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A new study finds that more than 50,000 Californians died from exposure to wildfire smoke over a little more than a decade. Read more on E360 →

Elephants call each other by name and respond when they hear others call their name, according to new research. Read more on E360 →

Scientists have found in leafy vegetables traces of several chemicals used to prevent the aging and corrosion of car tires. Read more on E360 →

Chronic wasting disease, which slowly destroys the brains of deer and elk, is hard to detect, impossible to treat, and spreading across North America. Researchers are mounting new efforts to understand the deadly disease, amid concerns it could someday spill…

Fifteen years ago, wealthy nations pledged to channel $100 billion in climate aid to poorer countries by 2020. New analyses find that not only were rich nations two years late in meeting this goal, but much of the money was existing aid that had been relabeled…

Public outrage has forced many rattlesnake roundups — killing contests held in the name of public safety — to go out of business or convert to no-kill wildlife festivals. But in Texas and Oklahoma, these annual events continue, with thousands of snakes…

The U.S. oil and gas industry has made significant progress in curbing emissions of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that leaks from wells and pipelines. Read more on E360 →

A rare fork fern found in the island nation of New Caledonia has become a world record holder. Scientists have discovered that the tiny plant, which grows in the trunks and branches of trees, has the largest genome of any living organism. Read more on E360 →

Some species may be better able to withstand climate change than was previously thought. That's because these species have changed little since the last warm period on Earth. Read more on E360 →

Over the last 12 months, the world saw, on average, 26 additional days of extreme heat as a result of climate change, a new analysis finds. Read more on E360 →

New research indicates that the decline in smog particles from China’s air cleanups caused the recent extreme heat waves in the Pacific. Scientists are grappling with the fact that reducing such pollution, while essential for public health, is also heating…

In Bulgaria, a famed rose harvest has come nearly a month early this year. Read more on E360 →

The transition to renewables requires batteries that can store energy for long periods of time. To meet that demand, engineers in California’s Kern County are aiming to revamp depleted oil wells to hold concentrated solar energy in super-heated water…

A new analysis finds that climate change fueled excessive rainfall in the U.K. and Ireland this fall and winter. Read more on E360 →

Populations of salmon, trout, eel, sturgeon, and other migrating freshwater fish worldwide have dropped by 81 percent on average since 1970, a new report finds. Read more on E360 →

A record-breaking drought, fueled by the El Niño weather pattern, has caused widespread crop failure and national emergency declarations in Zambia, Malawi, and Zimbabwe. Without harvests of maize, the staple food, millions in the region are facing a severe…

A new study reveals the extent to which airborne dust is fueling plankton blooms that absorb our emissions. Read more on E360 →

Gone from Romania for 200 years, European bison were reintroduced to the Țarcu Mountains, at the southern end of the Carpathian range, in 2014. Now numbering 170, the bison are reshaping the mountain landscape in ways that are helping clean up emissions. Read…

Researchers and companies are aiming to draw key minerals, including lithium and magnesium, from ocean water, desalination plant residue, and industrial waste brine. They say their processes will use less land and produce less pollution than mining, but major…

The summer of 2023 was the hottest summer in the Northern Hemisphere since the height of the Roman Empire, a new study finds. Read more on E360 →