Climate

Climate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to “back up” life-forms?

The shift toward renewables is officially in high gear.

Carbon dioxide’s powerful heat-trapping effect has been traced to a quirk of its quantum structure. The finding may explain climate change better than any computer model.

Keen to try the latest wellness trend, I dipped out of my comfort zone. These are my favorite cold-water plunge pools for any budget.

How to pack a go bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.

While the exact cause of the deadly sinking of the Bayesian superyacht remains unknown, dangerous waterspouts were spotted in the area. Scientists say they may become far more common.

When seawater gets cold, it gets viscous. This fact could explain how single-celled ocean creatures became multicellular when the planet was frozen during “Snowball Earth,” according to experiments.

Sabotage. Property destruction. For Léna Lazare and her cohort, radicalized by years of inaction on the environmental crisis, these aren’t dirty words. They’re acts of joy.

Smoke from fires is linked to thousands of premature deaths every year, and is a growing health threat as widespread blazes becomes more common.

In a gold-trimmed command center on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, scientists are seeking to wring moisture from desert skies. But will all their extravagant cloud-seeding tech—planes that sprinkle nanomaterials, lasers that scramble the atmosphere—really work at scale?

Small improvements to the roof, siding, windows, and vents of your house can make a big difference when threatened by the risk of flames.