The Plastic Chemicals Hiding in Your Food
By the time you open a container of yogurt, the food has taken a long journey to reach your spoon. You may have some idea of that journey: From cow…
Germany 2023 emissions lowest in 70 years: study
A new study showed that Germany emitted 73 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions fewer than in 2022. The drop was related to a strong slump in coal use, as…
A Strange Plastic Rock Has Ominously Invaded 5 Continents
That probably shouldn't have happened. Plastistones, a new type of sedimentary rock that’s part-plastic and part-rock, has been found on at least five continents and 11 countries. These rocks form…
An Indigenous teen’s protest: Give birth on land she said belonged to her people
The battle in Brazil over the territorial rights of Indigenous peoples has become one of the country’s most polarizing disputes Terrence McCoy January 2, 2024 at 4:00 a.m. EST JARAGUÁ…
A Question of Legacy
Some of my ancestors had money, and some held awful beliefs. I set out to investigate what I once stood to inherit. In 1866, my mother’s great-grandparents Eugene and Mary…
It’s been 4 years since COVID hit. Here’s what’s happening to prevent the next pandemic.
On Jan. 1, 2020, public health officials in the United States woke up to the news of a strange new virus in China. They didn't know what to make of…
Nagorno-Karabakh, the republic that disappeared overnight
It had been clinging on to its self-proclaimed status in the face of Azerbaijan’s aggression. Then, over a week, the entire population fled On September 30th I watched the last…
Why native Hawaiians are being “pushed out of paradise” in their homeland
Doreen Hall is among the thousands of native Hawaiians who decided to leave the state with her family because of rising prices in the area. Each year, 15,000 native Hawaiians…
A new rule requiring companies to disclose how much they pollute is coming in 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission will decide by next spring on a rule to make public companies disclose how much they generate in greenhouse gases and how climate change could…
The year’s most extreme weather shows what a warming planet is capable of, and what’s to come
In the hottest year on record, the fingerprints of a changing climate in a warming world were all over dozens of extreme weather events. There wouldn’t be weather without heat; heat is energy,…
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