Environment
This Paradoxical Desert Landscape Is Filled with Fresh Water
Dunes and lakes as far as the eye can see
A “Hellish Cloud” Descended on Los Angeles in 1943
It marked the city's first smog incident. Here’s what it looked like—back then and over the years that followed.
It Was a Record-Breaking Year for Dust Storms
The worst since the Dust Bowl in some places
A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa
Scientists in the 1960s thought the ecosystem was lifeless
What Satellite Photos of Penguin Poop Tell Us About Earth’s Health
Climate change is painting with an Adélie penguin palette on Antarctic ice floes
Radar Map Shows Wildfires in Canada Blanketing the US with Smoke
More than 800 wildfires are currently active
How Eating Healthier Could Reshape Agriculture
A Western diet is bad for us and bad for the planet
NASA Satellite Map Shows Stifling Heat Dome Squatting Over the United States
And now it’s come for the East Coast
Can We Geoengineer Our Way Out of a Super El Niño?
A natural experiment in sun-scorched Australia points the way
Can We Air-Condition Our Way Out of Climate Change?
No. But in the midst of intense heat waves it may be necessary to save lives.
