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Climate & Energy

A 19th-century glimpse of nature and a changing climate

John Ruskin’s warnings about a “plague-wind” in 1871 offer one way of looking at the Paris deal.

Science

Turns out ancient humans were bad for nature, too!

A new study shows humans have been changing the way other species interact for much longer than we thought.

A president and a Bear walk into a glacier: Watch Obama’s wilderness adventure

President Obama visited the Exit Glacier and talked climate change on "Running Wild with Bear Grylls."

Food

What makes mayo? FDA finally answers this existential question

Remember the great mayo battle of 2015? It finally has a victor.

Business & Technology

BMW and Mercedes accused of cheating on emissions tests

More car manufacturers join Volkswagen in the hot seat.

Climate & Energy

This new campaign in New York wants the state to move to 100 percent clean energy

And it makes a strong push for economic and climate justice.

Science

Don’t freak out, but we might be geoengineering with contrails

Researchers say the icy haze left by airplanes can scatter sunlight on its way to Earth.

Living

This company is bottling air in Canada and selling it to China

Yes, someone is really selling air from the Canadian Rockies -- guess that's one way to deal with smog.

Science

Can “assisted evolution” protect corals from climate change?

Scientists in Australia are trying to help struggling reefs deal with warming oceans. Listen to this podcast to find out how they're doing it.

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