Environment

Where natural disasters are getting more deadly.

Five new places scientists have uncovered plastics.

Health experts are working out the right dose for you.

A poet invited people to share their climate fears. What she found surprised her.

Hold the vacuum cleaner! There’s evidence in those motes.

Popular removal methods might do more harm than good.

How scientists harnessed disaster to chart a path for climate resilience.

Aggressive algae have been spreading unnoticed across reefs throughout the tropics for decades.

More than 90 percent of coastal wetlands have been altered or destroyed. What’s next?

Violent gangsterism and illegal operations dominate sand mining in the global south.

How warming oceans could deplete nutrition for millions in the tropics.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t all garbage. It’s also an ecosystem.