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A new study warns that millions of people around the world who are 69 years or older will be at risk of dying in heat waves by 2050. -
New findings about sublimation explain how snow is lost to evaporation before it can melt. The data can help form better predictions about water supplies from the Colorado River. -
Researchers learn to add bacterial spores to the production of a common plastic so bacteria can consume it after it is landfilled or composted. -
There's a good chance your zone shifted when the USDA updated its plant hardiness map in 2023. Zoom in on what that means for your garden. -
The debris from Lahaina's fire contains toxic chemicals and sits right next to a coral reef. So the community is collaborating with scientists to track water quality. -
California utilities will shift billing to a fixed fee starting in 2025. -
NPR listeners wrote to ask whether the environmental harm from building EVs "cancels out" the cars' climate benefits. Experts say the answer is clear. -
El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it's waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books. -
California energy regulators will decide on a proposal Thursday that would restructure how utility companies bill for electricity. -
The White House wants a twenty-fold increase in geothermal energy production to fight climate change and it's counting on the oil and gas industry for help.
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