Environment

From microbes to mammoths, life has transformed Earth into one big living system, says Ferris Jabr, author of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life

Each year in the U.S. lightning strikes 37 million times and kills 21 people on average. Here’s how to stay safe during lightning storms

Scientists recently discovered giant viruses infecting algal blooms that dot the Greenland ice sheet

Education and enforcement can only go so far in reducing crashes when badly designed roads are filled with large cars

A botched geoengineering experiment to limit the amount of sunlight hitting Earth hasn’t dimmed donors’ enthusiasm for funding the research

Melting glaciers are creating a green energy windfall in Iceland—but for how long?

A container port the Indian government plans for this remote island threatens unique Indigenous cultures and biodiversity

To unravel the effects of melting sea ice, researchers drill the frozen waters around Antarctica and receive a surprise visit from a group of penguins.

How does astronomical summer differ from meteorological summer? And how is climate change affecting how long summer lasts?

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union explains how climate change became a pillar of the union’s contract demands

Places beset by heat waves should receive FEMA disaster funds just as those hit by hurricanes or flooding do, labor unions, green groups and public health advocates argue in a new petition

The face of summer is transforming, as people today face more frequent, longer-lasting and hotter heat waves than they did several decades ago