Trawl fishing catches huge amounts of seafood. It also devastates the seafloor
Trawling is a fishing method using large nets to catch fish and shellfish in bulk.
Trading pesticides for steam: Northern California county tests safer berry farming
The county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has partnered with Salinas company High Degree to test out the use of soil steaming — in which specialized equipment is used to inject high-temperature…
Solar power helps Amazon communities ditch diesel and prepare for El Niño drought
Before solar power arrived, Nova Sociedade relied on diesel generators for basic electricity.
Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells
Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane.
The overwhelming problem of plastic
From flax that can be used in clothing and cars to robotic skimmers to stricter laws, determined researchers, activists and volunteers fight an industry intent on making more plastic.
Indonesian villagers on Borneo struggle for water as El Niño intensifies peatland fires
Residents of Borneo are enduring a severe water crisis after three months without rain. The Kapuas River has receded to a muddy trickle, forcing families to buy water for drinking…
Scientists search for answers as baby whales wash up dead in Argentina
Scientists in Argentina are trying to find out why unusually high numbers of baby whales are washing up dead along the Patagonian coast.
Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming. Known as the driest nonpolar desert, it's now covered in flowers due to heavy rains from…
The world’s largest oat milk producer has joined an unusual climate journalism campaign
The world’s largest producer of oat milk, Oatly, is pushing its customers and their governments to act on climate change, in a new milk carton campaign that's taking off in…
As heat becomes more extreme, inmates are increasingly threatened by rising temperatures
When summer heat feels stifling, most people can cool off with a glass of ice-cold water, turning up the AC or opening a window. But for people who are incarcerated,…