The Year Climate Change Came for the Tour de France
Record heat, wildfire threats, and an unprecedented stage modification highlighted the growing challenge global warming poses to endurance sports.
Environment
admin Trump’s Push to Build Data Centers for the US Military
Claims about national security are running into widespread backlash.
Oceans Are Absorbing Huge Amounts of Heat—and Sending Some of It Ashore
Warming seas are fueling extreme weather and heat waves on land.
What Do We Really Know About the Microplastics Building Up Inside Us?
Scientist Cassandra Rauert, who built a plastics-free lab to study human exposure, on the challenges for researchers—and everyone else.
“Huge Wave” of Carbon Storage Projects Sets off Alarms in Rural Indiana
Oil firms are cashing in on federal subsidies, despite environmental and health concerns.
Dam Removals Helped Bring About a Stunning Comeback for Maine’s Alewives
That, plus decades of infrastructure upgrades, have revived a keystone fish species.
What Author and Poet Victoria Chang Learned From Trees
In her new poetry collection, Tree of Knowledge, mortality, home, and history are connected at the root
America’s 250th Birthday Will Be a Scorcher Not All Will Survive
Hours outdoors, day drinking, and World Cup matches raise the risk of heat-related illness and death.
On the Longest Day of the Year, Ocean Surface Temperatures Hit a Record High
Scientists warn of consequences for weather patterns, global climate, and marine life.
I’d Seen It From The Ground, But Wait Until You See It From The Sky
A birds-eye view of California’s Roundup sprayed timberland.