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The Brazilian Amazon is on pace to see forest clearing hit a record low this year, government figures show. Officials credit the decline to stepped-up enforcement…

February 19, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmNASA says a litany of failures led to 2024 Boeing Starliner astronaut strandingOn Thursday NASA leadership outlined…

Avalanche risks remain high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern California this week, following the deadliest snowslide the region has seen in modern times.The climate…

I live with my family in a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, in a small neighborhood surrounded by conservation land. One afternoon in…

February 18, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmHow warm weather helped cause the Lake Tahoe avalancheRecord warmth followed by a huge snowfall led to…

Major auto brands including Mazda, Nissan and Subaru face the possibility of millions of dollars in penalties after failing to meet climate targets for new vehicles…

This video is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex.Have you ever thought…

The agrochemical maker Bayer and attorneys for cancer patients announced a proposed $7.25bn settlement on Tuesday to resolve thousands of US lawsuits alleging the company failed…

Microscopic particles of plastic have been found across the Earth, from the clouds over Mount Fuji to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. Now, scientists have…

Every year more than 12 million people visit the White River National Forest in central Colorado to ski, hike, bike, fish, camp and otherwise enjoy this…