Environment

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Environment

Plants & Animals

Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are now flying off the shelves

Chicago Park District Staffer wearing a cap and grey long-sleeve t-shirt checks on a tray of young plants inside a greenhouse.

Workers are done pretending the office air is fine

A ceiling air conditioning unit in an office.

Sustainability & Climate

A scientific case for climate optimism with ecologist Tom Crowther

The view from a bush plane as it approaches Cooper Island off of Barrow, Alaska.

Sustainability & Climate

A simple yet expensive way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines

An ice storm in northern Michigan in March 2025 brought down trees and power lines, causing widespread damage and outages.

Now rural communities are connecting, rather than just preserving, wildlife habitats

Photographer Mark Lawler from the Colorado Department of Transportation looking at photos that came from a remote camera, which captured wildlife in Buena Vista, Colorado, USA.

Sustainability & Climate

How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions

A Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) member uses a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn at the Pacific Union College Forest on May 15, 2025 in Angwin, California..

Sustainability & Climate

The winter's snow drought is now a full-blown water crisis

A bathtub ring marks the receded shoreline at Lake Powell, where water levels remain low in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on April 30, 2026, near Big Water, Utah.

Sustainability & Climate

The surprising climate fix that Democrats and Republicans both love

A construction worker makes his way up the side of a condominium highrise construction site in downtown Miami, Florida.

Sustainability & Climate

The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think

Volunteers planting trees for Arboretum Detroit on Earth Day 2026 in Michigan, USA.

Plants & Animals

The flesh-eating pest that once cost ranchers millions is back

An official with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension works at the State Operations Center during Texas' response to the New World Screwworm in Austin.