What Did the Hottest Year on Record Mean for the Midwest?
The Midwest’s warm and soggy winter weather.
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Would You Like Flies With That?
New research suggests obfuscation may be the best way to get Westerners to eat insect-based foods.
A Better Way to Clean Up Ocean-Polluting Plastics
Hint: Don't go after the Great Pacific garbage patch—which, by the way, isn't really a patch at all.
It’s the End of the Beginning of the End for Coal
The government has suspended new coal leases on federal land. The coal industry may never recover.
In Abu Dhabi, a Bold Plan to Realize the Paris Agreement
The International Renewable Energy Agency's sixth annual meeting this weekend in Abu Dhabi laid out an ambitious path for doubling renewables as a way to meet mitigation goals—and to create millions of new jobs.
It’s Wikipedia’s Birthday
In honor of the free encyclopedia's birthday, here's our coverage from the past few years.
The Rise of the Trash-Picker Collective, in Latin America and Beyond
Millions around the world are improving their financial lot by sifting recycling—and they're saving their towns in the process.
Saving the Climate Requires Saving Forests
Forest conservation is crucial to climate change mitigation. But do we have any idea how to do it?
Russian Mammoth Pushes Back the Timeline for Humans in the Arctic
Evidence shows humans killed the mammoth deep in the Arctic—45,000 years ago.
Go Ahead, Crowdsource Your Symptoms
Online health forums actually provide decent information, according to a new study.