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That chocolate cake won’t last forever, but the chemicals in it might

The FDA found disturbingly high levels of PFAS in common foods including (sob) chocolate cake

Paola Rosa-Aquino Food June 12, 2019

Gulf shrimpers fight for their livelihoods in a fertilizer-fueled dead zone

Farm pollutants from multiple states feed a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Shrimpers pay the cost.

Spike Johnson Politics January 28, 2020

Renewable energy outpaced coal in April for the first time ever

Renewable energy had a little spring in its step this year.

Leta Dickinson Uncategorized May 2, 2019

These scientists found 2,500 years of economic history frozen in ice

Scientists and historians are looking to remote glaciers for insights into events like the Black Plague and Great Depression.

Miyo McGinn Science July 15, 2019

Biodiversity crisis is about to put humanity at risk, U.N. scientists to warn

“All of our ecosystems are in trouble. This is the most comprehensive report on the state of the environment. It irrefutably confirms that nature is in steep decline.”

Jonathan Watts Uncategorized May 3, 2019

Flying microplastics? Researchers find plastics on remote French mountaintop

A new study in the French Pyrenees has discovered microplastic rain that could be coming from up to 100 miles away.

Leta Dickinson Uncategorized April 15, 2019

Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate change movie is hopeful. Too hopeful?

“Ice on Fire” focuses on solutions but glosses over the challenges of achieving a sustainable future.

Miyo McGinn Uncategorized June 14, 2019

These self-cooled buildings were inspired by termites and frogs

Architects, looking for ways to keep buildings cool amid rising temperatures, find that nature has some surprising tricks.

Jane C. Hu Fix September 5, 2019

Record-breaking flooding in Nebraska is visible from space

A hurricane-strength storm system unleashed torrential rainfall over the deep Nebraska snowpack.

Eric Holthaus Climate & Energy March 18, 2019

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