Greenland's record heat wave adds to sea level concerns -- A new analysis says climate change drove May's record heat wave in Greenland and Iceland, prompting Greenland's ice sheet to melt many times faster than normal. Scientists say the melt could disturb global climate and weather patterns.

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Republicans say they want energy dominance. But will 'big bill' deliver? -- The Trump administration's push for "energy dominance" is leaving out an important sector that has also been aiding a manufacturing revival.

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Seasonal heat waves are typical in India, but this year is off to an 'above normal' start -- A scorching heat wave is sweeping through Northern India with temperatures reaching 117 F. Cities are working to cope with an overburdened health system and a power grid struggling to keep things cool.

4 days ago

The surprising resilience of a smiling salamander and some old buried seeds -- Progress roundup: Captive-bred salamander can survive in the wild, and old fynbos seeds will germinate, sowing science's hope for habitat restoration.

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Only 2.7 percent of the ocean is protected. Can the world do more? -- The top priority of the third U.N. Ocean Conference is to ratify the High Seas Treaty, which would allow nations to establish marine protected areas in international waters. Without a healthy ocean, experts say, climate goals will remain out of reach.

5 days ago

Local, organic, and bipartisan: How Vermont is challenging Big Food -- Farmers in Vermont are trying to build a sustainable local economy for agricultural products. Americans across the political spectrum want it to work.

7 days ago

It's huge, stinky, and brown. Record amounts of seaweed are baffling scientists. -- Caribbean beaches are being engulfed by tons of sargassum seaweed just as tourism season arrives. Scientists think warming waters and agricultural runoff may be contributing to the increasing amount of seaweed washing ashore each year.

10 days ago

The benefits of living with bears and letting nature take its course -- Progress roundup: Antarctica's newest research base lowers fossil fuel use, a medieval Italian village welcomes its bears, and more.

11 days ago

How Trump's push to end California EV mandates may change rules of the road -- President Trump says he'll sign legislation revoking California's ability to mandate its own shift toward electric vehicles. Here's a look at what that could mean for the auto market in the state and beyond.

13 days ago

A Peruvian farmer took on a German energy giant. Who won? -- A decade-long legal battle between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant resulted in the court throwing out the case. Still, environmentalists hail it as an "unprecedented victory."

16 days ago

Will it be another record-breaking summer? Scientists say yes. -- Higher global temperatures have become the new normal. Following boosts from El Niño years, scientists say temperatures haven't fallen back down after upward swings.

16 days ago

Marathons produce tons of plastic cup waste. One runner came up with a solution. -- Kristina Smithe wanted to clean up road races. So she came up with a solution: a reusable silicone cup that race organizers can rent to avoid the single-use throwaways. She says her company, Hiccup Earth, has kept 902,000 disposable cups out of landfills.

17 days ago

How to plant a city tree, and where timber beats steel for buildings -- Progress roundup: Art world wakes up to South Asian talent, a Stockholm method of planting keeps trees happy, and clean energy tops fossil fuels in the U.S.

18 days ago

On chemicals and food, RFK Jr. runs up against powerful GOP constituencies -- A report by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again Commission blamed environmental toxins for health problems but did not make recommendations.

22 days ago