Danger Season 2025: Pain Deferred for President Trump but Not Communities as Resources Shrink
President Trump dodges answering for gutting NOAA, FEMA after 4 hurricanes sidestepped US this Danger Season
What’s Next After Louisiana’s Gas Plant Approval for Meta Data Center
Just one of these data centers can consume multiple cities’ worth of power, leading to rocketing demand for new energy sources that can increase electricity bills for everyday ratepayers in often opaque ways.
How Recycling Is Done Matters—Lessons Learned from the Lead-Acid Battery
A closed-loop economy is not a success story unless the recycling process minimizes harm
Audubon Florida’s Everglades Science Center Begins Annual Roseate Spoonbill Monitoring Efforts
The Everglades Science Center (ESC) has a busy season ahead as staff prepare to monitor nesting Roseate Spoonbills across Florida Bay. This season, the team is led by Wading Bird Research...
What are small modular reactors, a new type of nuclear power plant sought to feed AI’s energy demand?
Rising electricity demand has researchers exploring a wide range of methods to generate more power, including a type of nuclear reactor that’s smaller than traditional nuclear plants.
Limiting Professional Education Loans Is an Attack on Women, Science, and Healthcare
Why is the Trump administration redefining "professional" degrees, and whom will this affect?
Make America Polluted Again: Trump’s Deregulatory Blitz Will Harm Americans
The Trump administration is ignoring the people in favor of special interests. Here's what's at stake, and how to fight back.
Winter storms blanket the East, while the US West is wondering: Where’s the snow?
Here’s what snow forecasters are watching, and why skiers and other snow lovers shouldn’t lose hope.
Owl Pellets Are More Than Just a Classroom Hit—They’re Also a Thriving Industry
Three or four times a year, Chris Anderson takes off on a multi-day road trip around the Western United States. He drives from sunup to sundown to scour farms, vineyards, and forests for the tiny...
Buying Barf: How Owl Pellets Became a Classroom Hit and Thriving Industry
Three or four times a year, Chris Anderson takes off on a multi-day road trip around the Western United States. He drives from sunup to sundown to scour farms, vineyards, and forests for the tiny...
From Audubon’s Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries to Bermuda: A Yellow-crowned Night Heron Success Story
Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory located in the Atlantic Ocean about 1,000 miles northeast of Florida, is well known for its clear blue waters and pink sandy beaches. At least 25 bird species...
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works
To reduce emissions put into the atmosphere, Google is using carbon capture and sequestration. But not all CCS projects are the same.