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Man scrubbing his own back with a long-handled brush while sitting in Mediterranean Sea water.

Climate change is cooking Europe’s oceans, scientists find

Global warming is the main driver of this year’s marine heat waves, with knock-on effects for ecosystems and extreme weather.
Farmer squatting in harvested section of corn field and adjacent to unharvested corn stalks.

How to feed the world as temperatures rise

Inside futuristic labs, plants are scanned, stressed and analyzed. The aim is to use the results to produce plant strains that can better serve a growing population in a warming world.
Poultry farm with broiler breeder chickens. Blue-suited people walking through an indoor confinement area surrounded by intensely crowded white chickens.

North Carolina poultry industry grows as manure oversight lags, report finds

North Carolina’s poultry industry continues to add more birds to already highly concentrated barns, generating millions of tons of manure that is largely unregulated by the state, according to a new report. 
Marathon oil refinery, Los Angeles. Petroleum, chemicals and gasoline factory. American flag and smokestacks of industrial petrochemicals plant.

El Paso officials seek answers following emissions at Marathon refinery

Flaring earlier this month released carcinogenic compounds. Now elected officials are seeking answers from environmental regulators.
Low rows of plants in an agricultural field with trees on hills in the distance

Climate change is heating up Georgia, farmers find ways to adapt

What hotter summers mean for Georgia farms and the changes already underway, according to experts.
Aerial view of a lake with reddish rock formations in the center and perimeter of it

America’s second largest reservoir is at a record low, putting electricity supply at risk for millions

Lake Powell and Lake Mead are the nation’s largest reservoirs and provide water to approximately 35 to 40 million people.

Inside of a data center with black computers on either side of a pathway to walk through

Opinion: Meta hides data center info as it pushes more risks to Entergy’s customers

Meta’s Louisiana data center expansion could require seven additional gas plants as regulators examine transparency, infrastructure costs and risks to ratepayers.
A view of the German city of Dusseldorf with the Rhine River flowing alongside it

Rhine drought, heatwaves and deaths: Is it time for Germany to enshrine climate protection in law?

Germany’s coalition government is split over putting climate protection in the constitution.
A view of the German city of Dusseldorf with the Rhine River flowing alongside it

Rhine drought, heatwaves and deaths: Is it time for Germany to enshrine climate protection in law?

Germany’s coalition government is split over putting climate protection in the constitution.
Busy street in Dhaka Bangladesh with brick buildings and rickshaws in the street

Despite energy crisis, Bangladesh’s factories are slow to adopt solar power

Less than one-third or 31% of the garment factories in Bangladesh have adopted renewable energy technologies, including rooftop solar, despite the sector having significant potential.

An illustration of the top of a human head with the brain exposed showing a maze

The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

A new study finds two persistent mental shortcuts — not ignorance — are why people keep overrating recycling and underrating flying less.

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