Browsing: Environment

February 28, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured speeding through the solar system by Jupiter-bound spacecraftThis mysterious interstellar visitor is on…

Could lynx, the elusive wild cat driven to extinction in Britain more than 1,000 years ago, become the new Loch Ness monster? “Whether Nessie’s there or…

The Trump administration is slowly dismantling the federal disaster management system that protects the nation from chemical catastrophes, such as fires and explosions at high-risk facilities.The…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.Wildlife poaching is a serious issue in many parts of the world. One…

A North Dakota judge on Friday finalized a $345m judgment against Greenpeace in a lawsuit pursued by pipeline company Energy Transfer (ET.N) over the environmental group’s…

February 27, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA scraps 2027 Artemis III moon landing in favor of 2028 missionThe announcement that NASA will rejigger…

Late summer rain is causing havoc across Australia, with South Australia on flood watch, Victoria cleaning up after a downpour, and Sydney issuing a shark warning…

Of all the pesticides out there, few have sparked more controversy than glyphosate. The world’s most used weed killer, glyphosate is perhaps better known by the…

For the millions of people across the United States who have spent the last month digging themselves out of above-average levels of snow and ice, this…

As humpback whale populations recover, researchers are gaining a richer understanding of these wondrous creatures. A new study suggests it may take years for humpbacks to…