The world's most powerful ocean current could slow by 2050
The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast quantities of our planet's heat and carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
5,700 Years of Storms Reveal a Brewing Caribbean Crisis
A 30-meter sediment core extracted from the “Great Blue Hole” in Belize offers the longest continuous record of storm ...
Early look at hurricane season predicts over a dozen named storms. But El Niño could change things
Planet-warming fossil fuel pollution is tipping the scales toward hotter oceans that fuel dangerous storms. Scientists say ...
The Slow Death of Fast Fashion—And What Comes Next
In the wake of President Trump's sweeping tariff announcements, the retail world is bracing for a seismic shift that will ...
Plastics are seeping into farm fields, food and eventually human bodies. Can they be stopped?
Researchers are looking for solutions, but industry experts say despite attempts to tackle the plastic problem, it's hard to ...