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Environment

Mount Saint Helens on Jan. 17. 2026.
Evan Bush / NBC News

Environment

Western states face 'snow drought' as snowpack hits record lows

Water crisis forces families into long queues and threatens children's education in Kabul
Sayed Hassib / Reuters file

Environment

Looming water supply 'bankruptcy' puts billions at risk, U.N. report warns

Climate change

2025 was the third-hottest year ever recorded on Earth, data shows

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Charlie Riedel / AP

Environment

EPA to stop calculating deaths avoided and health care savings from air pollution rules

Silhouettes of large billowing smoke coming out of smoke stacks as the sun sets
Charlie Riedel / AP

Climate change

Carbon pollution rose last year. Experts blame a cold winter, natural gas prices and data centers.

A family walks in the rain at Elysian Park on Dec. 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California
Apu Gomes / AFP - Getty Images file

Science News

California is completely free of drought for the first time in 25 years

Atmospheric river brings rain and flooding to the Pacific Northwest
David Ryder / Reuters

Environment

As storms inundated Washington state, federal grants for flood mitigation work sat on hold

01:49

Wildfires ripping across Australia, Argentina and South Africa

03:34

Exclusive: Colin O’Brady makes historic crossing of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

02:26

7.6-magnitude earthquake triggers tsunami warnings in Japan

04:50

Farmers use native seeds to heal land impacted by wildfires

02:19

Deadly typhoon makes landfall in Vietnam after tearing through Philippines

02:07

Clean energy program in California turns waves into renewable energy

01:16

Drone video shows Hurricane Melissa damage in Jamaica

03:56

National Geographic releases its must see destinations for 2026

03:29

Space-based solar power emerging as alternative as other solar projects shut down

02:21

IVF is helping coral reef restoration with a reproductive boost

00:31

Robotic rabbits combat Florida's invasive pythons

02:53

Mother says son injured after octopus latched on during aquarium visit

02:29

New report details rising cost of weather disasters

06:41

'24 hours too late': Fmr. FEMA official says Trump admin delays “cost lives” during Texas floods

03:16

Environmental Protection Agency aims to erase greenhouse gas limit on power plants

02:59

Artists Build Underwater Installations to Protect Coral Reefs

03:59

Federal funding cuts impact scientific research in the ocean

02:56

Record seaweed bloom stinks up prime Caribbean vacation beaches

04:00

Scientists capture sharpest-ever view of the sun's outer atmosphere

01:58

Multiple whales found dead in San Francisco Bay area

National Center for Atmospheric Research.
John Greim / LightRocket via Getty Images file

Climate change

Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center

Image: Western Washington Braces For Another Atmospheric River, Bringing Flooding And Landslide Risks Back To Region
Brandon Bell / Getty Images

Storms

Washington infrastructure begins to fail as atmospheric rivers pummel the state

Department of Interior, via Center for Biological Diversity

Trump administration

Environmental group sues in bid to get Trump's image removed from new national park passes

Flea Morphology
CDC/Ken Gage / Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Science News

A volcanic eruption may have catalyzed the plague's arrival in Europe, study suggests

The Data Point

Mapping where Christmas trees are grown across the U.S.

Leila Register and Justine Goode / NBC News

Data Graphics

Quiz: Which objects actually get recycled?

U.N Climate Change Conference COP 30
COP 30 Press Office / Anadolu / Getty Images

Environment

With the world at a climate summit, White House pushes major environmental rollbacks

A person fishes with offshore oil and gas platform in California.
Mario Tama / Getty Images

Environment

Trump administration announces plan to drill oil off California and Florida

Butterflies of Music Garden in Toronto
Anadolu / Anadolu via Getty Images

U.S. news

Trump administration moves to roll back some Endangered Species Act protections

Benicia Fire Department firefighter Kyle Williams keep flames at bay.
Scott Strazzante / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

U.S. news

Senators propose bill to require PPE for wildland firefighters, but some have reservations

Iran was laying plans on November 8, 2025, to cut off water supplies periodically to Tehran's 10-million-strong population as it battles its worst drought in many decades.
Atta Kenare / AFP - Getty Images

Iran

Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital

Tsunamis

Tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow

Hurricanes

The new face of major hurricanes

India Pollution
Manish Swarup / AP

Environment

India conducts cloud-seeding trial to clear New Delhi's smog

dire wolves science dna genetics
Colossal Biosciences/Business Wire via AP

Science News

Gene engineering of wild plants and animals gets nod of approval from top environmental groups

A microscopy view of a jumping spider.
Jiri Cerny / Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences / Nikon Small World

Science News

Stunning micro images reveal the invisible world around us

Sunset beams reflect in solar farm panels in Pennsylvania rolling farmlands and commercial zone in Brodheadsville, Poconos.
Alex Potemkin / Getty Images

Environment

More than 20 states sue EPA over canceled grants for solar power

A man cools off with a hose during a heatwave in Ajmer, India, in June 2024.
Himanshu Sharma / AFP via Getty Images

Climate in Crisis

The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse

Heat waves in Phoenix, left, and Las Vegas.
AFP; Zuma; AP

Climate change

Inside the scramble to save lives as deadly heat menaces the Southwest

Hands hold a bukk trout fish near a stream, the fish has its' mouth open
JMichl / iStockphoto via Getty Images

Climate in Crisis

U.S. rivers are experiencing unprecedented and unexpectedly intense warming

A helicopter flies above clouds of smoke
Ali Matin / Middle East Images / AFP - Getty Images file

Science News

Scientists predict wildfire smoke will be most costly climate-related health hazard

A landmass that was once encased in the ice of the Alsek Glacier is now surrounded by water.
NASA Earth Observatory

Science News

Melting glacier creates a new island in Alaska, satellite images show

A group of people near a boat in the ocean place a pink river dolphin into a net
Fernando Vergara / AP

Science News

Endangered pink river dolphins face a rising mercury threat in the Amazon

A wild Octopus americanus off the coast of south Florida.
Chelsea Bennice, Ph.D. / Florida Atlantic University Marine Science Laboratory

Science News

A new analysis of underwater videos shows octopuses are 'incredible multitaskers'

Health and Pollution Issues From The Cheswick, PA Coal-Fired Power Plant
Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images file

Science News

Over 85 scientists say Energy Dept. climate report lacks merit

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