The Environment

Tens of millions of people are already under heat alerts, and the worst is yet to come

Think: subzero temperatures, bone-rattling storms and mysteries about the future of our planet under the ice.

When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders

High humidity and low overnight temperatures will put tens of millions of people under heat alerts over the course of the coming week

Hundreds of staffers at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Science Foundation have signed public letters to leadership opposing the direction in which the agencies are headed

Humid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the Midwest

This episode of Science Quickly goes on an archival adventure in Scientific American’s July 1925 issue.

Household energy expenses will rise, as will greenhouse gas emissions, as a result of the Trump administration's One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The Trump administration wants to reduce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget by $2.2 billion, eliminating research that might help advance AI weather models

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at scales no one fully understands

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon called true polar wander

Many states, including Texas, have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters