The global energy transition is being significantly accelerated by India's ambitious plan to become a Net Zero economy by ...

Most of the greenhouse gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere come from burning fossil fuels to produce energy, mainly for electricity and heat. In 2023, the power sector was the largest ...

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a devastating but temporary confluence of human cluelessness and natural accident. It was also a demonstration of humanity’s ability to wreck an environment ...

A new study suggests that when our star becomes unstable in 5 billion years or so, Earth may avoid being engulfed by its ...

The D.C. region houses the world’s largest concentration of data centers, making Virginia the nation’s digital capital.

Seven cities on three continents are now regularly flooding despite official assurances they were safe from rising waters.

Discover the 25 Most Valuable Resources in the World, from oil to freshwater. Understand their economic, strategic, and ...

Every time I see the moon in the sky, it makes me happy. Our natural satellite is so familiar it’s easy to take it for ...

From space to healthcare and artificial intelligence, what could the next 250 years of the United States look like?

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.

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The Ice Memory Sanctuary was built to keep samples from glaciers frozen, preserving thousands of years of Earth's climate ...