Environment

Meteorologists predicted a busy Atlantic hurricane season—and a recent lull in activity doesn’t negate that

Summer has been brutally hot in the Southwest, toppling records set just last year, and the heat isn’t over yet

Reductions to American research at the South Pole could affect the politics of the southernmost continent

From glacial ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 viral species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change

A heat wave is sending temperatures soaring in the Midwest, and “corn sweat” is pushing humidity sky-high

Antarctica’s riskiest glacier is a disaster in slow motion. But in a rare bit of good news, the worst-case scenario for its collapse may be off the table

New research suggests that remote Antarctica is more vulnerable to trash and invasive species washing up from longer distances than previously thought

The U.S.’s first plastic pollution plan features better measuring standards, more responsibility for producers and an end to single-use products

Polymetallic blobs are producing “dark oxygen” from the depths of the ocean—and no one knows exactly how.

A dishonest creationist debating tactic shouldn’t go unchallenged in American life. Or in national politics

Tanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gases

A new Greenland map suggests how geology might shift and twist below the ice