One of the World’s Tallest, Oldest Trees Is Ablaze in Oregon
The Doerner Fir, one of the world’s tallest coastal Douglas-fir trees, has stood within the remote forest of the Oregon Coast Range mountains for at least 450 years. On Saturday,…
Trump’s Stance on Science Is Starting to Look Uncomfortably Soviet
In the fall of 1925, agronomist Trofim Lysenko arrived on the dusty plains of what is now Azerbaijan, hoping to keep cows from starving to death over the winter. The…
How Hurricane Erin Made History Without Even Making Landfall
The Atlantic’s first hurricane of 2025 wasted no time making history. Hurricane Erin will be remembered as one of the fastest-strengthening Atlantic hurricanes on record, with perhaps the fastest intensification…
Millions at Extreme Risk as Wet-Bulb Heat Smothers the U.S. This Weekend
Summer may be winding down, but oppressive heat and humidity will smother much of the Eastern U.S. this weekend. By Sunday, August 17, 38 million Americans will face “major” risk…
Monarch Butterflies Are Losing Their Navigational Abilities. You Can Guess Why
Each fall, millions of eastern North American monarch butterflies migrate up to 3,000 miles south to the mountains of central Mexico, then return to their northern range in the spring.…
NASA Aircraft Set to Perform Wild Low-Altitude Stunts Around These U.S. Cities
NASA is getting ready to fly two planes over mid-Atlantic states and parts of California, where they will be carrying out special maneuvers at a close distance while collecting valuable…
Why Some AI Models Spew 50 Times More Greenhouse Gas to Answer the Same Question
Like it or not, large language models have quickly become embedded into our lives. And due to their intense energy and water needs, they might also be causing us to…
These U.S. Cities May Depopulate by 2100, Researchers Say
Many places in the Midwest and northern United States could shrink drastically by the turn of the century, according to a new study based on five climate scenarios. By the…
Why ‘Climate Havens’ Could Be Closer to Home Than You’d Think
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger Games Off English Moving is never easy —…
Study Reveals Shrinking Timeframe to Contain Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees
Our global carbon budget to avoid permanently reaching 1.5 degrees of warming is smaller than we previously thought, new research says. A study published this week in the journal Nature…