Environment

Tech

Explainer: What is fracking?

Energy companies have found new use for hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from shale rock.

Environment

Home, plastic home

Some ocean life is moving into floating piles of plastic trash.

Environment

Pee is for power

The water in urine can be a source of hydrogen for electrical generators.

Environment

Fungi as carbon keepers

A common type of fungus stores most of a forest floor’s carbon underground.

Environment

Bad for breathing

New study connects pollution to several common diseases that affect the lungs and airways.

Ecosystems

Predators as climate helpers

In lakes and streams, fish and insects can help protect aquatic plants that gobble up greenhouse gas.

Environment

Trees on the edge

Serious drought is a threat to most trees, worldwide survey finds.

Environment

Exhaled air: A problem in buildings?

New studies suggest carbon dioxide that accumulates in classrooms could limit how well the brain processes information, lead to more student absences.

Animals

Python-palooza!

Monster-sized Burmese python bearing record-number of eggs retrieved in the Florida Everglades.

Environment

Cool Jobs: Planet protectors

Scientists develop new technologies that will make future cities more sustainable.

Environment

Water’s worldwide travels

Scientists track the movement of ‘virtual water,’ used in the production of goods and exchanged among nations.

Environment

Suffocating waters

Coastal animals around the world are spending more time in or around waters with too little oxygen.