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by Olivia Sanchez, The Hechinger Report November 5, 2025 LA JOLLA, Calif. — On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the University of California,…

Using artificial intelligence can feel like magic. You type a prompt, and your answer instantly, effortlessly appears. But the magic is an illusion. This one prompt…

August 19, 20254 min readPlastics Started as a Sustainability Solution. What Went Wrong?Synthetic polymers were supposed to free us from the limitations of our natural resources.…

By ensuring the collapse of UN talks seeking the first legally binding agreement on tackling plastic pollution, blockers in Geneva have failed the next generation. Most…

Now that we’re about halfway into the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, we can take stock of his administration’s destruction of online environmental…

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP The…

The day President Trump toured “Alligator Alcatraz,” the sprawling new immigrant detention center in Florida’s Everglades, he quipped that any escapees would need to learn “how…

BBCRaquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater…

Western Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record, as extreme temperatures blasted the region in punishing back-to-back heatwaves. Dangerous temperatures stretched into July, with separate…

Bundit Pantarakon, a local businessman and city council member in Mae Sai, Thailand, looks over the Sai River. Michael Sullivan/NPR hide caption toggle caption Michael Sullivan/NPR…