For centuries, human civilization has impacted the world without any understanding of the consequences. If anything is going to survive what's coming next, it'll have to adapt. How did we get here? What could happen? What needs to change?

Urbanization increases risk for knee osteoarthritis, even in young children

A study shows that rural children tend towards a healthier future for their joints compared to kids in cities

Matthew Bomkamp, University of Florida

November 29, 2021

An Arctic Elegy

November 28, 2021

To save the reefs, save the trees and the soil they grow in

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

November 22, 2021

To shop sustainably for clothing, stop shopping

Juliette Strasser, University of Texas

October 24, 2021

New device blends secrets of beetles and cacti to pull water from fog

Kristopher Benke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

September 23, 2021

Space futurism is stupid

Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

July 21, 2021

Titanium studded with silver and copper makes harvesting energy from the Sun more efficient

Ajay Peter Manuel, University of Alberta

July 18, 2021

A human-elephant conflict video game may bolster conservation efforts

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

June 30, 2021

The wealthy are hoarding livable homes as climate change makes land uninhabitable

June 23, 2021

Researchers find the molecules in burning trees that cause — and suppress — health problems

Not all trees are created equal

Kristopher Benke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

May 27, 2021

People exposed to Chernobyl's radiation don't pass mutations to their children

Gloria Marino, Johns Hopkins University

May 24, 2021

Living near a Superfund site shortens life expectancy for low-income residents

Sam Zlotnik, University of Florida

May 17, 2021

The Intersectional Environmentalist is the human voice of those most impacted by climate change

Allison Fritts-Penniman, Ecology

April 21, 2021

The Permian Basin is ground zero for a billion-dollar surge of zombie oil wells

Clayton Aldern, Grist

Christopher Collins, Texas Observer

Naveena Sadasivam, Grist

April 18, 2021

Your own yard could help reverse global insect declines

3 peer comments

March 21, 2021

Air quality monitors mounted on public transit see pollution other sensors miss

Krystal Vasquez, California Institute of Technology

March 19, 2021

Backyard data in six US states shows that native mason bees are declining

Hanusia Higgins, University of Vermont

1 peer comment

March 12, 2021

Reintroducing predators doesn't always rebalance ecosystems

Shi En Kim, University of Chicago

March 4, 2021

What’s happening in Texas is climate nihilism

The disastrous blackouts are the government admitting they don't care if some people die

Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

February 20, 2021

Plastic trash can now be recycled into ultra-strong graphene

Juliette Strasser, University of Texas

February 11, 2021

Elon Musk's climate change prize is empty and worthless

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

1 peer comment

January 31, 2021

Aerosols from urban emissions can, literally, make it rain

Krystal Vasquez, California Institute of Technology

January 21, 2021

Mountain lions switch up their sleep schedules to find prey in one of Patagonia's most extreme landscapes

Lauren Koenig, Michigan State University

2 peer comments

January 14, 2021

Chemicals called SVOCs, emitted from household objects, are altering children's microbiomes

Lila Westreich, University of Washington

2 peer comments

January 5, 2021

This is how climate change is reshaping the entire planet

Elisa Bonnin, University of Washington

3 peer comments

December 8, 2020

'Symbiosis/Dysbiosis' VR art installation will let you see, feel, hear the invisible

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

November 29, 2020

Most people don't really understand how climate change works

Laura Lyon, McGill University

November 25, 2020

Polar bear numbers are rising in a once too-frigid Arctic basin

Thick Arctic ice is melting into conditions better suited to life. But the region's warming is trending towards trouble

Julie Hollis, Government of Greenland

November 3, 2020

Brood parasites are quite picky about who they offload their kids on, depending on the climate

Sam Zlotnik, University of Florida

November 1, 2020

The oceans contain vast mineral resources. Can the deep sea be mined without catastrophic results?

Ashley Marranzino, University of Rhode Island

2 peer comments

October 27, 2020