Fracking Away the Wildlife
A spiderweb of natural gas sites is making it harder for the antelope to roam.
Burning Ice: The Next Energy Boom?
Oil companies and governments around the world are examining how to uncage huge amounts of methane gas locked up in undersea ice.
Prop Planes: The Future of Eco-Friendly Aviation?
Propellers’ role in flight date back to the dawn of engine-driven aviation. But the next generation of propeller-driven aircraft engines will put their rotors back in the spotlight.
New Dirt on Climate Change
Researchers have drilled into the middle of America in hopes of understanding past eras when the Earth burped out huge amounts of greenhouse gases.
Long Slog for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Efforts to create a suitable habitat for a striking bird that may or may not be extinct continue a half decade after its reported but uncorroborated resurrection.
Crazy Weather and Climate: Do Dots Connect?
In an interview with Miller-McCune.com, meteorologist Kevin Trenberth examines the world’s recently wacky weather and whether it’s a sign of climate change or just routine variability.
Financial Expert: Global Free Trade Necessary
Financial theorist and trade historian William J. Bernstein portrays globalization as inevitable and ultimately more benign than malign.
Trumpeter Swans Try to Dodge a Bullet
Having survived an extinction scare a century ago, the world's largest waterfowl is stalked by the remnants of past shotgun blasts.
Making Sense of the Crazy Horse Memorial
A larger-than-Rushmore size granite memorial to the famous Sioux warrior has been under construction since 1948, but is that really what the Sioux residents in the area need?
Grasslands Preserve the Lonely Prairie
North America's grasslands filled an ecological role that goes mostly unfilled in their hugely reduced state.