methanol Catalysis Northwestern

Scientists Are Using Lightning in a Bottle to Turn Methane Into Methanol

Severe Weather Path Nws Spc

Tens of Millions From Texas to Maine in the Path of Severe Storms and Possible Tornadoes

A satellite image of Hurricane Milton

Some Good News About the Upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season

Emperor Penguin Baby Chicks

As Mass Drownings Add Up, Emperor Penguins Officially Join the Endangered List

Yellowstone

Yellowstone’s Dreaded Supervolcano Has an Unexpected Power Source, Study Says

smoke billowing over Los Angeles from wildfire

New Maps Show Just How Much of the West Could Go Up in Flames This Summer

Go Bgc Float Deployment

Tiny Robots Reveal Hidden Ocean Chemistry in Low-Oxygen Waters

Plastic,waste,in,lake.,ocean,pollution,,marine,debris.,marine,litter.

Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful

A big data center next to a row of single family homes in Northern Virginia

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds

Screenshot

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

Starbucks plastic cup.

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

Microreactors Giz Asks Top

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Two offshore wind turbines

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Cloud to ground lightning strikes during a supercell thunderstorm, May 9, 2017 in Lamb County, Texas

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

Climate Change

Emperor Penguin Baby Chicks

As Mass Drownings Add Up, Emperor Penguins Officially Join the Endangered List

Other affected species include the Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals.

Climate Change Gayoung Lee Apr 9

Screenshot

China Is Trying to Grow New Forests in This Notorious Mega-Desert. It’s Working

Climate Change Matthew Phelan Apr 2

A wildfire rages in Portugal as a man watches on

The US Has Already Caused $10 Trillion in Climate Damages—and the Math Gets Worse

Climate Change Ece Yildirim Mar 25

Oklahomahouse

Your Home Could Soon Be Uninsurable If You’re in One of These States

Climate Change Jake Bittle, Emily Jones, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Vivian La, Anila Yoganathan, Katie Myers, & Clayton Aldern, Grist Mar 23

Satellite data showing a large methane leak in Stanton, Texas

Satellite Images Reveal Mega-Leaks of Potent Greenhouse Gas

Climate Change Ellyn Lapointe Mar 18

Conservation

A swarm of mosquitoes with mountains in the background

Iceland Just Got Its First Mosquitoes. Scientists Aren’t Ready for What Comes Next

As the Arctic's climate and ecology rapidly change, two researchers are calling for a paradigm shift in insect monitoring.

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Apr 16

Starbucks plastic cup.

What the New Starbucks ‘Widely Recyclable’ Label Really Means

Conservation Joseph Winters, Grist Apr 2

A giraffe eats grass inside Murchison Falls National Park

The War on Poaching Has Gone Full Tech Dystopia—and It May Not Be Working

Conservation Sam Schramski, Benon Oluka, and Tulani Ngwenya Feb 28

Roman Balaz Last Look WNPA

Come Face to Face With the Best Nature Photography of the Year

Conservation Gayoung Lee Feb 25

South Shetland Islands

Sharks Have Officially Reached Antarctica, and Scientists Are Shook

Conservation Ellyn Lapointe Feb 18

Earth Science

Daily Low Forecast April 18

Another Spring Heatwave Brings a Taste of Summer. Don’t Get Used to it

Much of the U.S. is in for some whiplash weather as record-breaking warmth rapidly transitions to wintry conditions.

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Apr 17

Bidahochi Formation Outcrop Nps

Geologists Uncover a Hidden Path That the Colorado River Hasn’t Taken in 5.6 Million Years

Earth Science Matthew Phelan Apr 17

Rough sea on the rocky Atlantic coast of northern Portugal

A Critical Ocean Current System May Be Unraveling Faster Than We Thought

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Apr 16

Snow In The Sierra Nevada

The West Finally Got Some Snow, but It’s Too Little, Too Late

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Apr 15

Severe Weather Path Nws Spc

Tens of Millions From Texas to Maine in the Path of Severe Storms and Possible Tornadoes

Earth Science Ellyn Lapointe Apr 14

Energy

Two offshore wind turbines

US Renewable Power Generation Beats Natural Gas for the First Time, Defying Trump

Renewable energy is gaining ground in the U.S. power mix.

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Apr 15

Plasma In A Tube Methane Methanol Catalysis Northwestern

Scientists Are Using Lightning in a Bottle to Turn Methane Into Methanol

Energy Gayoung Lee Apr 15

Plastic,waste,in,lake.,ocean,pollution,,marine,debris.,marine,litter.

Researchers Turned Acid From Car Batteries Into Something Surprisingly Useful

Energy Gayoung Lee Apr 7

Microreactors Giz Asks Top

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Energy Gayoung Lee Mar 28

Two offshore wind turbines

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Energy Ellyn Lapointe Mar 27

Environmental Justice

A big data center next to a row of single family homes in Northern Virginia

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds

Heat islands can worsen air pollution and increase heat-related deaths.

Environmental Justice Ece Yildirim Apr 3

inside a data center

An AI Data Center Is Coming for Your Backyard. Here’s What That Means for You

Environmental Justice Ellyn Lapointe Oct 29

inside a data center

Environmentalists Warn About AI Data Centers and ‘Forever Chemicals’: ‘This Issue Has been Dangerously Understudied’

Environmental Justice Ellyn Lapointe Oct 7

7 July Hurricane Helene

Trump’s Hurricane Helene Fund Raised Millions. Good Luck Finding the Receipts

Environmental Justice Katie Myers, Grist Sep 24

Los Angeles Palisades Fire

Illegal Price-Gouging Runs Rampant After Disasters. The LA Fires Proved It

Environmental Justice Jake Bittle, Grist Aug 13

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