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Activists from Greenpeace stand next to a ship called the Arctic Sunrise. In the foreground, an activist stands with her back to us, and her shirt reads Stop Deep Sea Mining.

Norway hits the brakes on mining the Arctic Ocean — for now

The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and its dependence on the extraction of the ocean’s riches.

Gautama Mehta Oceans December 12, 2024

Illustration: A hydrogen storage facility, semi-truck with hydrogen fuel pump, truck transporting hydrogen, and electric towers on top of silhouettes of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. To the right of the states are offshore wind turbines and a cargo ship transporting tanks of hydrogen.

The Northeast is poised to become a ‘hydrogen hub’

But nobody knows quite what that means yet.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy July 18, 2022

Minneapolis calls for zero-emissions shipping

Minneapolis became the third U.S. city to endorse a carbon neutrality goal for shipping last week, joining the California cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Joseph Winters September 15, 2022

Shipping container vessels moored at Maersk APM Terminals Pacific at the Port of Los Angeles

Minneapolis is the latest US city to demand emissions-free shipping

The city, where Target is headquartered, is pressuring big brands to “abandon fossil-fueled ships.”

Joseph Winters Climate September 15, 2022

EU to regulate shipping emissions

European legislators have agreed to regulate emissions from the shipping industry as part of the European Union’s emission trading system, one of the world’s largest carbon markets.

Joseph Winters December 2, 2022

A rusting and decaying oil tanker called the FSO Safer is seen in the Red Sea with the sun shining brightly directly above it.

The race to defuse an oil ‘time bomb’ disaster threatening the Red Sea

A U.N. plan to avoid a spill four times larger than the Exxon Valdez is "only half a solution, but it’s better than nothing.”

Saqib Rahim International July 25, 2023

An illustration of a hand holding a copse of trees

As the climate changes, many species are teetering on extinction. How much should we intervene?

In ecosystems like Alaska’s boreal forest, preventing biodiversity loss is no longer possible. Scientists are beginning to grapple with what comes next.

Lois Parshley Science June 6, 2024