Environment
Stalagmites Offer Clues to Maya Mystery
Chemical fingerprints point to reason for collapse
They Came for Climate Science. Then the Storms Came.
The administration’s cuts to climate research are destroying decades of science—and life-saving forecasts
Is Solving the Plastic Problem a Moral Issue?
The Dalai Lama, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Vatican weigh in
Can Humanity Stem the Plastic Tide?
Plastic pollution is costing the world $1.5 trillion a year in health-related losses
Orchids Thrive Among the Dead
Cemeteries are a gravely overlooked habitat for wild orchids in Europe
Paradise Lost
A dying glacier harbors mysterious species and ecosystems yet to be understood
From Whence Lightning
Researchers may have elucidated the long-mysterious chain of events that gives us bolts from the heavens
What Poseidon Is Telling Us
Weather is what humans experience over our short lives. Climate is a matter for the gods.
Stabbing Starfish to Save the Reefs
Coral decimating crown-of-thorns starfish are increasingly descending on reefs in the Pacific—so divers are fighting back
