Iran’s nuclear materials and equipment remain a danger in an active war zoneMatthew Bunn, Harvard Kennedy School
Power outages can threaten the lives of medical device users – knowing who is most at risk will help cities respondMatthew D. Dean, University of California, Irvine and Katherine Asmussen, University of Tennessee
In its hunt for critical minerals, the US is misconstruing what is and is not America’sCoalter G Lathrop, Duke University
In war-torn Iran, air pollution from burning oil depots and bombed buildings unleashes invisible health threatsArmin Sorooshian, University of Arizona
Paul Ehrlich, often called alarmist for dire warnings about human harms to the Earth, believed scientists had a responsibility to speak outWilliam J. (Bill) Kovarik, Radford University
How sewage treatment plants could handle food waste, sparing landfills and the climateAhmed Ibrahim Yunus, Georgia Institute of Technology and Joe Frank Bozeman III, Georgia Institute of Technology
Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions where agriculture is most intensiveFrançois Leroy, The Ohio State University
Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of HormuzCharles Edward Gehrke, US Naval War College
Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floodsDan McGrath, Colorado State University
Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology, and the fragile marine life at riskLeonardo Macelloni, University of Mississippi
US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decadesAmy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University
Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreadsAntonio Machado Allison, Wesleyan University
Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizersAndré O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Persian Gulf desalination plants could become military targets in regional warMichael Christopher Low, University of Utah
2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s aheadMichael Wysession, Washington University in St. Louis
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers facing wildfires and bracing for another tough yearJoel Lisonbee, University of Colorado Boulder and William Baule, Texas A&M University
Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for survivingNathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder
Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hitsBrett Robertson, University of South Carolina
West Coast levee failures show the rising risks from America’s aging flood defensesFarshid Vahedifard, Tufts University
How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy sourcePromise Longe, University of Kansas
America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industryHengrui Liu, Tufts University and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Tufts University
Supreme Court’s Line 5 pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedureMike Shriberg, University of Michigan
Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planetNir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demandNikki Luke, University of Tennessee and Conor Harrison, University of South Carolina
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more powerBarbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University
Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida
AI’s ballooning energy consumption puts spotlight on data center efficiencyDivya Mahajan, Georgia Institute of Technology
How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it aloneClare E. Boerigter, United States Forest Service
Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrubStephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee; Aimee Classen, University of Michigan, and Lara A. Souza, University of Oklahoma
What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife as Trump invites bids for oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-AlaskaMariah Meek, Michigan State University
New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife traffickingEve Bohnett, University of Florida
Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacyJonas Gamso, Arizona State University and Hossain Ahmed Taufiq, Arizona State University
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’sAntonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Cement has a climate problem — here’s how geopolymers with add-ins like cork could help fix itAlcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that meansKaveh Madani, United Nations University
How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issueJoe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensiveAlan Jenn, University of California, Davis
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwiseJonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
EPA rescinds 2009 endangerment finding, clearing way for Trump to shred more US climate rules – but serious court challenges awaitGary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public healthJanet McCabe, Indiana University
Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changesKenneth M. Evans, Rice University
Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemicals’Yaw Edu Essandoh, Indiana University
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and bloodAndres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get thereChristy Remucal, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge differenceJames Salzman, University of California, Santa Barbara; University of California, Los Angeles
Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and whyLily Peck, University of California, Los Angeles
American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backingPeter Simons, Hamilton College
Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s waterDinesh Phuyal, University of Florida
How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertaintyStephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles
Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policyChristopher Neubert, Arizona State University and Kathleen Merrigan, Arizona State University
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the icePaul Bierman, University of Vermont
In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world orderThomas Robertson, Macalester College
West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geologyChristine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University of Texas at Austin, and Keiji Horikawa, University of Toyama
From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expectedMatthew L. Druckenmiller, University of Colorado Boulder; Rick Thoman, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Twila A. Moon, University of Colorado Boulder
A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate dataAlexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder
America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns itHélène Nguemgaing, PhD, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia University
Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about, and Trump’s order could clear the way for operations soonAlexus Cazares-Nuesser, University of Hawaii
Greenland’s melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extractPaul Bierman, University of Vermont
How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holesYuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute of Technology
US, Ukraine sign ‘economic partnership’ centered on Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals – but extracting them isn’t so simpleScott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find outSeth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee
Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatizationMichael Childers, Colorado State University
Hidden treasures of America’s national parks are closer than you might thinkJeffrey C. Hallo, Clemson University
National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resourcesSarah Diaz, Coastal Carolina University and Linda Lane, Coastal Carolina University
Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identityLeisl Carr Childers, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University
Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsiblySteven Goldsmith, Villanova University
Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter aroundSteven R. Fassnacht, Colorado State University and Michael Childers, Colorado State University
Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainableWangda Zuo, Penn State
